MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 22.43,-95.32 Latitude: 22.43 Longitude: -95.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29.0 23.4 72 5.6 24.9 165 2 300.8 304.1 297.5 354.0 18.09 1 1000 136 27.6 22.8 75 4.8 24.1 165 2 300.7 304.0 297.3 352.8 17.73 2 950 589 23.3 21.7 90 1.7 22.2 162 2 300.9 304.1 297.1 352.1 17.43 3 900 1061 20.7 17.2 80 3.5 18.3 144 2 302.9 305.4 295.3 343.9 13.87 4 850 1554 18.5 13.0 70 5.5 14.9 109 1 305.6 307.6 294.1 339.0 11.14 5 800 2073 16.4 8.3 59 8.1 11.4 36 3 308.7 310.3 293.0 335.0 8.64 6 750 2620 13.5 4.6 55 8.9 8.3 24 5 311.2 312.6 292.6 333.2 7.09 7 700 3198 10.1 1.1 54 9.0 5.1 25 7 313.7 314.8 292.3 332.3 5.94 8 650 3810 6.4 -3.6 49 10.0 1.3 39 7 316.2 317.0 291.9 330.6 4.50 9 600 4462 2.3 -7.7 47 10.1 -2.3 56 7 318.8 319.5 291.8 330.4 3.56 10 550 5159 -2.1 -10.8 51 8.7 -5.8 70 8 321.6 322.2 292.2 331.8 3.06 11 500 5910 -6.5 -16.2 46 9.7 -10.1 60 11 325.1 325.6 292.4 332.5 2.16 12 450 6727 -11.0 -23.3 35 12.3 -14.7 55 11 329.4 329.7 292.8 334.0 1.30 13 400 7621 -17.2 -24.5 53 7.3 -19.1 49 15 332.7 332.9 293.7 337.4 1.31 14 350 8608 -24.1 -37.7 27 13.6 -26.3 65 16 336.3 336.4 293.8 337.9 0.43 15 300 9714 -32.3 -36.6 65 4.4 -32.9 65 19 339.9 340.0 294.8 342.0 0.55 16 250 10973 -42.3 -43.4 89 1.1 -42.4 64 17 343.2 343.3 295.4 344.5 0.33 17 200 12441 -54.2 -56.3 78 2.1 -54.3 72 28 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.3 0.09 18 150 14228 -66.5 -69.3 68 2.8 -66.5 67 23 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.02 19 100 16642 -71.0 -83.8 13 12.8 -71.1 97 16 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.75 m Freezing level: 573.58 mb = 4830.26 m = 15847.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.99 mb = 4038.91 m = 13250.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.51 % Est. max temperature: 32.89 C = 91.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.32 mb = 715.92 m = 2348.78 ft T: 22.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 23.56 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.58 mb = 1132.26 m = 3714.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.44 C = 88.58 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -4.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.88 C Showalter Index: 0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.02 C Cross Totals Index: 19.49 C K Index: 29.04 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1444.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.50 mb = 855.00 m = 2805.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 746.50 mb = 2659.21 m = 8724.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.50 mb = 13580.10 m = 44553.59 ft B at Equ Level: 1432.09 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 53.9 at 5.5 knts Storm direction: 83.9 at 4.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: -0.1 tot: 5.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 255.75 Bulk Shear: 5.65 m/s