MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 6Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: -2.93,-71.86 Latitude: -2.93 Longitude: -71.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 86 SFC 995 133 21.8 20.9 94 0.9 21.2 306 2 295.4 298.3 294.5 340.8 15.81 2 950 537 26.1 17.8 61 8.2 20.4 9 6 303.6 306.2 295.3 344.2 13.65 3 900 1013 24.5 15.5 57 9.0 18.4 50 7 306.8 309.1 295.3 344.2 12.42 4 850 1512 20.6 13.4 64 7.1 15.8 66 8 307.7 309.8 294.8 342.3 11.45 5 800 2032 16.2 11.6 75 4.5 13.2 75 10 308.4 310.4 294.6 341.2 10.82 6 750 2578 12.0 9.1 83 2.8 10.2 79 11 309.6 311.4 294.1 339.3 9.74 7 700 3153 8.2 5.8 85 2.4 6.8 95 15 311.6 313.2 293.6 337.2 8.30 8 650 3763 5.3 1.2 75 4.1 3.1 95 22 315.0 316.2 293.2 335.3 6.45 9 600 4414 2.1 -5.0 59 7.1 -1.4 88 24 318.5 319.4 292.4 332.7 4.39 10 550 5112 -1.5 -9.9 52 8.5 -5.2 85 23 322.4 323.0 292.6 333.2 3.27 11 500 5865 -5.5 -13.8 52 8.3 -8.8 85 16 326.3 326.8 293.1 335.3 2.62 12 450 6684 -10.4 -18.9 50 8.5 -13.3 120 10 330.2 330.5 293.5 336.8 1.91 13 400 7581 -16.0 -27.9 35 12.0 -19.0 170 16 334.3 334.5 293.8 337.8 0.96 14 350 8575 -22.6 -38.1 23 15.5 -25.2 201 9 338.3 338.4 294.3 339.9 0.41 15 300 9686 -31.3 -45.8 23 14.5 -32.9 313 4 341.3 341.3 294.8 342.1 0.21 16 250 10945 -42.9 -50.8 41 8.0 -43.3 244 17 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.9 0.14 17 200 12415 -53.6 -65.5 22 11.9 -53.8 259 24 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.03 18 150 14208 -66.1 -73.5 35 7.4 -66.2 273 32 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.01 19 100 16574 -77.7 -81.5 54 3.8 -77.7 318 11 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.07 m Freezing level: 570.72 mb = 4822.57 m = 15821.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.57 mb = 4205.54 m = 13797.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.40 % Est. max temperature: 34.13 C = 93.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.63 mb = 248.96 m = 816.80 ft T: 23.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 11.48 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.16 mb = 2190.88 m = 7187.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.11 C = 95.20 F Cap Strength: 4.57 C Lifted Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Showalter Index: 0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.06 C Cross Totals Index: 18.91 C K Index: 37.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 92.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 193.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.58 mb = 1475.08 m = 4839.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 718.58 mb = 2934.92 m = 9628.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 408.58 mb = 7419.43 m = 24341.66 ft B at Equ Level: 92.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 218.58 mb = 11829.89 m = 38811.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 83.7 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 113.7 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 48.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.14 Bulk Shear: 29.55 m/s