MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 6Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 23.17,-96.5 Latitude: 23.17 Longitude: -96.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29.8 26.2 81 3.5 27.1 136 16 301.7 305.6 299.8 365.7 21.62 1 1000 130 28.4 24.7 80 3.8 25.6 136 19 301.6 305.3 298.8 360.5 19.92 2 950 585 24.3 23.3 94 1.1 23.6 138 20 301.9 305.4 298.4 358.7 19.24 3 900 1058 22.1 18.0 77 4.1 19.2 143 21 304.3 307.0 296.1 347.8 14.59 4 850 1555 20.6 12.5 60 8.1 15.3 147 21 307.7 309.8 294.4 340.4 10.79 5 800 2077 17.2 9.6 61 7.6 12.4 146 20 309.5 311.3 293.9 338.3 9.43 6 750 2624 13.8 4.7 54 9.0 8.5 141 19 311.5 312.9 292.7 333.8 7.18 7 700 3203 10.5 -2.1 41 12.6 3.9 133 18 314.1 315.0 291.5 329.1 4.70 8 650 3816 6.9 -6.8 37 13.7 0.4 125 17 316.8 317.5 291.2 328.2 3.54 9 600 4468 2.8 -11.0 35 13.8 -3.1 122 18 319.3 319.9 291.3 328.4 2.74 10 550 5167 -0.6 -21.9 18 21.3 -7.7 126 17 323.4 323.6 291.0 327.6 1.20 11 500 5922 -5.6 -20.7 29 15.1 -10.6 135 17 326.2 326.5 292.1 331.4 1.47 12 450 6739 -10.5 -31.3 16 20.8 -15.5 127 17 330.0 330.2 292.3 332.3 0.62 13 400 7636 -16.4 -31.9 25 15.6 -19.8 117 16 333.7 333.9 293.4 336.2 0.66 14 350 8624 -24.4 -28.7 67 4.3 -25.4 112 12 335.9 336.1 294.2 339.6 1.02 15 300 9728 -32.4 -38.9 52 6.5 -33.3 174 2 339.6 339.7 294.6 341.3 0.44 16 250 10985 -42.7 -49.0 50 6.4 -43.1 222 13 342.6 342.7 295.1 343.3 0.18 17 200 12451 -54.9 -56.7 81 1.7 -55.0 253 20 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.2 0.09 18 150 14236 -66.5 -70.6 56 4.1 -66.5 219 13 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.02 19 100 16644 -71.6 -83.5 15 11.9 -71.6 83 11 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.52 m Freezing level: 558.83 mb = 5043.73 m = 16547.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.99 mb = 3891.41 m = 12766.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.80 % Est. max temperature: 34.84 C = 94.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.90 mb = 446.88 m = 1466.13 ft T: 25.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 37.46 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.54 mb = 1033.49 m = 3390.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.30 C = 90.14 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -5.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.21 C Showalter Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.19 C Cross Totals Index: 18.11 C K Index: 26.14 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2793.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.57 mb = 765.83 m = 2512.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.57 mb = 2016.86 m = 6616.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 135.57 mb = 14837.10 m = 48677.57 ft B at Equ Level: 2729.82 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 135.1 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 165.1 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 13.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.9 neg: -9.6 tot: 6.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 49260.64 Bulk Shear: 0.06 m/s