MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F312.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F312.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 13 day GFS valid 0Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 18.31,-82.48 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -82.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 1 29.4 25.0 77 4.4 26.1 77 10 301.4 305.0 298.8 360.6 20.05 1 1000 122 28.3 22.9 73 5.3 24.4 77 11 301.4 304.7 297.5 354.2 17.90 2 950 576 24.1 21.6 86 2.5 22.3 78 12 301.6 304.8 297.2 352.7 17.33 3 900 1048 20.6 18.3 87 2.3 19.1 95 13 302.8 305.5 296.0 346.9 14.91 4 850 1542 19.0 11.6 62 7.4 14.2 113 16 306.0 307.9 293.4 336.5 10.11 5 800 2060 16.1 8.5 61 7.6 11.4 114 17 308.3 309.9 293.0 334.9 8.75 6 750 2607 13.0 4.8 57 8.2 8.2 106 16 310.7 312.1 292.5 333.0 7.21 7 700 3183 9.8 -0.5 49 10.3 4.3 94 14 313.3 314.3 291.7 330.0 5.29 8 650 3795 5.8 -3.5 51 9.3 1.2 83 14 315.6 316.5 291.7 330.1 4.56 9 600 4445 1.6 -8.3 48 10.0 -2.9 79 16 318.0 318.7 291.5 329.1 3.40 10 550 5140 -2.7 -13.3 44 10.6 -6.9 75 18 320.9 321.3 291.5 329.2 2.49 11 500 5890 -6.8 -20.4 33 13.6 -11.3 72 19 324.7 325.0 291.7 329.9 1.51 12 450 6705 -11.0 -28.3 23 17.3 -15.4 73 18 329.4 329.6 292.4 332.4 0.82 13 400 7601 -16.3 -33.5 21 17.2 -20.0 79 20 333.8 333.9 293.3 335.9 0.57 14 350 8591 -23.3 -39.8 21 16.5 -25.9 86 22 337.4 337.4 294.0 338.7 0.34 15 300 9700 -31.5 -46.7 21 15.1 -33.1 102 12 340.9 341.0 294.7 341.7 0.19 16 250 10963 -41.3 -54.1 24 12.8 -42.1 122 23 344.6 344.6 295.5 345.0 0.10 17 200 12440 -52.8 -59.8 42 7.0 -53.0 123 22 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.4 0.06 18 150 14236 -66.5 -69.7 64 3.2 -66.5 146 14 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.02 19 100 16614 -77.1 -84.5 30 7.4 -77.1 86 18 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.12 m Freezing level: 581.32 mb = 4704.79 m = 15435.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.52 mb = 3977.77 m = 13050.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.30 % Est. max temperature: 33.17 C = 91.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.85 mb = 558.55 m = 1832.49 ft T: 24.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 30.59 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.95 mb = 1028.94 m = 3375.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.77 C = 87.39 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -4.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.59 C Showalter Index: 1.47 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.82 C Cross Totals Index: 18.38 C K Index: 27.11 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1550.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.82 mb = 895.69 m = 2938.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 810.82 mb = 1945.46 m = 6382.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.82 mb = 13424.07 m = 44041.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1549.55 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 89.2 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 119.2 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.0 neg: -7.1 tot: 9.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 473.95 Bulk Shear: 3.27 m/s