MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F297.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F297.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 297 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 22.5,-85.87 Latitude: 22.50 Longitude: -85.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1014 1 28.7 23.2 72 5.6 24.6 152 6 300.7 304.0 297.3 353.3 17.89 1 1000 121 27.7 22.1 72 5.6 23.6 153 7 300.8 304.0 296.8 350.8 17.00 2 950 574 23.7 20.4 82 3.3 21.4 146 7 301.3 304.2 296.3 348.7 16.12 3 900 1046 21.2 16.4 74 4.7 17.9 139 9 303.3 305.8 294.9 342.5 13.19 4 850 1540 18.6 13.5 72 5.1 15.2 140 8 305.6 307.7 294.4 340.2 11.53 5 800 2059 15.8 11.1 74 4.7 12.8 140 6 308.0 310.0 294.3 339.7 10.45 6 750 2605 12.7 8.7 77 4.0 10.2 127 5 310.4 312.1 294.1 339.3 9.46 7 700 3182 9.6 4.4 70 5.2 6.6 92 5 313.1 314.5 293.4 336.5 7.53 8 650 3794 6.1 0.7 68 5.4 3.1 75 6 315.8 317.0 293.2 335.4 6.19 9 600 4446 2.3 -2.0 73 4.2 0.0 81 7 318.7 319.8 293.4 336.5 5.52 10 550 5145 -2.0 -4.9 80 2.9 -3.4 71 6 321.7 322.7 293.7 337.5 4.84 11 500 5897 -6.0 -10.0 73 4.1 -7.7 33 5 325.8 326.5 293.7 337.8 3.57 12 450 6716 -10.5 -17.2 58 6.7 -12.9 33 4 330.0 330.5 293.7 337.7 2.22 13 400 7613 -15.9 -24.9 46 9.0 -18.4 28 3 334.4 334.6 294.1 339.0 1.27 14 350 8606 -23.1 -27.5 67 4.4 -24.2 90 0 337.6 337.8 294.7 341.8 1.14 15 300 9715 -31.4 -35.8 65 4.4 -32.1 142 3 341.1 341.2 295.1 343.4 0.60 16 250 10978 -41.6 -47.1 56 5.4 -42.1 243 6 344.2 344.2 295.5 345.1 0.22 17 200 12453 -53.0 -61.9 33 8.9 -53.2 133 2 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.0 0.05 18 150 14241 -68.7 -70.8 74 2.1 -68.8 82 7 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.02 19 100 16615 -74.9 -84.5 21 9.6 -74.9 90 20 383.0 383.0 302.7 383.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.80 m Freezing level: 573.25 mb = 4819.95 m = 15813.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.71 mb = 4450.20 m = 14600.21 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.23 % Est. max temperature: 33.01 C = 91.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.35 mb = 710.09 m = 2329.68 ft T: 23.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 17.82 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.34 mb = 1516.54 m = 4975.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.54 C = 92.36 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.69 C Showalter Index: 0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.53 C Cross Totals Index: 19.47 C K Index: 32.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 737.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.20 mb = 1005.89 m = 3300.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.20 mb = 2502.10 m = 8208.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.20 mb = 12478.26 m = 40938.67 ft B at Equ Level: 733.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.20 mb = 16100.25 m = 52821.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 107.8 at 6.4 knts Storm direction: 137.8 at 4.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -150.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: -2.3 tot: -2.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 243.82 Bulk Shear: 3.03 m/s