MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 31.08,-70.79 Latitude: 31.08 Longitude: -70.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1021 2 28.1 22.9 74 5.1 24.3 143 6 299.5 302.7 296.8 350.6 17.51 1 1000 181 26.2 21.8 77 4.3 23.0 144 6 299.3 302.4 296.2 348.1 16.71 2 950 632 21.9 20.8 94 1.1 21.2 146 6 299.4 302.4 296.1 347.7 16.53 3 900 1101 19.6 16.1 80 3.5 17.2 157 6 301.7 304.1 294.2 339.6 12.87 4 850 1592 17.3 13.2 77 4.1 14.6 163 6 304.2 306.3 293.8 337.9 11.27 5 800 2108 14.9 10.2 73 4.7 11.9 166 6 307.0 308.8 293.4 336.6 9.80 6 750 2653 12.2 6.4 68 5.8 8.8 166 6 309.9 311.4 293.0 334.6 8.08 7 700 3229 9.2 1.5 59 7.7 4.9 165 6 312.7 313.8 292.2 331.7 6.10 8 650 3839 6.0 -7.6 37 13.6 -0.3 162 7 315.8 316.4 290.7 326.5 3.33 9 600 4490 2.5 -11.9 34 14.4 -3.5 159 7 319.0 319.5 291.0 327.5 2.56 10 550 5188 -1.8 -11.3 48 9.5 -5.8 157 8 321.9 322.5 292.2 331.7 2.92 11 500 5939 -6.9 -17.6 42 10.7 -10.6 150 9 324.7 325.0 292.0 331.2 1.92 12 450 6753 -11.7 -25.6 31 13.8 -15.5 143 10 328.5 328.7 292.3 332.3 1.06 13 400 7646 -17.2 -30.1 32 12.9 -20.2 105 9 332.6 332.7 293.2 335.4 0.78 14 350 8632 -24.6 -35.8 34 11.3 -26.5 82 15 335.7 335.8 293.7 337.6 0.51 15 300 9735 -33.2 -42.4 39 9.2 -34.3 83 21 338.5 338.6 294.3 339.7 0.30 16 250 10989 -43.0 -50.3 44 7.3 -43.5 67 26 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.8 0.15 17 200 12454 -54.3 -59.3 54 5.0 -54.4 64 21 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.1 0.06 18 150 14256 -64.0 -76.8 16 12.8 -64.1 114 7 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16697 -70.5 -83.7 13 13.2 -70.6 79 3 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.29 m Freezing level: 570.84 mb = 4897.43 m = 16067.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.62 mb = 3806.22 m = 12487.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.95 % Est. max temperature: 31.80 C = 89.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.69 mb = 652.71 m = 2141.41 ft T: 21.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 24.10 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.03 mb = 1033.04 m = 3389.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.00 C = 85.99 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -3.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: 0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.15 C Cross Totals Index: 20.06 C K Index: 29.64 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 876.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.11 mb = 805.78 m = 2643.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 806.11 mb = 2043.51 m = 6704.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.11 mb = 12577.24 m = 41263.42 ft B at Equ Level: 870.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.11 mb = 15300.45 m = 50197.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 158.2 at 6.7 knts Storm direction: 188.2 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 15.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: -0.3 tot: 1.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.6 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2356.66 Bulk Shear: 0.37 m/s