MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 30 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 1010 11 29.2 22.2 66 7.0 24.1 39 10 301.4 304.5 296.8 351.1 16.86 1 1000 102 28.7 21.8 67 6.8 23.7 41 16 301.8 304.9 296.8 351.0 16.68 2 950 557 25.5 20.0 71 5.6 21.6 56 20 303.1 306.0 296.5 349.6 15.68 3 900 1032 23.4 18.1 72 5.3 19.6 72 17 305.6 308.3 296.5 349.5 14.65 4 850 1530 20.7 15.6 73 5.1 17.2 91 11 307.8 310.3 296.1 347.7 13.22 5 800 2052 16.9 13.0 78 3.8 14.3 120 7 309.1 311.4 295.6 345.3 11.89 6 750 2600 13.1 8.4 73 4.7 10.2 150 5 310.8 312.6 294.1 339.3 9.28 7 700 3178 10.1 3.2 62 6.9 6.1 127 5 313.6 314.9 293.1 335.1 6.88 8 650 3791 6.8 -2.7 51 9.5 1.9 100 7 316.7 317.6 292.3 332.1 4.82 9 600 4444 3.0 -6.8 48 9.8 -1.6 99 8 319.6 320.4 292.3 332.2 3.84 10 550 5144 -1.1 -8.1 59 7.0 -4.3 100 10 322.8 323.5 293.2 335.3 3.79 11 500 5898 -5.0 -13.6 51 8.6 -8.5 87 11 326.9 327.4 293.3 336.0 2.68 12 450 6719 -10.1 -20.1 44 9.9 -13.5 68 9 330.5 330.8 293.4 336.6 1.72 13 400 7616 -15.7 -25.7 42 10.0 -18.4 69 10 334.6 334.9 294.0 338.9 1.18 14 350 8611 -22.4 -35.7 29 13.3 -24.8 66 8 338.5 338.6 294.4 340.5 0.52 15 300 9722 -31.2 -42.2 33 11.0 -32.6 25 8 341.3 341.4 295.0 342.6 0.31 16 250 10986 -41.5 -53.7 25 12.2 -42.2 25 10 344.3 344.4 295.4 344.8 0.10 17 200 12460 -53.2 -62.9 30 9.7 -53.5 15 10 348.4 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.04 18 150 14256 -66.4 -72.0 45 5.6 -66.5 57 10 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.02 19 100 16638 -75.4 -81.6 37 6.3 -75.4 96 20 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.07 m Freezing level: 563.30 mb = 4957.45 m = 16264.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.05 mb = 4136.22 m = 13570.12 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.20 % Est. max temperature: 35.08 C = 95.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.04 mb = 905.90 m = 2972.08 ft T: 23.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 19.03 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.16 mb = 1943.80 m = 6377.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.61 C = 97.90 F Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lifted Index: -2.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Showalter Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.63 C K Index: 34.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 808.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 117.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.86 mb = 1229.54 m = 4033.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.86 mb = 2657.69 m = 8719.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.86 mb = 12951.01 m = 42489.68 ft B at Equ Level: 801.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.86 mb = 15823.99 m = 51915.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 87.7 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 117.7 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -87.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.0 neg: -0.1 tot: 58.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 45.92 Bulk Shear: 17.60 m/s