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: 24.9,-86.98 Latitude: 24.90 Longitude: -86.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 23.3 71 5.7 24.8 131 5 300.7 304.0 297.4 353.6 17.99 1 1000 149 27.5 22.2 73 5.3 23.6 132 6 300.6 303.8 296.8 350.8 17.10 2 950 601 23.1 21.3 89 1.9 21.8 136 5 300.7 303.8 296.8 350.7 17.02 3 900 1072 21.0 15.6 71 5.4 17.3 159 4 303.1 305.4 294.3 340.0 12.45 4 850 1566 18.9 12.0 64 6.9 14.4 200 3 305.9 307.8 293.6 337.1 10.39 5 800 2085 15.8 8.9 63 7.0 11.5 237 3 308.0 309.7 293.1 335.2 8.95 6 750 2630 12.4 5.9 64 6.5 8.5 273 4 310.0 311.5 292.8 333.9 7.78 7 700 3206 8.7 4.7 76 4.0 6.3 301 4 312.1 313.6 293.3 335.9 7.69 8 650 3815 4.9 1.1 76 3.8 2.8 323 5 314.6 315.8 293.0 334.7 6.41 9 600 4465 1.3 -7.6 51 8.9 -2.7 347 4 317.7 318.4 291.5 329.4 3.61 10 550 5160 -2.9 -13.8 43 10.9 -7.1 7 4 320.7 321.1 291.3 328.7 2.40 11 500 5908 -7.5 -16.6 48 9.1 -10.8 26 3 323.9 324.3 292.0 331.0 2.09 12 450 6722 -11.7 -23.4 37 11.7 -15.1 72 3 328.5 328.8 292.6 333.1 1.29 13 400 7615 -16.9 -28.9 34 12.1 -19.7 328 3 333.1 333.3 293.4 336.3 0.87 14 350 8604 -23.3 -24.3 91 1.0 -23.5 325 10 337.4 337.7 295.0 342.9 1.53 15 300 9714 -31.7 -37.1 59 5.3 -32.5 352 13 340.7 340.8 295.0 342.7 0.53 16 250 10976 -41.7 -49.5 43 7.8 -42.2 348 16 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.8 0.17 17 200 12449 -53.7 -56.3 73 2.6 -53.8 343 38 347.8 347.8 296.3 348.2 0.09 18 150 14239 -66.4 -72.0 46 5.5 -66.5 333 20 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.7 0.02 19 100 16636 -72.7 -81.5 25 8.8 -72.8 34 12 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.13 m Freezing level: 584.17 mb = 4684.73 m = 15369.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.56 mb = 4139.26 m = 13580.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.27 % Est. max temperature: 33.25 C = 91.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.78 mb = 723.49 m = 2373.62 ft T: 22.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 19.62 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.55 mb = 1459.57 m = 4788.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.61 C = 92.50 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -4.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.82 C Showalter Index: 0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.36 C Cross Totals Index: 19.45 C K Index: 34.35 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 152.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1152.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.29 mb = 916.16 m = 3005.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.29 mb = 2284.68 m = 7495.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.29 mb = 13060.19 m = 42847.86 ft B at Equ Level: 1141.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.29 mb = 16003.51 m = 52504.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.8 at 4.2 knts Storm direction: 349.8 at 3.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 15.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 94.11 Bulk Shear: 12.25 m/s