MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F279.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F279.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 279 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 27.63,-71.22 Latitude: 27.63 Longitude: -71.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 1 28.8 25.0 80 3.8 26.0 167 23 300.8 304.5 298.7 360.0 20.07 1 1000 120 27.4 23.0 77 4.4 24.2 168 27 300.6 303.9 297.4 353.4 18.00 2 950 572 23.2 21.6 91 1.6 22.1 169 30 300.7 303.9 297.0 351.8 17.38 3 900 1044 20.6 18.2 86 2.4 19.0 173 31 302.8 305.5 295.9 346.6 14.81 4 850 1537 18.5 12.8 70 5.7 14.8 175 31 305.5 307.6 294.0 338.6 11.03 5 800 2055 16.0 6.9 55 9.1 10.5 177 30 308.2 309.6 292.3 332.0 7.80 6 750 2601 12.4 4.0 57 8.4 7.6 177 31 310.0 311.3 292.0 331.1 6.81 7 700 3176 8.7 3.1 68 5.6 5.5 180 31 312.1 313.5 292.6 333.5 6.86 8 650 3786 4.9 1.5 78 3.5 3.0 185 30 314.6 315.8 293.1 335.2 6.56 9 600 4435 1.3 -1.6 81 2.9 -0.3 184 29 317.6 318.7 293.2 335.7 5.67 10 550 5132 -2.4 -6.1 75 3.7 -4.1 176 28 321.3 322.2 293.3 335.7 4.42 11 500 5884 -5.9 -11.9 62 6.0 -8.4 163 26 325.9 326.5 293.4 336.2 3.07 12 450 6703 -10.1 -17.1 57 7.0 -12.6 156 24 330.6 331.0 293.9 338.3 2.23 13 400 7602 -15.4 -21.6 59 6.2 -17.3 146 21 335.0 335.3 294.6 341.1 1.70 14 350 8598 -21.5 -27.0 61 5.5 -22.9 121 15 339.8 340.0 295.3 344.2 1.19 15 300 9715 -29.9 -35.7 57 5.8 -30.9 100 19 343.2 343.4 295.7 345.6 0.61 16 250 10987 -39.6 -41.6 81 2.0 -39.8 68 19 347.2 347.3 296.4 348.8 0.40 17 200 12478 -51.4 -51.4 100 0.0 -51.4 312 21 351.4 351.4 297.1 352.1 0.17 18 150 14277 -67.1 -67.4 96 0.3 -67.1 4 28 354.4 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.03 19 100 16650 -72.5 -81.0 27 8.5 -72.5 66 26 387.6 387.6 303.5 387.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.97 m Freezing level: 582.41 mb = 4680.10 m = 15354.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.16 mb = 4379.02 m = 14366.69 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.74 % Est. max temperature: 32.79 C = 91.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.65 mb = 483.10 m = 1584.95 ft T: 24.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 28.91 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.10 mb = 1003.96 m = 3293.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.62 C = 87.11 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -3.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.43 C Showalter Index: 1.47 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.14 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.40 C Cross Totals Index: 18.74 C K Index: 31.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1041.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.03 mb = 795.11 m = 2608.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 811.03 mb = 1938.37 m = 6359.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.03 mb = 12764.70 m = 41878.44 ft B at Equ Level: 1038.77 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 176.2 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 206.2 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.6 neg: -0.0 tot: 49.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 391.43 Bulk Shear: 2.66 m/s