MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 1014 11 31.2 21.9 58 9.2 24.5 109 4 303.1 306.2 297.1 352.3 16.58 1 1000 135 28.4 21.3 66 7.1 23.3 107 6 301.5 304.5 296.4 349.1 16.16 2 950 589 23.9 20.1 79 3.8 21.2 105 7 301.5 304.4 296.2 348.0 15.80 3 900 1060 21.0 16.5 76 4.4 17.9 107 10 303.1 305.5 294.9 342.4 13.27 4 850 1554 19.3 10.3 56 9.0 13.6 102 11 306.4 308.1 292.9 334.4 9.31 5 800 2073 16.6 5.9 49 10.7 10.2 96 11 308.8 310.2 292.0 331.1 7.29 6 750 2620 13.3 3.3 50 10.1 7.6 95 11 311.0 312.3 292.0 331.1 6.46 7 700 3197 10.0 0.6 52 9.3 4.8 99 10 313.5 314.6 292.1 331.5 5.72 8 650 3809 6.3 -2.6 53 8.9 1.7 101 9 316.1 317.0 292.2 331.7 4.88 9 600 4461 2.5 -6.6 51 9.1 -1.9 90 10 319.0 319.7 292.2 331.6 3.88 10 550 5160 -1.3 -9.6 53 8.3 -5.0 81 13 322.5 323.2 292.7 333.6 3.35 11 500 5914 -5.5 -14.1 51 8.6 -8.9 88 14 326.4 326.9 293.1 335.1 2.57 12 450 6733 -10.4 -19.6 47 9.3 -13.5 88 14 330.2 330.6 293.4 336.5 1.79 13 400 7629 -16.2 -27.4 38 11.1 -19.1 72 12 333.9 334.1 293.7 337.6 1.01 14 350 8621 -23.2 -34.1 36 10.8 -25.2 59 14 337.5 337.6 294.3 339.8 0.61 15 300 9730 -31.6 -39.5 45 7.9 -32.6 58 11 340.9 341.0 294.9 342.5 0.41 16 250 10992 -41.6 -49.0 45 7.4 -42.1 22 9 344.2 344.2 295.5 344.9 0.18 17 200 12464 -53.9 -55.9 79 2.0 -54.0 350 10 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.8 0.10 18 150 14253 -67.0 -71.0 57 4.0 -67.1 15 12 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.7 0.02 19 100 16641 -73.1 -81.7 26 8.6 -73.1 68 22 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.45 m Freezing level: 567.44 mb = 4916.01 m = 16128.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.95 mb = 4116.24 m = 13504.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.62 % Est. max temperature: 33.49 C = 92.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.53 mb = 1180.74 m = 3873.78 ft T: 20.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 21.21 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.97 mb = 1883.21 m = 6178.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.00 C = 96.79 F Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lifted Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Showalter Index: 3.72 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.75 C Cross Totals Index: 15.78 C K Index: 25.73 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 159.30 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.19 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 572.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.23 mb = 1135.03 m = 3723.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 697.23 mb = 3229.82 m = 10596.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.23 mb = 12550.69 m = 41176.30 ft B at Equ Level: 568.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.23 mb = 15222.77 m = 49942.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 94.7 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 124.7 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: -1.4 tot: 2.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 196.98 Bulk Shear: 2.90 m/s