MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F312.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F312.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 13 day GFS valid 6Z TUE 9 SEP 25 Station: 18.99,-83.66 Latitude: 18.99 Longitude: -83.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 1 29.0 23.8 74 5.2 25.2 72 9 301.0 304.4 297.9 355.9 18.64 1 1000 124 27.8 22.5 73 5.3 23.9 72 9 301.0 304.1 297.1 352.1 17.40 2 950 577 23.5 21.5 88 2.0 22.1 75 10 301.0 304.2 297.0 351.7 17.22 3 900 1049 21.8 14.5 63 7.3 16.9 90 12 304.0 306.1 294.0 338.5 11.60 4 850 1544 19.3 10.1 55 9.2 13.5 93 13 306.3 308.0 292.8 334.0 9.17 5 800 2062 16.0 8.0 59 8.1 11.1 89 14 308.2 309.8 292.7 333.9 8.43 6 750 2608 12.6 6.6 67 6.0 8.9 83 14 310.2 311.7 293.1 335.2 8.15 7 700 3184 9.3 2.6 63 6.7 5.5 78 14 312.8 314.1 292.6 333.4 6.61 8 650 3795 5.7 0.7 70 5.0 2.9 78 14 315.4 316.6 293.0 335.0 6.21 9 600 4446 1.7 -2.5 74 4.1 -0.4 84 15 318.1 319.1 293.1 335.2 5.33 10 550 5143 -2.5 -7.6 68 5.1 -4.8 92 17 321.1 321.9 292.8 334.0 3.92 11 500 5894 -6.6 -13.0 60 6.4 -9.1 85 18 325.0 325.6 292.9 334.5 2.81 12 450 6710 -11.0 -19.1 51 8.1 -13.7 71 16 329.4 329.8 293.3 336.0 1.88 13 400 7605 -16.7 -25.1 48 8.5 -19.0 76 14 333.3 333.6 293.8 337.8 1.24 14 350 8595 -23.6 -29.8 57 6.2 -24.9 73 12 337.0 337.2 294.4 340.4 0.93 15 300 9702 -32.0 -37.3 60 5.2 -32.8 75 11 340.2 340.3 294.8 342.2 0.52 16 250 10963 -41.8 -47.6 53 5.8 -42.2 52 12 344.0 344.0 295.5 344.8 0.21 17 200 12439 -52.9 -64.1 25 11.2 -53.1 54 17 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.2 0.03 18 150 14229 -68.0 -71.7 59 3.7 -68.0 72 16 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.02 19 100 16615 -72.4 -84.0 16 11.6 -72.5 56 11 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.58 m Freezing level: 579.89 mb = 4726.51 m = 15506.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.61 mb = 4357.35 m = 14295.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.31 % Est. max temperature: 33.72 C = 92.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.57 mb = 664.38 m = 2179.71 ft T: 23.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 21.96 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.48 mb = 1579.09 m = 5180.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.54 C = 94.17 F Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lifted Index: -3.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.37 C Showalter Index: 2.80 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.49 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.83 C Cross Totals Index: 16.67 C K Index: 29.22 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.81 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1146.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.31 mb = 949.74 m = 3115.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.31 mb = 2327.46 m = 7635.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.31 mb = 12913.87 m = 42367.83 ft B at Equ Level: 1142.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.31 mb = 16310.81 m = 53512.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 84.6 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 114.6 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: -2.9 tot: 5.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 320.16 Bulk Shear: 3.58 m/s