MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F321.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F321.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 321 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 9 SEP 25 Station: 19.80,-89.96 Latitude: 19.80 Longitude: -89.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 31.3 21.0 55 10.3 23.9 96 2 304.1 307.0 296.9 351.1 15.80 1 1000 134 29.0 20.7 61 8.4 23.0 98 3 302.2 305.0 296.2 348.0 15.51 2 950 588 24.2 19.5 75 4.7 20.9 96 5 301.8 304.5 295.8 346.6 15.21 3 900 1060 20.3 17.2 83 3.1 18.2 94 6 302.4 304.9 295.1 343.3 13.85 4 850 1553 18.7 9.7 56 9.0 13.1 84 10 305.7 307.4 292.4 332.7 8.94 5 800 2071 15.8 7.8 59 8.0 10.9 73 12 308.0 309.5 292.6 333.4 8.35 6 750 2616 12.5 6.5 67 6.1 8.9 73 15 310.2 311.7 293.1 335.0 8.10 7 700 3192 9.0 3.5 68 5.5 5.8 77 15 312.5 313.8 292.9 334.4 7.03 8 650 3803 5.6 -0.7 64 6.3 2.2 81 14 315.3 316.4 292.6 333.1 5.61 9 600 4453 1.8 -3.1 70 4.9 -0.7 80 14 318.2 319.2 292.9 334.6 5.10 10 550 5151 -1.9 -5.0 80 3.0 -3.4 73 13 321.8 322.7 293.7 337.5 4.81 11 500 5905 -5.4 -11.1 64 5.7 -7.8 65 17 326.4 327.1 293.7 337.5 3.27 12 450 6724 -10.6 -16.7 61 6.1 -12.8 61 18 329.9 330.4 293.8 337.9 2.30 13 400 7620 -16.4 -21.6 64 5.2 -18.0 60 15 333.7 334.0 294.3 339.7 1.70 14 350 8612 -22.9 -32.4 42 9.5 -24.8 40 13 337.9 338.0 294.4 340.6 0.72 15 300 9721 -32.0 -42.3 35 10.4 -33.2 68 8 340.3 340.4 294.7 341.5 0.31 16 250 10981 -42.1 -50.9 37 8.9 -42.6 100 13 343.5 343.6 295.3 344.1 0.14 17 200 12455 -53.3 -61.4 37 8.1 -53.5 110 11 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.05 18 150 14241 -68.2 -70.4 72 2.3 -68.2 43 14 352.6 352.7 297.2 352.7 0.02 19 100 16630 -72.1 -84.1 15 12.0 -72.2 64 23 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.17 m Freezing level: 575.92 mb = 4789.27 m = 15712.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.66 mb = 4296.88 m = 14097.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.50 % Est. max temperature: 32.67 C = 90.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.70 mb = 1394.77 m = 4575.96 ft T: 19.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 18.45 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.92 mb = 1860.42 m = 6103.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.28 C = 93.70 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.56 C Showalter Index: 4.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.14 C Cross Totals Index: 15.15 C K Index: 28.33 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 152.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.96 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 421.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.99 mb = 1243.70 m = 4080.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.99 mb = 2887.65 m = 9473.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.99 mb = 11647.68 m = 38213.69 ft B at Equ Level: 418.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.99 mb = 14818.83 m = 48617.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 76.9 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 106.9 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 41.98 Bulk Shear: 10.04 m/s