MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F237.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F237.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 237 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 5 SEP 25 Station: 24.85,-87.04 Latitude: 24.85 Longitude: -87.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 1 29.0 23.4 72 5.6 24.9 132 6 300.7 304.0 297.4 353.8 18.08 1 1000 149 27.5 22.3 73 5.2 23.7 133 6 300.7 303.8 296.8 351.1 17.17 2 950 601 23.2 21.4 90 1.8 21.9 136 6 300.7 303.8 296.8 350.9 17.08 3 900 1072 21.0 15.7 72 5.3 17.4 157 4 303.1 305.4 294.4 340.3 12.53 4 850 1566 18.9 12.0 64 6.9 14.4 198 3 305.9 307.9 293.6 337.2 10.41 5 800 2085 15.9 9.0 64 6.8 11.6 238 3 308.0 309.7 293.2 335.5 9.05 6 750 2630 12.4 5.9 64 6.5 8.5 273 4 310.1 311.5 292.8 334.0 7.79 7 700 3206 8.7 4.7 76 4.0 6.3 300 4 312.1 313.6 293.3 335.9 7.67 8 650 3816 4.9 1.3 77 3.6 2.9 324 5 314.5 315.8 293.0 335.0 6.49 9 600 4465 1.3 -6.9 54 8.2 -2.5 349 4 317.6 318.4 291.7 330.0 3.81 10 550 5160 -2.9 -13.4 44 10.5 -7.0 7 4 320.7 321.1 291.4 328.9 2.47 11 500 5908 -7.5 -16.7 48 9.2 -10.8 19 4 323.9 324.3 292.0 330.9 2.06 12 450 6722 -11.7 -23.6 37 11.9 -15.2 59 3 328.5 328.8 292.5 333.0 1.26 13 400 7615 -16.9 -29.0 34 12.1 -19.8 333 3 333.0 333.2 293.4 336.2 0.87 14 350 8604 -23.2 -24.2 91 1.0 -23.5 327 9 337.4 337.7 295.0 343.0 1.54 15 300 9714 -31.7 -36.8 60 5.1 -32.4 353 12 340.8 340.9 295.0 342.9 0.54 16 250 10976 -41.7 -48.6 47 6.9 -42.2 348 16 344.1 344.1 295.5 344.8 0.18 17 200 12450 -53.6 -56.1 75 2.4 -53.7 344 38 347.8 347.8 296.3 348.2 0.10 18 150 14239 -66.5 -71.8 47 5.3 -66.5 333 20 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.02 19 100 16636 -72.7 -81.5 25 8.8 -72.8 35 12 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.50 m Freezing level: 584.44 mb = 4681.11 m = 15357.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.94 mb = 4160.52 m = 13649.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.94 % Est. max temperature: 33.28 C = 91.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.52 mb = 716.50 m = 2350.68 ft T: 22.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 19.84 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.11 mb = 1443.85 m = 4736.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.55 C = 92.39 F Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lifted Index: -4.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.87 C Showalter Index: 0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.42 C Cross Totals Index: 19.50 C K Index: 34.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1192.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.92 mb = 910.08 m = 2985.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.92 mb = 2277.94 m = 7473.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.92 mb = 13039.15 m = 42778.85 ft B at Equ Level: 1184.25 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.8 at 4.2 knts Storm direction: 352.8 at 3.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 16.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 91.92 Bulk Shear: 12.97 m/s