MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F183.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F183.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 183 hour GFS valid 9Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 31.08,-70.58 Latitude: 31.08 Longitude: -70.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26.5 23.3 83 3.2 24.2 218 15 298.6 301.9 296.9 351.3 18.08 1 1000 108 25.4 21.6 80 3.8 22.7 219 18 298.6 301.6 295.9 346.6 16.51 2 950 558 21.9 18.9 83 3.0 19.8 229 24 299.4 302.1 294.8 342.0 14.61 3 900 1027 19.5 16.8 85 2.6 17.7 234 27 301.6 304.0 294.6 341.3 13.51 4 850 1518 17.1 15.0 87 2.1 15.7 235 29 304.1 306.5 294.8 342.0 12.73 5 800 2035 14.6 12.9 90 1.7 13.5 235 30 306.7 308.9 294.8 342.2 11.78 6 750 2579 11.8 10.2 90 1.6 10.8 234 31 309.4 311.4 294.7 341.4 10.51 7 700 3155 8.8 6.3 85 2.4 7.3 232 28 312.2 313.9 294.0 338.9 8.62 8 650 3766 5.4 2.6 82 2.8 3.8 233 27 315.1 316.5 293.7 337.4 7.11 9 600 4417 2.0 -2.4 73 4.4 -0.3 233 28 318.4 319.4 293.2 335.5 5.33 10 550 5114 -2.1 -3.2 93 1.0 -2.7 227 32 321.5 322.6 294.2 339.4 5.52 11 500 5867 -5.6 -6.7 92 1.1 -6.1 222 35 326.2 327.1 294.7 341.6 4.63 12 450 6688 -9.8 -11.5 87 1.7 -10.6 226 42 330.9 331.6 295.0 342.9 3.52 13 400 7588 -15.5 -16.4 93 0.9 -15.8 225 45 334.9 335.4 295.3 344.2 2.66 14 350 8583 -22.1 -23.4 89 1.3 -22.4 223 44 339.0 339.3 295.5 345.0 1.66 15 300 9698 -30.5 -32.0 87 1.5 -30.8 216 40 342.4 342.6 295.7 345.7 0.87 16 250 10966 -41.1 -42.3 88 1.2 -41.2 215 37 345.0 345.0 295.8 346.4 0.37 17 200 12439 -54.0 -55.3 86 1.3 -54.0 222 33 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.7 0.11 18 150 14222 -68.1 -70.6 69 2.6 -68.1 210 29 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.02 19 100 16634 -72.2 -82.4 20 10.1 -72.3 197 16 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.12 m Freezing level: 576.16 mb = 4749.56 m = 15582.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.99 mb = 4363.15 m = 14314.61 ft Precipitable water: 2.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.30 % Est. max temperature: 31.38 C = 88.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.59 mb = 406.15 m = 1332.50 ft T: 23.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 9.96 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.27 mb = 1295.84 m = 4251.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.87 C = 87.57 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: 0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.39 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.76 C Cross Totals Index: 20.63 C K Index: 35.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 79.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.11 mb = 853.92 m = 2801.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.11 mb = 3000.23 m = 9843.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 463.11 mb = 6464.20 m = 21207.75 ft B at Equ Level: 79.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 303.11 mb = 9623.59 m = 31573.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.5 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 260.5 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.5 neg: -7.2 tot: 48.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 6.76 Bulk Shear: 11.74 m/s