MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z THU 11 SEP 25 Station: 20.47,-80.12 Latitude: 20.47 Longitude: -80.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29.1 24.2 75 4.9 25.5 86 15 301.2 304.7 298.2 357.6 19.12 1 1000 112 27.9 22.6 73 5.3 24.0 86 17 301.1 304.3 297.2 352.6 17.53 2 950 566 23.6 21.6 88 2.0 22.2 87 16 301.2 304.3 297.1 352.2 17.32 3 900 1037 20.0 19.0 94 1.0 19.3 90 16 302.1 305.0 296.2 348.0 15.54 4 850 1530 18.5 14.6 78 3.9 15.9 91 14 305.6 307.9 295.0 342.7 12.39 5 800 2049 16.0 11.5 75 4.4 13.1 92 13 308.2 310.2 294.5 340.8 10.74 6 750 2596 13.1 7.8 70 5.3 9.9 90 12 310.8 312.5 293.9 338.2 8.91 7 700 3173 9.7 4.5 70 5.2 6.6 95 12 313.2 314.6 293.5 336.7 7.55 8 650 3785 5.6 1.5 75 4.0 3.4 94 12 315.3 316.5 293.3 336.1 6.60 9 600 4436 1.7 -1.9 77 3.6 -0.2 80 11 318.1 319.1 293.3 335.9 5.56 10 550 5133 -2.2 -6.8 70 4.7 -4.3 63 9 321.5 322.3 293.1 335.2 4.17 11 500 5885 -5.9 -13.1 56 7.3 -8.8 40 10 325.9 326.4 293.2 335.3 2.78 12 450 6704 -10.3 -20.4 44 10.0 -13.6 36 11 330.3 330.6 293.4 336.2 1.68 13 400 7602 -15.5 -26.9 37 11.4 -18.5 39 14 334.9 335.1 294.0 338.7 1.06 14 350 8596 -22.4 -31.9 42 9.5 -24.3 36 16 338.6 338.8 294.7 341.5 0.76 15 300 9709 -31.0 -35.2 67 4.2 -31.7 22 13 341.6 341.7 295.3 344.1 0.64 16 250 10973 -41.6 -42.8 87 1.3 -41.7 356 15 344.3 344.4 295.7 345.7 0.35 17 200 12445 -54.0 -55.2 86 1.2 -54.0 2 14 347.3 347.4 296.1 347.8 0.11 18 150 14227 -69.0 -71.5 70 2.5 -69.1 345 4 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.02 19 100 16602 -73.8 -82.9 24 9.0 -73.9 26 9 385.0 385.0 303.1 385.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.94 m Freezing level: 578.03 mb = 4741.98 m = 15557.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.22 mb = 4405.72 m = 14454.30 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.10 % Est. max temperature: 32.63 C = 90.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.38 mb = 626.62 m = 2055.81 ft T: 23.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 22.35 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.52 mb = 926.01 m = 3038.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.83 C = 85.70 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -3.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.50 C Showalter Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.41 C Cross Totals Index: 20.46 C K Index: 33.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1378.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.19 mb = 843.55 m = 2767.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.19 mb = 986.78 m = 3237.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 875.19 mb = 1278.20 m = 4193.50 ft B at Equ Level: 4.08 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 84.0 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 114.0 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.1 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -1.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: -2.7 tot: 0.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 685.06 Bulk Shear: 2.01 m/s