MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 31.08,-69.95 Latitude: 31.08 Longitude: -69.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 1 28.6 24.2 77 4.4 25.3 229 18 300.4 303.9 298.0 356.3 19.04 1 1000 141 27.2 22.2 74 5.0 23.6 230 21 300.3 303.5 296.7 350.5 17.10 2 950 593 22.9 21.0 89 1.9 21.5 232 22 300.4 303.5 296.5 349.3 16.66 3 900 1063 19.9 17.1 83 2.9 17.9 236 23 302.1 304.6 294.9 342.5 13.72 4 850 1555 18.1 10.5 61 7.5 13.3 239 24 305.1 306.8 292.6 333.4 9.43 5 800 2072 15.5 5.0 49 10.5 9.4 240 23 307.7 308.9 291.3 328.6 6.84 6 750 2616 12.1 2.8 53 9.3 6.9 239 23 309.7 310.9 291.5 329.1 6.27 7 700 3191 8.4 1.3 61 7.2 4.5 235 22 311.8 313.0 291.9 330.6 6.00 8 650 3800 4.9 -1.0 66 5.9 1.8 234 21 314.5 315.6 292.2 331.9 5.49 9 600 4449 1.4 -3.9 68 5.3 -1.2 234 20 317.8 318.7 292.6 333.1 4.77 10 550 5146 -2.2 -7.6 66 5.4 -4.7 234 20 321.5 322.3 292.9 334.4 3.93 11 500 5898 -5.7 -15.9 44 10.2 -9.5 232 16 326.1 326.6 292.7 333.7 2.21 12 450 6718 -9.8 -18.7 48 8.9 -12.9 235 10 330.9 331.3 293.7 337.7 1.94 13 400 7618 -15.1 -16.8 87 1.6 -15.7 267 8 335.3 335.9 295.4 344.4 2.58 14 350 8615 -22.0 -22.3 98 0.3 -22.1 41 7 339.1 339.4 295.7 345.7 1.83 15 300 9729 -30.5 -31.1 94 0.6 -30.6 42 14 342.5 342.7 295.7 346.1 0.95 16 250 10999 -40.3 -43.9 68 3.6 -40.6 49 17 346.1 346.2 296.0 347.3 0.31 17 200 12478 -52.8 -57.1 60 4.3 -53.0 21 17 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.4 0.08 18 150 14268 -67.8 -68.1 96 0.3 -67.8 66 24 353.2 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.03 19 100 16677 -68.7 -82.1 13 13.3 -68.8 81 8 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.25 m Freezing level: 580.31 mb = 4723.45 m = 15496.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.87 mb = 4184.90 m = 13729.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.73 % Est. max temperature: 32.31 C = 90.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.55 mb = 559.98 m = 1837.20 ft T: 23.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 27.76 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.12 mb = 1032.90 m = 3388.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.17 C = 86.31 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.01 C Showalter Index: 3.98 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.72 C Cross Totals Index: 16.18 C K Index: 27.07 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 693.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.46 mb = 858.10 m = 2815.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.46 mb = 2109.50 m = 6920.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.46 mb = 12588.74 m = 41301.13 ft B at Equ Level: 689.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.46 mb = 15771.35 m = 51742.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.4 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 265.4 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.0 neg: -4.5 tot: 18.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 1640.97 Bulk Shear: 0.42 m/s