MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 20.98,-89.65 Latitude: 20.98 Longitude: -89.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 11 32.5 21.3 52 11.3 24.3 11 11 304.7 307.7 297.1 352.3 15.94 1 1000 109 30.8 20.7 55 10.2 23.5 12 17 304.0 306.9 296.7 350.2 15.52 2 950 566 26.5 19.4 65 7.1 21.5 15 18 304.1 306.9 296.4 349.1 15.13 3 900 1042 23.5 17.6 69 5.9 19.4 29 10 305.8 308.4 296.3 348.4 14.24 4 850 1540 19.9 15.9 78 4.0 17.2 76 7 307.0 309.6 296.1 347.7 13.50 5 800 2060 16.0 13.9 87 2.1 14.6 117 9 308.2 310.5 295.8 346.2 12.56 6 750 2607 12.1 11.0 93 1.1 11.4 126 12 309.7 311.8 295.2 343.6 11.09 7 700 3182 8.7 6.5 86 2.1 7.4 124 12 312.1 313.7 294.1 339.1 8.73 8 650 3794 5.8 0.1 67 5.7 2.7 115 9 315.6 316.7 292.9 334.4 5.95 9 600 4446 3.3 -9.1 40 12.4 -2.3 95 10 319.9 320.5 291.8 330.4 3.19 10 550 5146 -0.7 -12.6 40 11.9 -5.6 96 13 323.3 323.8 292.3 332.1 2.64 11 500 5901 -5.2 -17.6 37 12.4 -9.6 97 15 326.7 327.1 292.6 333.4 1.92 12 450 6721 -10.1 -21.0 41 10.9 -13.6 89 16 330.5 330.8 293.3 336.1 1.59 13 400 7619 -15.5 -28.9 31 13.4 -18.8 101 16 334.9 335.1 293.9 338.1 0.88 14 350 8613 -22.4 -34.7 32 12.3 -24.7 97 17 338.5 338.6 294.5 340.7 0.58 15 300 9725 -31.0 -36.1 61 5.1 -31.7 93 13 341.8 341.9 295.3 344.0 0.58 16 250 10991 -41.3 -45.0 67 3.7 -41.6 96 16 344.7 344.8 295.7 345.8 0.28 17 200 12466 -53.4 -58.4 55 4.9 -53.6 80 10 348.1 348.2 296.3 348.4 0.07 18 150 14258 -66.9 -70.9 57 4.0 -66.9 90 8 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.0 0.02 19 100 16636 -74.6 -82.5 28 7.9 -74.7 45 15 383.5 383.5 302.8 383.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.87 m Freezing level: 558.71 mb = 5024.22 m = 16483.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.06 mb = 4138.60 m = 13577.93 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.71 % Est. max temperature: 34.56 C = 94.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.54 mb = 1442.52 m = 4732.63 ft T: 20.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 21.92 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.30 mb = 1929.19 m = 6329.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.72 C = 96.30 F Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lifted Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.78 C Showalter Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.09 C Cross Totals Index: 21.07 C K Index: 38.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 722.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.31 mb = 1495.66 m = 4906.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.31 mb = 2282.08 m = 7487.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.31 mb = 12808.38 m = 42021.73 ft B at Equ Level: 719.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.31 mb = 15600.59 m = 51182.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 87.7 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 117.7 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 165.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.6 neg: -5.0 tot: 22.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 17.45 Bulk Shear: 41.42 m/s