MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 11 37.0 19.2 35 17.8 24.3 79 2 309.1 311.8 297.0 351.7 14.01 1 1000 117 33.6 18.4 41 15.2 22.9 76 4 306.8 309.3 296.0 347.2 13.43 2 950 578 28.9 17.4 50 11.5 20.9 87 5 306.5 309.0 295.8 346.5 13.28 3 900 1056 24.3 16.3 61 8.0 18.8 90 6 306.5 309.0 295.7 345.9 13.09 4 850 1553 19.7 15.2 75 4.5 16.6 93 8 306.8 309.2 295.6 345.4 12.85 5 800 2073 15.0 13.7 92 1.2 14.1 98 9 307.1 309.4 295.4 344.6 12.44 6 750 2616 11.2 8.5 83 2.7 9.5 106 10 308.7 310.5 293.6 337.1 9.32 7 700 3192 10.1 0.4 51 9.7 4.8 120 10 313.7 314.7 292.1 331.4 5.64 8 650 3805 6.6 -2.9 51 9.4 1.7 117 10 316.4 317.3 292.2 331.7 4.77 9 600 4457 2.8 -6.3 51 9.1 -1.6 103 11 319.4 320.1 292.3 332.3 3.98 10 550 5157 -1.1 -10.9 47 9.9 -5.3 92 14 322.8 323.4 292.5 332.9 3.02 11 500 5911 -5.3 -14.1 50 8.8 -8.8 88 14 326.6 327.1 293.2 335.4 2.57 12 450 6731 -10.3 -19.0 49 8.7 -13.2 82 12 330.3 330.7 293.6 337.0 1.89 13 400 7628 -16.1 -26.9 39 10.9 -18.9 59 11 334.1 334.3 293.8 337.9 1.05 14 350 8620 -23.0 -32.4 42 9.4 -24.9 69 10 337.8 337.9 294.4 340.5 0.72 15 300 9729 -31.7 -41.0 40 9.2 -32.9 70 8 340.7 340.8 294.8 342.1 0.35 16 250 10992 -41.7 -49.8 41 8.1 -42.2 13 12 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.7 0.16 17 200 12463 -53.9 -57.1 68 3.2 -54.0 0 12 347.4 347.5 296.1 347.8 0.09 18 150 14255 -66.4 -72.4 43 6.0 -66.5 49 11 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.8 0.01 19 100 16646 -74.4 -81.6 32 7.2 -74.5 63 26 384.0 384.0 302.9 384.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.01 m Freezing level: 563.62 mb = 4966.32 m = 16293.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.81 mb = 4140.21 m = 13583.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.26 % Est. max temperature: 34.59 C = 94.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 784.26 mb = 2240.02 m = 7349.06 ft T: 13.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 20.30 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.58 mb = 2108.66 m = 6918.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.11 C = 95.20 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.34 C Showalter Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.95 C Cross Totals Index: 20.44 C K Index: 30.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 400.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.00 mb = 2051.23 m = 6729.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.00 mb = 2210.65 m = 7252.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 707.00 mb = 3109.24 m = 10200.80 ft B at Equ Level: 24.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.00 mb = 14789.91 m = 48522.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 100.0 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 130.0 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 12.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 87.53 Bulk Shear: 4.57 m/s