MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F309.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F309.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 309 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 37.03,-70.26 Latitude: 37.03 Longitude: -70.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 0 26.5 24.9 91 1.5 25.3 103 25 299.4 303.1 298.4 358.6 20.19 1 1000 19 26.0 24.2 90 1.7 24.7 106 26 299.1 302.7 297.8 355.8 19.39 2 950 470 22.3 22.1 99 0.1 22.2 115 31 299.8 303.0 297.1 352.3 17.94 3 900 941 20.4 19.5 95 0.9 19.8 119 25 302.5 305.5 296.6 350.0 16.06 4 850 1435 19.0 16.7 86 2.4 17.4 114 19 306.1 308.7 296.3 348.7 14.19 5 800 1957 16.9 14.1 83 2.8 15.0 103 15 309.2 311.6 296.1 347.9 12.75 6 750 2506 14.1 11.0 81 3.1 12.1 103 15 311.9 314.0 295.7 345.9 11.06 7 700 3087 10.9 8.2 83 2.7 9.2 101 13 314.5 316.4 295.5 344.9 9.78 8 650 3703 7.3 5.5 88 1.8 6.2 102 13 317.2 318.9 295.4 344.7 8.73 9 600 4359 3.8 2.3 90 1.5 2.9 108 13 320.5 322.0 295.4 344.7 7.55 10 550 5064 0.4 -1.0 91 1.4 -0.4 108 13 324.5 325.8 295.7 345.7 6.48 11 500 5825 -3.3 -5.1 87 1.8 -4.2 116 14 329.1 330.1 295.9 346.6 5.25 12 450 6653 -7.8 -9.5 87 1.7 -8.6 125 14 333.4 334.2 296.1 347.5 4.13 13 400 7561 -13.3 -14.8 88 1.6 -13.9 133 12 337.8 338.4 296.3 348.4 3.03 14 350 8565 -19.7 -20.7 92 1.0 -20.0 160 9 342.2 342.6 296.6 349.8 2.10 15 300 9692 -27.8 -28.7 92 0.9 -28.0 183 4 346.2 346.5 296.8 350.7 1.20 16 250 10974 -38.1 -38.2 99 0.1 -38.1 96 1 349.4 349.5 297.0 351.7 0.56 17 200 12468 -50.7 -50.7 100 0.0 -50.7 110 10 352.5 352.6 297.3 353.3 0.18 18 150 14273 -66.7 -67.1 95 0.3 -66.7 125 11 355.2 355.2 297.8 355.3 0.03 19 100 16671 -66.2 -83.1 8 16.9 -66.4 332 7 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.05 m Freezing level: 545.06 mb = 5138.77 m = 16859.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 555.95 mb = 4976.46 m = 16326.77 ft Precipitable water: 2.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.36 % Est. max temperature: 32.97 C = 91.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.57 mb = 191.19 m = 627.24 ft T: 24.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 13.90 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 942.97 mb = 534.49 m = 1753.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.17 C = 80.91 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: 0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.30 C Cross Totals Index: 19.94 C K Index: 36.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 385.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.05 mb = 543.02 m = 1781.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 937.05 mb = 589.38 m = 1933.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 897.05 mb = 969.26 m = 3179.93 ft B at Equ Level: 13.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 807.05 mb = 1881.28 m = 6172.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 109.4 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 139.4 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -40.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.2 neg: -29.1 tot: 7.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 21.89 Bulk Shear: 17.60 m/s