MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 6Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 31.05,-69.75 Latitude: 31.05 Longitude: -69.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 1 26.3 22.2 78 4.1 23.3 348 2 298.1 301.2 296.0 347.0 16.83 1 1000 137 25.1 21.5 81 3.5 22.5 348 2 298.2 301.2 295.7 345.8 16.39 2 950 586 22.1 18.3 79 3.8 19.5 225 1 299.6 302.2 294.5 340.7 14.07 3 900 1055 19.3 15.3 77 4.1 16.6 199 3 301.4 303.7 293.7 337.4 12.21 4 850 1546 16.7 12.5 76 4.2 14.0 202 5 303.6 305.6 293.2 335.6 10.75 5 800 2061 14.0 9.4 74 4.6 11.2 203 6 306.1 307.8 292.8 334.1 9.30 6 750 2603 11.1 5.5 69 5.5 7.8 208 8 308.6 310.0 292.2 331.8 7.59 7 700 3176 7.8 0.6 61 7.1 3.9 215 10 311.1 312.2 291.4 328.9 5.73 8 650 3783 4.0 -2.3 63 6.3 0.8 226 12 313.5 314.4 291.5 329.2 4.96 9 600 4430 0.4 -2.3 82 2.7 -1.0 236 14 316.6 317.6 292.7 333.8 5.40 10 550 5124 -3.2 -7.3 73 4.1 -5.1 254 14 320.3 321.1 292.6 333.4 4.01 11 500 5873 -7.3 -13.1 63 5.8 -9.6 255 15 324.2 324.7 292.7 333.6 2.79 12 450 6687 -11.9 -19.4 54 7.5 -14.4 243 16 328.2 328.6 292.9 334.6 1.82 13 400 7578 -17.9 -24.9 54 7.0 -19.7 240 19 331.7 332.0 293.4 336.3 1.27 14 350 8564 -24.1 -32.1 47 8.0 -25.7 247 21 336.3 336.4 294.1 339.0 0.74 15 300 9668 -33.3 -38.5 59 5.2 -33.9 250 22 338.5 338.6 294.4 340.3 0.46 16 250 10921 -43.3 -50.5 45 7.2 -43.7 243 22 341.7 341.8 294.9 342.4 0.15 17 200 12379 -56.3 -57.5 86 1.2 -56.3 236 26 343.6 343.6 295.3 343.9 0.08 18 150 14159 -64.6 -73.5 29 8.8 -64.7 241 38 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16602 -68.6 -82.9 11 14.3 -68.7 231 19 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.05 m Freezing level: 594.68 mb = 4503.96 m = 14776.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.77 mb = 4064.33 m = 13334.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.28 % Est. max temperature: 31.14 C = 88.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.08 mb = 521.37 m = 1710.52 ft T: 22.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 18.08 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.97 mb = 1366.03 m = 4481.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.03 C = 87.85 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -1.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: 1.38 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.97 C Cross Totals Index: 19.73 C K Index: 29.32 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 315.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.97 mb = 921.53 m = 3023.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.97 mb = 2614.38 m = 8577.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 258.97 mb = 10678.36 m = 35033.55 ft B at Equ Level: 314.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.97 mb = 13799.26 m = 45272.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.3 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 262.3 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 17.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 28.07 Bulk Shear: 11.25 m/s