MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F309.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F309.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 309 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 9 SEP 25 Station: 18.58,-94.37 Latitude: 18.58 Longitude: -94.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29.1 23.6 72 5.5 25.0 2 6 301.1 304.4 297.7 355.1 18.34 1 1000 118 28.4 21.4 66 7.0 23.3 11 6 301.6 304.5 296.5 349.4 16.24 2 950 572 24.9 19.0 70 5.9 20.8 38 7 302.5 305.2 295.7 345.9 14.69 3 900 1045 21.3 17.2 78 4.1 18.5 59 10 303.4 306.0 295.4 344.5 13.85 4 850 1539 18.2 15.5 84 2.7 16.4 72 13 305.2 307.7 295.4 344.6 13.16 5 800 2057 15.4 13.6 89 1.8 14.2 79 14 307.5 309.8 295.4 344.8 12.32 6 750 2603 12.6 10.3 86 2.3 11.1 86 14 310.2 312.2 294.9 342.5 10.54 7 700 3181 9.8 4.7 70 5.1 6.8 91 14 313.4 314.8 293.6 337.3 7.67 8 650 3793 5.8 1.3 73 4.5 3.3 83 17 315.5 316.8 293.3 336.0 6.50 9 600 4444 1.9 -1.2 80 3.1 0.2 87 20 318.3 319.4 293.6 336.9 5.83 10 550 5141 -2.0 -4.1 86 2.1 -3.1 82 20 321.7 322.7 293.9 338.3 5.12 11 500 5895 -5.8 -7.9 85 2.1 -6.7 72 19 326.0 326.9 294.3 340.1 4.24 12 450 6715 -9.9 -12.5 81 2.6 -11.0 66 16 330.8 331.5 294.8 341.9 3.25 13 400 7615 -15.2 -17.5 82 2.3 -16.0 76 14 335.2 335.7 295.2 343.8 2.42 14 350 8611 -22.0 -22.8 93 0.8 -22.2 82 17 339.1 339.5 295.6 345.5 1.75 15 300 9726 -30.4 -30.4 100 0.0 -30.4 49 20 342.6 342.8 295.8 346.4 1.02 16 250 10996 -40.3 -40.3 100 -0.0 -40.3 44 16 346.1 346.2 296.2 347.9 0.46 17 200 12476 -52.9 -52.9 100 0.0 -52.9 37 24 349.0 349.1 296.5 349.6 0.14 18 150 14265 -68.3 -68.7 95 0.3 -68.4 24 35 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.5 0.02 19 100 16611 -75.7 -81.7 38 6.0 -75.7 43 12 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.04 m Freezing level: 576.24 mb = 4775.44 m = 15667.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.02 mb = 4483.80 m = 14710.45 ft Precipitable water: 2.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.35 % Est. max temperature: 32.73 C = 90.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.71 mb = 704.47 m = 2311.24 ft T: 23.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 10.58 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.04 mb = 1639.36 m = 5378.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.67 C = 92.61 F Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lifted Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: -0.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.97 C Cross Totals Index: 21.29 C K Index: 34.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 329.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.42 mb = 1215.10 m = 3986.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.42 mb = 2974.76 m = 9759.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 257.42 mb = 10792.32 m = 35407.45 ft B at Equ Level: 328.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.42 mb = 14771.88 m = 48463.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 77.9 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 107.9 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 34.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 15.77 Bulk Shear: 20.93 m/s