MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z TUE 19 AUG 25 Station: 18.51,-92.48 Latitude: 18.51 Longitude: -92.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 3 23.5 22.2 93 1.2 22.6 98 5 295.4 298.5 295.3 344.0 16.89 1 1000 123 23.9 21.4 86 2.6 22.1 102 14 297.1 300.0 295.3 344.0 16.23 2 950 573 23.4 18.4 73 5.1 19.9 120 25 301.0 303.5 294.9 342.4 14.12 3 900 1045 21.8 14.7 64 7.1 17.0 127 25 304.0 306.1 294.0 338.9 11.75 4 850 1540 19.2 12.1 64 7.1 14.6 123 23 306.2 308.2 293.8 337.9 10.52 5 800 2059 16.3 7.6 56 8.7 11.0 108 21 308.5 310.1 292.7 333.6 8.20 6 750 2605 13.0 3.9 54 9.1 7.8 100 22 310.7 312.0 292.2 331.7 6.77 7 700 3182 9.7 2.2 59 7.5 5.5 98 23 313.3 314.5 292.6 333.4 6.43 8 650 3794 6.2 1.5 72 4.6 3.6 99 21 315.9 317.2 293.5 336.7 6.59 9 600 4446 1.7 -1.1 82 2.8 0.2 82 16 318.1 319.2 293.6 337.0 5.90 10 550 5143 -2.2 -6.1 75 3.9 -4.0 80 19 321.5 322.4 293.3 336.0 4.42 11 500 5896 -5.3 -14.2 49 8.9 -8.8 87 21 326.6 327.1 293.2 335.3 2.55 12 450 6717 -9.8 -19.7 44 9.9 -13.2 76 19 330.9 331.3 293.6 337.2 1.78 13 400 7615 -15.9 -22.1 59 6.3 -17.7 78 19 334.4 334.7 294.4 340.2 1.62 14 350 8608 -22.9 -28.9 58 6.0 -24.2 81 22 337.9 338.1 294.7 341.6 1.00 15 300 9718 -31.7 -38.1 54 6.3 -32.6 82 23 340.6 340.7 294.9 342.5 0.48 16 250 10979 -41.7 -42.3 94 0.6 -41.8 105 12 344.1 344.2 295.6 345.6 0.37 17 200 12449 -54.5 -54.6 99 0.1 -54.5 129 3 346.5 346.5 296.0 347.0 0.12 18 150 14227 -69.5 -73.2 58 3.7 -69.5 72 19 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 19 100 16594 -74.2 -82.2 28 7.9 -74.3 95 19 384.3 384.3 302.9 384.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.17 m Freezing level: 577.96 mb = 4753.15 m = 15594.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.68 mb = 4476.98 m = 14688.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.18 % Est. max temperature: 33.66 C = 92.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.43 mb = 154.52 m = 506.94 ft T: 23.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 12.39 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.05 mb = 2079.73 m = 6823.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.69 C = 98.04 F Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lifted Index: 0.46 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.28 C Showalter Index: 2.39 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.45 C Cross Totals Index: 17.40 C K Index: 29.08 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 248.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.14 mb = 995.50 m = 3266.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 620.14 mb = 4177.13 m = 13704.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 510.14 mb = 5737.53 m = 18823.70 ft B at Equ Level: 48.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 390.14 mb = 7800.66 m = 25592.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 101.9 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 131.9 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 2.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.0 neg: -22.6 tot: 30.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 14.86 Bulk Shear: 3.33 m/s