MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F291.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F291.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 291 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 18.31,-88.39 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -88.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 19 30.2 23.3 67 6.9 25.1 155 3 302.5 305.8 297.9 356.1 18.09 1 1000 104 28.2 22.4 71 5.8 23.9 152 4 301.3 304.5 297.1 352.1 17.26 2 950 557 23.7 21.2 86 2.5 21.9 145 6 301.3 304.4 296.9 351.2 16.94 3 900 1028 20.3 18.7 90 1.6 19.2 140 8 302.4 305.2 296.1 347.4 15.21 4 850 1522 18.6 13.6 73 5.0 15.3 134 10 305.6 307.8 294.4 340.3 11.57 5 800 2041 17.0 7.2 52 9.8 11.0 130 8 309.2 310.8 292.7 333.7 7.99 6 750 2589 14.0 4.6 53 9.3 8.5 130 5 311.7 313.1 292.7 333.8 7.12 7 700 3167 10.4 1.1 53 9.2 5.2 126 3 314.0 315.1 292.4 332.6 5.94 8 650 3780 6.6 -1.5 56 8.1 2.3 84 4 316.4 317.4 292.6 333.2 5.27 9 600 4433 2.6 -3.3 65 5.9 -0.4 69 7 319.2 320.1 293.2 335.3 5.01 10 550 5132 -1.4 -7.3 64 5.9 -4.2 64 9 322.4 323.2 293.2 335.6 4.01 11 500 5886 -5.3 -13.1 54 7.8 -8.5 49 9 326.6 327.1 293.3 336.1 2.80 12 450 6706 -10.0 -17.8 53 7.8 -12.8 37 9 330.7 331.1 293.9 338.0 2.10 13 400 7606 -14.8 -26.7 36 11.9 -18.0 29 14 335.8 336.0 294.3 339.7 1.07 14 350 8603 -21.9 -30.1 47 8.2 -23.7 21 14 339.2 339.4 294.9 342.6 0.90 15 300 9718 -30.2 -38.8 43 8.6 -31.4 25 19 342.8 342.9 295.4 344.6 0.44 16 250 10987 -40.9 -43.5 75 2.7 -41.1 83 18 345.3 345.4 295.8 346.6 0.32 17 200 12461 -53.8 -56.5 72 2.7 -53.9 68 25 347.6 347.6 296.2 347.9 0.09 18 150 14247 -67.7 -74.7 36 6.9 -67.8 54 14 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.01 19 100 16593 -77.9 -80.6 64 2.8 -77.9 68 35 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.52 m Freezing level: 567.30 mb = 4890.09 m = 16043.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.24 mb = 4335.07 m = 14222.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.16 % Est. max temperature: 32.67 C = 90.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.77 mb = 896.03 m = 2939.69 ft T: 21.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 22.36 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.31 mb = 1073.46 m = 3521.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.41 C = 86.73 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Showalter Index: 1.35 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.89 C Cross Totals Index: 18.88 C K Index: 28.22 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 883.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.24 mb = 920.20 m = 3018.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 716.24 mb = 2974.95 m = 9760.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.24 mb = 13609.13 m = 44648.83 ft B at Equ Level: 878.23 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 103.0 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 133.0 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -4.0 tot: -4.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: -1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 284.09 Bulk Shear: 3.11 m/s