MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 1013 12 22.9 22.4 97 0.6 22.6 109 3 295.0 298.0 295.3 343.8 17.05 1 1000 127 23.7 22.2 91 1.5 22.6 116 6 296.8 299.9 295.7 346.1 17.04 2 950 577 23.4 19.7 79 3.8 20.8 113 10 301.0 303.8 295.7 346.0 15.34 3 900 1049 21.6 15.2 67 6.4 17.3 103 11 303.8 306.0 294.3 340.0 12.17 4 850 1544 19.5 10.0 54 9.5 13.6 89 11 306.6 308.3 292.8 334.1 9.12 5 800 2063 16.6 6.9 53 9.7 10.7 85 11 308.9 310.3 292.4 332.7 7.81 6 750 2610 13.3 3.8 53 9.4 7.8 91 11 311.0 312.3 292.2 331.9 6.74 7 700 3187 10.0 0.5 52 9.5 4.8 105 10 313.6 314.7 292.1 331.5 5.69 8 650 3799 6.4 -2.9 51 9.4 1.7 108 9 316.2 317.2 292.1 331.4 4.74 9 600 4451 2.3 -5.1 58 7.4 -1.3 91 9 318.8 319.6 292.5 332.9 4.37 10 550 5149 -1.5 -10.8 49 9.2 -5.5 76 11 322.3 322.9 292.4 332.5 3.06 11 500 5903 -5.7 -12.5 59 6.8 -8.5 80 13 326.0 326.6 293.3 335.9 2.92 12 450 6721 -10.7 -17.7 56 7.0 -13.1 83 14 329.8 330.3 293.6 337.2 2.12 13 400 7617 -16.6 -25.4 46 8.8 -19.0 75 14 333.4 333.7 293.7 337.8 1.21 14 350 8606 -23.6 -28.8 62 5.2 -24.8 59 14 336.9 337.1 294.5 340.7 1.01 15 300 9715 -31.5 -37.5 56 6.0 -32.3 55 11 341.0 341.1 295.0 343.0 0.51 16 250 10979 -41.4 -48.7 45 7.3 -41.9 51 7 344.5 344.6 295.6 345.3 0.18 17 200 12452 -53.7 -56.5 71 2.8 -53.8 340 5 347.7 347.7 296.2 348.1 0.09 18 150 14242 -67.3 -70.7 62 3.3 -67.4 8 10 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.02 19 100 16621 -75.0 -81.5 36 6.4 -75.1 71 17 382.7 382.7 302.7 382.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.82 m Freezing level: 569.78 mb = 4873.12 m = 15987.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.22 mb = 4155.03 m = 13631.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.41 % Est. max temperature: 33.85 C = 92.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1005.61 mb = 78.28 m = 256.81 ft T: 23.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 14.66 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.89 mb = 1926.06 m = 6319.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.28 C = 97.31 F Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lifted Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.82 C Showalter Index: 3.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.27 C Cross Totals Index: 15.75 C K Index: 25.78 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 244.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 201.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.86 mb = 868.00 m = 2847.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.86 mb = 4004.07 m = 13136.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 273.86 mb = 10346.87 m = 33946.02 ft B at Equ Level: 244.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.86 mb = 13692.31 m = 44921.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 93.2 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 123.2 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: -4.0 tot: 0.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 88.90 Bulk Shear: 2.75 m/s