MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 6 SEP 25 Station: 18.51,-96.89 Latitude: 18.51 Longitude: -96.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 106 1 950 548 2 900 1015 SFC 862 1389 24.2 17.2 65 7.0 19.3 71 5 310.3 313.0 297.6 354.5 14.49 4 850 1510 22.3 16.3 69 6.0 18.1 69 4 309.5 312.1 297.0 351.7 13.87 5 800 2033 18.4 13.5 73 4.9 15.1 72 5 310.8 313.1 296.2 348.1 12.22 6 750 2583 13.9 10.7 81 3.2 11.9 74 5 311.7 313.7 295.5 345.0 10.86 7 700 3162 10.7 5.0 68 5.7 7.3 93 5 314.3 315.8 294.0 338.8 7.84 8 650 3776 7.1 -1.0 56 8.2 2.8 108 8 317.0 318.1 292.9 334.5 5.47 9 600 4429 3.0 -5.9 52 8.8 -1.3 110 9 319.6 320.4 292.5 332.9 4.11 10 550 5128 -1.5 -10.2 51 8.7 -5.3 117 8 322.3 322.9 292.5 332.9 3.19 11 500 5881 -5.8 -14.9 48 9.2 -9.3 114 8 326.0 326.5 292.9 334.2 2.40 12 450 6700 -9.7 -19.8 43 10.2 -13.1 105 10 331.1 331.4 293.6 337.3 1.76 13 400 7600 -14.6 -24.4 43 9.8 -17.4 92 12 336.1 336.3 294.6 340.9 1.33 14 350 8597 -21.8 -31.2 42 9.4 -23.8 81 15 339.4 339.6 294.9 342.5 0.81 15 300 9713 -30.1 -41.0 34 11.0 -31.5 59 20 343.0 343.1 295.4 344.4 0.35 16 250 10983 -40.2 -52.6 25 12.4 -41.1 89 23 346.2 346.3 295.9 346.7 0.12 17 200 12462 -53.2 -57.5 59 4.3 -53.3 88 27 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.9 0.08 18 150 14252 -68.1 -68.4 96 0.3 -68.1 28 34 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.03 19 100 16614 -74.9 -81.1 37 6.2 -74.9 66 13 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.76 m Freezing level: 566.96 mb = 4891.13 m = 16046.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.19 mb = 4212.20 m = 13819.38 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.55 % Est. max temperature: 27.48 C = 81.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 777.91 mb = 2271.49 m = 7452.32 ft T: 16.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 21.63 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.52 mb = 2826.79 m = 9274.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.63 C = 79.93 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -2.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.37 C Showalter Index: -3.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.07 C Cross Totals Index: 22.08 C K Index: 38.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 432.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 752.06 mb = 2559.45 m = 8397.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.06 mb = 3561.47 m = 11684.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.06 mb = 12554.28 m = 41188.07 ft B at Equ Level: 429.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.06 mb = 15219.12 m = 49930.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 102.3 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 132.3 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: -1.3 tot: 4.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 170.55 Bulk Shear: 2.54 m/s