MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 6Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 31.28,-71.1 Latitude: 31.28 Longitude: -71.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25.9 21.5 77 4.4 22.8 187 4 297.7 300.6 295.4 344.3 16.10 1 1000 139 24.5 20.6 79 3.9 21.8 186 5 297.6 300.4 294.9 342.4 15.44 2 950 587 21.3 17.5 79 3.8 18.7 187 6 298.8 301.3 293.7 337.8 13.37 3 900 1055 19.2 13.9 71 5.3 15.7 193 8 301.3 303.3 292.8 334.1 11.14 4 850 1545 16.9 10.9 68 5.9 13.1 200 8 303.8 305.6 292.4 332.8 9.71 5 800 2061 14.2 9.2 72 4.9 11.1 212 9 306.2 307.9 292.8 333.9 9.18 6 750 2603 11.0 7.6 79 3.5 8.9 228 10 308.6 310.2 293.1 335.2 8.74 7 700 3176 7.4 5.1 85 2.3 6.1 235 12 310.7 312.2 293.0 335.0 7.88 8 650 3784 3.6 2.3 91 1.3 2.8 223 16 313.0 314.3 293.0 334.7 6.95 9 600 4430 -0.2 -2.3 85 2.2 -1.3 224 22 315.9 316.9 292.5 333.0 5.37 10 550 5122 -3.9 -6.1 85 2.2 -5.0 230 25 319.4 320.3 292.7 333.7 4.40 11 500 5869 -8.2 -9.9 88 1.7 -8.9 229 28 323.0 323.8 293.0 335.0 3.61 12 450 6681 -12.7 -14.5 86 1.8 -13.3 225 31 327.3 327.9 293.5 336.7 2.77 13 400 7571 -18.3 -20.1 86 1.7 -18.8 215 30 331.2 331.6 293.9 338.0 1.95 14 350 8554 -25.0 -27.6 79 2.6 -25.5 221 30 335.1 335.3 294.1 339.2 1.13 15 300 9655 -33.4 -35.6 81 2.2 -33.7 205 26 338.2 338.4 294.4 340.6 0.61 16 250 10909 -43.4 -49.1 53 5.7 -43.7 228 35 341.6 341.7 294.9 342.3 0.18 17 200 12370 -55.7 -62.1 44 6.4 -55.8 230 37 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.8 0.04 18 150 14150 -64.4 -72.8 30 8.5 -64.4 224 39 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16607 -67.1 -83.2 8 16.1 -67.2 226 17 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.74 m Freezing level: 602.36 mb = 4399.27 m = 14433.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.47 mb = 4224.21 m = 13858.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.81 % Est. max temperature: 31.22 C = 88.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.62 mb = 554.21 m = 1818.27 ft T: 21.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 11.55 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.09 mb = 1665.34 m = 5463.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.62 C = 90.71 F Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lifted Index: -1.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: 1.75 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.07 C Cross Totals Index: 19.14 C K Index: 33.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 150.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 110.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.27 mb = 956.97 m = 3139.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.27 mb = 3231.98 m = 10603.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 385.27 mb = 7846.94 m = 25744.24 ft B at Equ Level: 150.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 235.27 mb = 11306.66 m = 37094.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.5 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 252.5 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 15.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 9.69 Bulk Shear: 15.58 m/s