MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 24.18,-90.1 Latitude: 24.18 Longitude: -90.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1019 2 29.0 23.5 72 5.5 24.9 113 6 300.5 303.9 297.4 353.8 18.14 1 1000 164 27.3 22.4 74 5.0 23.8 115 7 300.5 303.6 296.9 351.2 17.27 2 950 617 23.1 21.2 89 1.9 21.8 116 6 300.6 303.7 296.7 350.3 16.91 3 900 1088 22.0 11.9 53 10.1 15.5 115 6 304.1 306.0 292.6 333.3 9.77 4 850 1582 19.6 7.5 46 12.1 12.3 119 6 306.6 308.1 291.7 329.9 7.67 5 800 2101 16.6 3.4 41 13.2 9.1 125 6 308.8 310.0 291.0 327.7 6.12 6 750 2647 13.1 1.2 44 11.9 6.5 141 5 310.8 311.8 291.2 328.1 5.56 7 700 3223 9.4 -1.2 47 10.6 3.8 167 4 312.9 313.9 291.3 328.7 5.02 8 650 3834 5.4 -4.6 48 10.0 0.5 184 3 315.0 315.8 291.3 328.4 4.17 9 600 4483 1.3 -10.8 40 12.0 -3.8 146 2 317.6 318.1 290.8 326.8 2.80 10 550 5177 -2.7 -12.5 47 9.8 -6.7 112 2 320.9 321.4 291.6 329.8 2.66 11 500 5928 -6.2 -13.2 58 7.0 -9.0 120 7 325.5 326.0 293.0 334.9 2.78 12 450 6746 -10.5 -19.6 47 9.1 -13.6 105 11 330.0 330.4 293.4 336.3 1.79 13 400 7644 -15.7 -28.2 33 12.5 -18.8 81 13 334.6 334.8 293.9 338.0 0.94 14 350 8637 -22.6 -33.4 37 10.8 -24.7 72 13 338.3 338.5 294.5 340.8 0.65 15 300 9749 -31.0 -42.3 32 11.2 -32.4 90 10 341.6 341.7 295.0 342.9 0.31 16 250 11015 -41.2 -47.8 49 6.6 -41.6 82 10 344.9 344.9 295.7 345.7 0.20 17 200 12490 -53.3 -58.3 54 5.0 -53.5 130 10 348.3 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.07 18 150 14277 -68.3 -69.7 82 1.4 -68.3 185 5 352.4 352.4 297.2 352.5 0.02 19 100 16665 -72.3 -82.2 21 9.9 -72.3 54 8 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.15 m Freezing level: 584.06 mb = 4704.11 m = 15433.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.37 mb = 3904.19 m = 12808.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.45 % Est. max temperature: 34.16 C = 93.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.80 mb = 701.38 m = 2301.10 ft T: 22.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 26.16 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.20 mb = 1753.13 m = 5751.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.83 C = 96.49 F Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lifted Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.90 C Showalter Index: 5.09 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.76 C Cross Totals Index: 13.69 C K Index: 22.64 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 108.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 768.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 99.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.62 mb = 956.93 m = 3139.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.62 mb = 2774.83 m = 9103.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.62 mb = 12854.16 m = 42171.92 ft B at Equ Level: 762.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.62 mb = 16177.94 m = 53076.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 129.8 at 4.5 knts Storm direction: 159.8 at 3.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: -0.3 tot: 2.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.9 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 986.93 Bulk Shear: 0.78 m/s