MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.19,-65.55 Latitude: 35.19 Longitude: -65.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 1 27.1 23.1 79 4.0 24.2 229 16 298.9 302.2 296.8 350.9 17.82 1 1000 132 25.8 21.4 76 4.5 22.6 230 19 299.0 301.9 295.8 346.3 16.22 2 950 582 22.8 18.5 76 4.4 19.8 238 20 300.3 302.9 294.8 342.0 14.21 3 900 1052 20.0 16.4 80 3.5 17.5 243 18 302.1 304.5 294.6 340.9 13.15 4 850 1544 17.2 14.4 84 2.8 15.4 243 16 304.2 306.4 294.5 340.6 12.24 5 800 2060 14.4 12.1 86 2.3 12.9 238 16 306.5 308.6 294.3 340.1 11.15 6 750 2604 11.2 9.2 87 2.1 9.9 230 16 308.8 310.6 293.9 338.5 9.76 7 700 3178 7.5 6.5 93 1.0 6.9 222 16 310.8 312.5 293.7 337.7 8.72 8 650 3786 4.4 4.0 97 0.4 4.2 226 16 314.0 315.5 294.0 338.6 7.90 9 600 4435 1.2 1.0 99 0.2 1.1 237 15 317.5 318.8 294.1 339.4 6.88 10 550 5133 -2.1 -2.3 98 0.2 -2.1 240 16 321.6 322.8 294.5 340.8 5.90 11 500 5886 -5.6 -6.2 95 0.6 -5.9 236 16 326.3 327.2 294.8 342.3 4.82 12 450 6707 -10.1 -10.5 97 0.4 -10.2 229 17 330.6 331.3 295.2 343.6 3.82 13 400 7606 -15.4 -15.6 98 0.3 -15.5 241 15 335.0 335.6 295.5 344.9 2.83 14 350 8602 -22.0 -22.2 99 0.2 -22.1 259 15 339.1 339.5 295.7 345.8 1.85 15 300 9717 -30.3 -31.5 90 1.1 -30.6 254 14 342.6 342.8 295.8 346.1 0.92 16 250 10985 -41.0 -42.8 83 1.8 -41.2 251 16 345.1 345.2 295.8 346.5 0.35 17 200 12461 -52.6 -58.7 48 6.1 -52.8 285 17 349.5 349.6 296.6 349.8 0.07 18 150 14253 -66.9 -68.5 81 1.5 -67.0 251 11 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.9 0.03 19 100 16673 -68.9 -82.4 12 13.5 -69.0 275 8 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.31 m Freezing level: 581.56 mb = 4692.65 m = 15395.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.33 mb = 4661.23 m = 15292.57 ft Precipitable water: 2.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.88 % Est. max temperature: 31.68 C = 89.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.54 mb = 503.76 m = 1652.74 ft T: 23.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.84 C/km ThetaE index: 13.26 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.20 mb = 1461.38 m = 4794.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.97 C = 89.55 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.32 C Showalter Index: 0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.77 C Cross Totals Index: 19.97 C K Index: 36.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.90 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 147.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.60 mb = 988.73 m = 3243.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.60 mb = 2474.64 m = 8118.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 451.60 mb = 6678.84 m = 21911.94 ft B at Equ Level: 147.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 261.60 mb = 10669.73 m = 35005.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.6 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 264.6 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -5.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.1 neg: -9.2 tot: 4.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 173.54 Bulk Shear: 0.85 m/s