MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 31.12,-70.92 Latitude: 31.12 Longitude: -70.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1019 1 27.0 22.4 76 4.6 23.7 122 5 298.6 301.6 296.1 347.9 16.95 1 1000 166 25.4 21.4 79 3.9 22.6 125 5 298.5 301.5 295.7 345.9 16.28 2 950 615 21.9 18.9 83 3.0 19.8 156 6 299.4 302.0 294.8 341.9 14.58 3 900 1084 19.7 15.2 75 4.5 16.7 189 7 301.8 304.0 293.7 337.6 12.14 4 850 1575 17.3 12.2 72 5.1 14.0 201 10 304.2 306.2 293.3 335.8 10.57 5 800 2091 14.5 9.0 69 5.5 11.1 208 12 306.6 308.3 292.8 334.0 9.05 6 750 2634 11.3 5.8 69 5.5 8.1 214 13 308.9 310.3 292.4 332.6 7.76 7 700 3208 7.6 2.4 70 5.2 4.8 222 15 310.9 312.2 292.0 331.2 6.53 8 650 3814 3.3 -0.9 74 4.2 1.1 224 18 312.7 313.8 291.7 330.0 5.51 9 600 4459 -1.2 -3.0 87 1.9 -2.1 218 18 314.8 315.8 292.0 331.0 5.11 10 550 5149 -4.7 -6.0 90 1.4 -5.3 232 15 318.5 319.4 292.5 332.8 4.43 11 500 5894 -8.4 -10.9 82 2.5 -9.5 244 18 322.7 323.4 292.7 333.8 3.33 12 450 6706 -12.4 -19.5 55 7.1 -14.7 246 21 327.7 328.0 292.8 334.0 1.81 13 400 7597 -17.5 -32.2 27 14.7 -20.7 243 26 332.2 332.3 292.9 334.6 0.64 14 350 8583 -24.7 -34.4 40 9.6 -26.5 246 22 335.4 335.5 293.7 337.6 0.59 15 300 9686 -33.0 -43.9 33 10.9 -34.1 238 24 338.9 339.0 294.3 339.9 0.26 16 250 10937 -44.3 -50.9 47 6.7 -44.7 245 26 340.2 340.3 294.5 340.8 0.14 17 200 12391 -56.6 -58.3 81 1.7 -56.7 242 33 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.4 0.07 18 150 14172 -64.9 -73.1 31 8.2 -65.0 237 34 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16614 -68.7 -82.7 12 14.0 -68.8 245 23 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.72 m Freezing level: 612.93 mb = 4292.21 m = 14081.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.42 mb = 4035.17 m = 13238.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.69 % Est. max temperature: 31.78 C = 89.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.64 mb = 590.81 m = 1938.34 ft T: 22.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 17.90 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.89 mb = 1445.92 m = 4743.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.08 C = 89.75 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Showalter Index: 0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.71 C Cross Totals Index: 20.65 C K Index: 32.72 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 650.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.79 mb = 904.82 m = 2968.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.79 mb = 2592.03 m = 8503.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.79 mb = 12586.48 m = 41293.71 ft B at Equ Level: 635.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.79 mb = 14860.70 m = 48754.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.9 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 247.9 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 34.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 25.67 Bulk Shear: 25.33 m/s