MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F309.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F309.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 309 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 9 SEP 25 Station: 21.08,-91.30 Latitude: 21.08 Longitude: -91.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 2 29.0 26.1 84 2.9 26.9 46 20 300.9 304.9 299.5 364.4 21.48 1 1000 130 27.7 24.5 83 3.2 25.3 46 24 300.9 304.5 298.5 359.0 19.74 2 950 583 24.3 21.1 82 3.3 22.0 52 28 301.9 305.0 296.9 351.4 16.78 3 900 1057 22.9 16.0 65 6.9 18.2 55 21 305.1 307.5 295.1 343.4 12.80 4 850 1554 20.6 14.7 69 5.9 16.6 70 14 307.7 310.1 295.6 345.4 12.45 5 800 2076 17.4 10.9 66 6.5 13.2 95 13 309.7 311.6 294.6 341.1 10.30 6 750 2625 13.4 7.5 67 5.9 9.8 102 13 311.2 312.8 293.8 338.0 8.71 7 700 3202 9.6 4.0 68 5.6 6.3 83 17 313.1 314.5 293.3 335.9 7.31 8 650 3814 5.7 0.3 68 5.4 2.8 71 18 315.4 316.6 292.9 334.5 6.02 9 600 4465 1.7 -3.4 68 5.2 -0.9 66 17 318.1 319.1 292.8 334.0 4.95 10 550 5162 -1.5 -11.0 48 9.5 -5.5 76 15 322.3 322.9 292.3 332.3 3.00 11 500 5916 -5.2 -17.7 37 12.5 -9.8 75 11 326.6 327.0 292.6 333.2 1.90 12 450 6736 -9.9 -20.3 43 10.3 -13.3 90 8 330.8 331.1 293.5 336.7 1.70 13 400 7634 -15.8 -26.2 41 10.4 -18.6 116 10 334.5 334.7 294.0 338.6 1.13 14 350 8628 -22.5 -33.1 37 10.7 -24.6 89 11 338.5 338.6 294.6 341.0 0.67 15 300 9740 -31.0 -38.2 49 7.3 -32.0 61 13 341.7 341.8 295.2 343.6 0.47 16 250 11006 -41.2 -45.7 61 4.5 -41.6 49 14 344.8 344.9 295.7 345.9 0.26 17 200 12482 -53.1 -59.5 45 6.5 -53.2 35 12 348.7 348.7 296.4 349.0 0.06 18 150 14274 -67.4 -70.2 67 2.8 -67.4 21 19 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.1 0.02 19 100 16648 -74.0 -81.2 32 7.3 -74.0 89 15 384.8 384.8 303.0 384.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.29 m Freezing level: 573.05 mb = 4840.52 m = 15880.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.82 mb = 4305.89 m = 14126.77 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.87 % Est. max temperature: 35.09 C = 95.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.45 mb = 367.61 m = 1206.04 ft T: 25.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 21.02 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.35 mb = 1704.02 m = 5590.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.43 C = 97.58 F Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lifted Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.95 C Showalter Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.87 C Cross Totals Index: 19.92 C K Index: 34.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1527.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 87.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.18 mb = 910.48 m = 2987.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.18 mb = 2399.08 m = 7870.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 150.18 mb = 14266.25 m = 46804.72 ft B at Equ Level: 1512.60 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 70.3 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 100.3 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.9 neg: -15.7 tot: 20.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 94.96 Bulk Shear: 16.09 m/s