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: 37.17,-69.74 Latitude: 37.17 Longitude: -69.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 0 26.0 24.8 93 1.2 25.1 131 34 298.7 302.3 298.1 357.0 19.96 1 1000 47 25.1 23.8 93 1.3 24.2 135 39 298.3 301.7 297.4 353.3 18.91 2 950 497 21.7 21.6 100 0.0 21.7 143 47 299.2 302.4 296.6 350.0 17.40 3 900 967 19.5 19.2 98 0.3 19.3 153 47 301.6 304.5 296.2 348.1 15.77 4 850 1459 17.5 17.0 97 0.5 17.2 161 44 304.4 307.1 296.1 347.7 14.51 5 800 1977 15.3 14.4 94 0.9 14.7 164 41 307.5 309.9 295.9 346.6 12.98 6 750 2524 12.9 11.6 92 1.3 12.1 164 38 310.6 312.8 295.7 345.9 11.55 7 700 3103 10.0 8.9 92 1.2 9.3 161 36 313.6 315.5 295.6 345.4 10.26 8 650 3717 7.0 5.9 93 1.1 6.3 163 37 316.8 318.6 295.6 345.1 8.99 9 600 4373 3.4 2.4 93 1.0 2.8 165 36 320.1 321.6 295.4 344.4 7.63 10 550 5076 -0.1 -1.0 94 0.9 -0.6 168 35 324.0 325.3 295.6 345.1 6.48 11 500 5835 -3.5 -4.7 91 1.2 -4.1 169 34 328.8 329.8 295.9 346.8 5.40 12 450 6662 -8.0 -9.2 91 1.2 -8.5 173 33 333.2 334.0 296.1 347.7 4.25 13 400 7568 -13.4 -14.3 93 0.9 -13.7 175 31 337.6 338.2 296.3 348.7 3.16 14 350 8571 -19.9 -20.2 97 0.3 -20.0 179 28 342.0 342.4 296.6 350.0 2.20 15 300 9696 -27.9 -28.0 99 0.1 -27.9 186 23 346.1 346.4 296.8 350.9 1.28 16 250 10977 -38.2 -38.2 100 0.0 -38.2 192 21 349.3 349.4 297.0 351.5 0.56 17 200 12469 -51.3 -51.4 99 0.1 -51.3 181 18 351.5 351.6 297.1 352.2 0.17 18 150 14268 -67.2 -67.5 95 0.3 -67.2 153 8 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.5 0.03 19 100 16669 -66.5 -82.7 8 16.2 -66.6 353 6 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.01 m Freezing level: 551.20 mb = 5058.74 m = 16596.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 558.33 mb = 4954.13 m = 16253.52 ft Precipitable water: 2.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.19 % Est. max temperature: 31.45 C = 88.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.22 mb = 150.99 m = 495.36 ft T: 24.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.96 C/km ThetaE index: 12.53 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 952.34 mb = 475.35 m = 1559.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.45 C = 79.60 F Cap Strength: -0.18 C Lifted Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.77 C Showalter Index: 0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.98 C Cross Totals Index: 20.53 C K Index: 36.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 324.77 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 235.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 948.86 mb = 507.35 m = 1664.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 943.86 mb = 553.24 m = 1815.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 303.86 mb = 9602.50 m = 31503.89 ft B at Equ Level: 234.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.86 mb = 14515.31 m = 47621.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 160.2 at 38.8 knts Storm direction: 190.2 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 207.6 neg: -21.2 tot: 186.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 7.45 Bulk Shear: 31.58 m/s