MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F333.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F333.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 333 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 18.45,-93.98 Latitude: 18.45 Longitude: -93.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 2 28.7 25.6 83 3.1 26.4 348 8 301.0 304.8 299.2 362.4 20.83 1 1000 92 28.3 24.2 79 4.0 25.3 350 10 301.4 305.0 298.4 358.6 19.37 2 950 547 25.7 19.9 70 5.8 21.6 9 9 303.3 306.2 296.5 349.5 15.58 3 900 1023 24.0 15.8 60 8.2 18.4 59 8 306.3 308.6 295.4 344.3 12.68 4 850 1521 20.7 14.4 67 6.4 16.4 91 11 307.9 310.2 295.4 344.7 12.19 5 800 2043 17.1 12.1 72 5.1 13.8 99 15 309.4 311.5 295.1 343.3 11.13 6 750 2591 14.2 3.8 50 10.4 8.2 92 16 312.0 313.3 292.5 332.9 6.73 7 700 3170 10.8 -2.0 41 12.8 4.1 94 17 314.4 315.3 291.5 329.4 4.72 8 650 3783 6.5 -4.6 45 11.1 1.1 95 16 316.4 317.2 291.7 329.8 4.20 9 600 4435 2.5 -9.1 42 11.6 -2.7 88 16 319.0 319.6 291.6 329.6 3.21 10 550 5133 -1.3 -14.5 36 13.2 -6.5 82 19 322.5 322.9 291.7 330.1 2.26 11 500 5887 -5.6 -19.6 32 14.0 -10.4 86 18 326.2 326.5 292.2 331.8 1.61 12 450 6706 -10.0 -24.0 31 13.9 -14.2 98 18 330.6 330.8 293.0 335.0 1.23 13 400 7605 -14.9 -33.1 20 18.2 -18.9 93 21 335.7 335.8 293.8 337.9 0.59 14 350 8603 -21.1 -35.3 27 14.2 -23.9 83 18 340.3 340.4 294.9 342.3 0.54 15 300 9722 -29.5 -36.5 50 7.0 -30.6 89 20 343.8 343.9 295.7 346.0 0.56 16 250 10994 -40.0 -47.1 47 7.0 -40.6 87 29 346.5 346.6 296.1 347.4 0.22 17 200 12480 -51.8 -57.7 49 6.0 -52.0 83 36 350.8 350.8 296.8 351.1 0.08 18 150 14278 -66.9 -68.3 83 1.4 -67.0 98 51 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.9 0.03 19 100 16631 -78.9 -81.5 66 2.6 -78.9 84 58 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.53 m Freezing level: 567.48 mb = 4889.33 m = 16040.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.67 mb = 3964.79 m = 13007.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.71 % Est. max temperature: 35.28 C = 95.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.93 mb = 399.59 m = 1310.98 ft T: 26.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 18.10 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.99 mb = 1862.10 m = 6109.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.62 C = 97.92 F Cap Strength: 3.45 C Lifted Index: -3.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Showalter Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.36 C Cross Totals Index: 19.97 C K Index: 27.94 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 843.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 125.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.87 mb = 1151.01 m = 3776.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 711.87 mb = 3029.33 m = 9938.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.87 mb = 13073.76 m = 42892.40 ft B at Equ Level: 837.19 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 84.1 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 114.1 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.1 neg: -1.4 tot: 35.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 22.05 Bulk Shear: 38.23 m/s