MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 29 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 1012 12 29.2 22.4 67 6.8 24.2 34 10 301.3 304.4 297.0 351.5 17.05 1 1000 118 28.5 22.0 68 6.5 23.8 35 17 301.7 304.8 297.0 351.4 16.88 2 950 572 24.8 19.9 74 4.9 21.3 41 22 302.3 305.2 296.3 348.2 15.54 3 900 1046 23.4 15.9 63 7.4 18.2 54 17 305.6 307.9 295.2 343.7 12.73 4 850 1544 20.4 14.8 70 5.7 16.6 76 10 307.5 309.9 295.6 345.3 12.51 5 800 2065 16.6 11.8 73 4.8 13.5 119 9 308.9 310.9 294.8 342.2 10.95 6 750 2612 12.3 8.6 78 3.7 10.0 130 10 309.9 311.7 294.0 338.7 9.39 7 700 3187 9.0 4.1 72 4.8 6.2 109 6 312.4 313.8 293.2 335.3 7.37 8 650 3799 6.4 -0.3 62 6.7 2.8 93 7 316.2 317.3 292.9 334.5 5.77 9 600 4451 2.9 -7.4 47 10.3 -1.9 102 9 319.5 320.2 292.1 331.5 3.65 10 550 5151 -0.4 -14.4 34 13.9 -6.0 98 12 323.6 324.0 292.0 331.3 2.28 11 500 5907 -5.0 -15.3 44 10.3 -9.0 89 15 326.9 327.4 293.0 334.9 2.32 12 450 6727 -9.9 -22.8 34 12.9 -13.9 88 15 330.7 331.0 293.2 335.6 1.36 13 400 7626 -15.2 -27.4 35 12.2 -18.4 97 16 335.2 335.4 294.0 338.9 1.01 14 350 8621 -22.2 -34.1 33 11.8 -24.5 90 15 338.8 338.9 294.6 341.1 0.61 15 300 9735 -30.6 -41.7 33 11.0 -32.0 84 13 342.2 342.3 295.1 343.5 0.33 16 250 11001 -41.3 -45.0 67 3.7 -41.6 95 15 344.7 344.7 295.7 345.8 0.28 17 200 12476 -53.4 -57.7 59 4.3 -53.6 85 12 348.1 348.2 296.3 348.5 0.08 18 150 14270 -67.0 -70.9 57 3.9 -67.0 101 8 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.8 0.02 19 100 16651 -74.2 -82.3 27 8.2 -74.2 69 16 384.4 384.4 302.9 384.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.35 m Freezing level: 556.54 mb = 5059.70 m = 16599.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.41 mb = 4178.30 m = 13708.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.85 % Est. max temperature: 34.97 C = 94.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.04 mb = 881.73 m = 2892.77 ft T: 23.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 14.02 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.96 mb = 1958.68 m = 6426.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.52 C = 97.73 F Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lifted Index: -1.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.32 C Showalter Index: -0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.26 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.47 C Cross Totals Index: 19.79 C K Index: 35.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 533.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.76 mb = 1214.65 m = 3985.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.76 mb = 2524.56 m = 8282.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.76 mb = 12546.33 m = 41162.01 ft B at Equ Level: 531.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.76 mb = 15212.00 m = 49907.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 82.8 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 112.8 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -68.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.1 neg: -1.4 tot: 47.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 23.96 Bulk Shear: 22.27 m/s