MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 18.31,-82.96 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -82.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 1 29.2 23.7 72 5.5 25.2 105 3 301.3 304.7 297.9 355.9 18.53 1 1000 107 28.1 23.2 75 4.9 24.5 105 3 301.2 304.6 297.7 354.8 18.18 2 950 561 23.7 22.2 91 1.5 22.6 107 3 301.3 304.6 297.6 354.5 18.05 3 900 1033 20.8 18.0 84 2.8 18.9 114 5 303.0 305.7 295.8 346.3 14.62 4 850 1527 19.6 10.4 55 9.2 13.7 118 6 306.7 308.4 293.0 334.9 9.33 5 800 2047 17.4 4.2 42 13.2 9.7 103 6 309.7 311.0 291.6 329.8 6.49 6 750 2595 14.5 -1.6 33 16.1 6.0 83 7 312.3 313.1 290.7 326.5 4.53 7 700 3174 10.9 -6.0 30 16.9 2.7 79 8 314.5 315.2 290.5 325.7 3.48 8 650 3787 7.2 -11.1 26 18.3 -0.7 79 8 317.1 317.6 290.4 325.5 2.53 9 600 4440 3.2 -13.5 28 16.7 -3.6 75 7 319.9 320.3 291.0 327.4 2.26 10 550 5139 -1.5 -14.7 36 13.2 -6.6 81 7 322.4 322.8 291.7 329.9 2.22 11 500 5891 -6.2 -15.8 47 9.5 -9.8 83 6 325.5 325.9 292.6 333.1 2.24 12 450 6709 -10.6 -25.3 29 14.7 -14.8 102 6 329.9 330.1 292.7 333.8 1.09 13 400 7605 -15.9 -32.3 23 16.4 -19.5 87 12 334.3 334.5 293.5 336.7 0.64 14 350 8597 -23.0 -31.5 46 8.5 -24.8 65 16 337.7 337.9 294.5 340.7 0.78 15 300 9709 -30.8 -41.7 34 10.9 -32.1 72 19 342.0 342.1 295.1 343.3 0.33 16 250 10974 -41.4 -49.1 43 7.7 -41.9 44 21 344.5 344.6 295.6 345.2 0.18 17 200 12448 -53.3 -61.7 36 8.3 -53.5 50 25 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.5 0.05 18 150 14237 -67.9 -70.4 70 2.6 -67.9 65 17 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.02 19 100 16605 -77.2 -84.0 33 6.8 -77.3 43 6 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.07 m Freezing level: 565.49 mb = 4922.61 m = 16150.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.05 mb = 3660.02 m = 12007.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.80 % Est. max temperature: 33.66 C = 92.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.46 mb = 695.62 m = 2282.19 ft T: 22.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 30.39 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.12 mb = 1002.62 m = 3289.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.77 C = 87.39 F Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lifted Index: -4.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.64 C Showalter Index: 2.79 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.81 C Cross Totals Index: 16.57 C K Index: 19.27 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 141.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1482.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.45 mb = 827.29 m = 2714.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.45 mb = 2862.80 m = 9392.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.45 mb = 14376.84 m = 47167.52 ft B at Equ Level: 1465.48 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 88.4 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 118.4 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: -1.3 tot: -0.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 999.99 Bulk Shear: 1.48 m/s