MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 12Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 17.00,-129.17 Latitude: 17.00 Longitude: -129.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 0 25.0 23.4 91 1.6 23.8 186 28 297.8 301.1 296.8 351.0 18.30 1 1000 37 24.4 22.6 90 1.8 23.1 187 31 297.6 300.8 296.3 348.4 17.52 2 950 485 20.8 20.5 98 0.3 20.6 193 34 298.3 301.2 295.6 345.2 16.16 3 900 953 19.3 18.1 93 1.2 18.4 197 35 301.3 304.0 295.4 344.4 14.63 4 850 1445 17.3 16.2 93 1.1 16.5 179 36 304.3 306.8 295.6 345.3 13.75 5 800 1963 15.4 13.8 90 1.6 14.4 165 38 307.6 309.9 295.6 345.4 12.52 6 750 2509 12.9 10.8 87 2.0 11.6 169 36 310.5 312.6 295.3 344.0 10.94 7 700 3088 10.5 8.1 85 2.4 9.0 181 34 314.1 316.0 295.3 344.3 9.72 8 650 3705 8.4 4.3 76 4.1 6.0 185 31 318.5 320.0 295.3 344.1 8.07 9 600 4363 4.6 0.6 75 4.1 2.4 177 30 321.5 322.8 295.0 343.0 6.66 10 550 5068 0.8 -3.3 74 4.1 -1.3 181 30 325.1 326.2 295.1 343.1 5.47 11 500 5829 -3.1 -8.1 68 5.0 -5.5 185 30 329.2 330.1 295.1 343.2 4.14 12 450 6655 -8.8 -11.5 81 2.7 -10.0 184 29 332.1 332.8 295.3 344.2 3.52 13 400 7558 -14.5 -20.7 60 6.1 -16.5 195 28 336.1 336.5 295.0 342.7 1.85 14 350 8558 -20.2 -42.8 11 22.6 -23.8 227 26 341.5 341.5 294.9 342.5 0.25 15 300 9680 -29.1 -47.3 15 18.3 -31.1 236 23 344.4 344.5 295.6 345.2 0.18 16 250 10956 -38.8 -41.5 75 2.7 -39.1 249 11 348.4 348.5 296.6 350.0 0.40 17 200 12442 -52.6 -53.8 87 1.2 -52.6 184 11 349.5 349.6 296.7 350.1 0.13 18 150 14231 -68.1 -69.5 82 1.4 -68.1 7 8 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.02 19 100 16598 -74.0 -81.9 28 7.9 -74.0 89 20 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.49 m Freezing level: 539.48 mb = 5228.26 m = 17152.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 567.99 mb = 4807.31 m = 15771.83 ft Precipitable water: 2.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.36 % Est. max temperature: 31.25 C = 88.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.82 mb = 206.03 m = 675.94 ft T: 23.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.97 C/km ThetaE index: 6.56 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 934.38 mb = 628.58 m = 2062.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.42 C = 79.55 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: 1.24 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.98 C Showalter Index: 1.59 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.46 C Cross Totals Index: 19.32 C K Index: 34.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 296.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2203.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.07 mb = 566.75 m = 1859.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 180.7 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 210.7 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 3.3 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 10.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.2 neg: -67.1 tot: -10.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.00 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.74 Bulk Shear: 3.70 m/s