MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 24.46,-85.00 Latitude: 24.46 Longitude: -85.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 1 28.8 23.4 73 5.4 24.8 189 6 300.9 304.2 297.5 354.3 18.16 1 1000 111 27.6 22.4 73 5.2 23.9 189 6 300.8 304.0 297.0 351.7 17.33 2 950 564 23.3 21.3 89 2.0 21.9 195 6 300.9 304.0 296.8 351.1 17.07 3 900 1036 21.1 16.3 74 4.7 17.8 234 7 303.2 305.6 294.8 342.0 13.08 4 850 1530 18.9 13.6 71 5.3 15.4 258 10 305.9 308.1 294.5 340.6 11.57 5 800 2049 16.0 11.0 72 5.0 12.7 260 14 308.2 310.1 294.2 339.5 10.34 6 750 2595 12.6 7.5 71 5.2 9.5 267 16 310.3 312.0 293.6 337.0 8.69 7 700 3171 9.1 3.0 66 6.1 5.6 284 18 312.5 313.8 292.7 333.7 6.80 8 650 3782 5.3 0.4 71 4.8 2.7 291 23 314.9 316.1 292.8 334.1 6.09 9 600 4432 1.4 -2.7 75 4.0 -0.7 286 27 317.7 318.7 292.9 334.5 5.25 10 550 5128 -2.1 -4.7 82 2.6 -3.4 279 28 321.6 322.5 293.7 337.5 4.90 11 500 5882 -5.7 -7.9 84 2.2 -6.7 267 26 326.1 327.0 294.4 340.2 4.23 12 450 6702 -10.1 -11.7 88 1.6 -10.8 258 21 330.5 331.2 294.8 342.3 3.46 13 400 7601 -15.2 -16.1 93 0.9 -15.6 263 19 335.2 335.7 295.4 344.7 2.71 14 350 8598 -21.8 -22.0 99 0.2 -21.9 273 21 339.3 339.7 295.8 346.1 1.88 15 300 9713 -30.4 -30.6 99 0.1 -30.4 283 20 342.5 342.7 295.8 346.3 1.00 16 250 10979 -41.5 -42.1 94 0.5 -41.6 293 12 344.3 344.4 295.7 345.8 0.38 17 200 12450 -53.7 -58.1 58 4.5 -53.8 322 24 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.1 0.07 18 150 14237 -67.3 -69.7 72 2.4 -67.4 322 11 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.02 19 100 16622 -74.0 -82.3 27 8.2 -74.0 325 12 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.19 m Freezing level: 580.41 mb = 4704.44 m = 15434.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.23 mb = 4294.32 m = 14088.82 ft Precipitable water: 2.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.02 % Est. max temperature: 33.17 C = 91.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.23 mb = 691.78 m = 2269.59 ft T: 22.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 20.60 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.55 mb = 1423.31 m = 4669.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.28 C = 91.91 F Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lifted Index: -2.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.56 C Showalter Index: 0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.55 C Cross Totals Index: 19.23 C K Index: 32.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 900.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.48 mb = 906.21 m = 2973.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.48 mb = 2279.78 m = 7479.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.48 mb = 13157.22 m = 43166.20 ft B at Equ Level: 895.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.48 mb = 16143.10 m = 52962.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.5 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 303.5 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 47.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 20.74 Bulk Shear: 43.44 m/s