MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1009 11 33.2 21.3 50 11.9 24.5 22 10 305.5 308.5 297.4 353.4 15.97 1 1000 95 31.8 20.8 52 11.0 23.8 24 16 304.9 307.8 297.0 351.6 15.65 2 950 554 27.8 19.4 60 8.4 21.8 32 16 305.4 308.2 296.7 350.5 15.09 3 900 1032 24.9 17.2 63 7.6 19.5 65 9 307.2 309.7 296.4 349.0 13.88 4 850 1532 21.0 15.6 72 5.3 17.3 106 8 308.1 310.6 296.3 348.2 13.26 5 800 2054 16.6 14.1 85 2.5 14.9 133 10 308.8 311.2 296.1 347.5 12.75 6 750 2601 12.6 11.6 94 1.0 11.9 139 12 310.2 312.4 295.6 345.3 11.50 7 700 3178 9.6 5.3 74 4.3 7.1 130 9 313.1 314.7 293.8 338.0 8.00 8 650 3791 7.3 -3.7 45 11.0 1.7 99 7 317.3 318.1 292.2 331.6 4.48 9 600 4445 3.1 -7.5 46 10.6 -1.8 96 8 319.7 320.4 292.2 331.6 3.64 10 550 5144 -1.2 -11.3 46 10.1 -5.5 98 11 322.7 323.3 292.4 332.5 2.93 11 500 5898 -5.4 -12.5 58 7.0 -8.3 93 13 326.4 327.0 293.4 336.4 2.94 12 450 6718 -10.3 -19.2 48 8.9 -13.3 86 10 330.3 330.7 293.5 336.8 1.86 13 400 7615 -15.9 -24.8 46 8.9 -18.4 63 10 334.3 334.6 294.0 338.9 1.28 14 350 8609 -22.6 -32.6 39 10.1 -24.6 64 8 338.3 338.5 294.6 341.0 0.70 15 300 9720 -31.4 -41.2 37 9.8 -32.6 31 6 341.2 341.2 294.9 342.5 0.35 16 250 10983 -41.8 -52.2 31 10.5 -42.4 16 13 343.9 343.9 295.4 344.4 0.12 17 200 12454 -53.7 -60.7 42 7.0 -53.9 4 9 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.05 18 150 14247 -66.6 -71.7 48 5.1 -66.6 41 9 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.02 19 100 16637 -74.6 -81.7 32 7.1 -74.6 80 25 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.11 m Freezing level: 563.64 mb = 4953.49 m = 16251.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.75 mb = 4101.60 m = 13456.53 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.45 % Est. max temperature: 35.60 C = 96.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.25 mb = 1528.97 m = 5016.25 ft T: 20.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 21.73 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.76 mb = 2034.67 m = 6675.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.46 C = 97.62 F Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lifted Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.19 C Showalter Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.37 C Cross Totals Index: 21.05 C K Index: 37.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 997.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.27 mb = 1640.94 m = 5383.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.27 mb = 2330.80 m = 7646.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.27 mb = 13312.60 m = 43675.99 ft B at Equ Level: 987.10 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 94.6 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 124.6 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 173.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.0 neg: -0.3 tot: 38.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 33.66 Bulk Shear: 29.64 m/s