MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 21.49,-89.18 Latitude: 21.49 Longitude: -89.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2 28.1 24.9 83 3.2 25.7 69 16 300.1 303.8 298.4 358.7 19.95 1 1000 114 27.6 23.3 78 4.2 24.5 70 21 300.7 304.1 297.6 354.5 18.32 2 950 568 25.2 19.3 70 6.0 21.0 79 24 302.8 305.5 296.0 347.0 14.95 3 900 1042 22.5 17.8 75 4.8 19.2 86 19 304.7 307.4 296.1 347.6 14.38 4 850 1538 19.6 15.9 79 3.7 17.0 84 11 306.7 309.2 296.0 347.1 13.46 5 800 2059 16.1 13.2 83 2.9 14.2 86 5 308.3 310.6 295.4 344.8 12.04 6 750 2605 12.3 9.6 83 2.7 10.6 50 5 310.0 311.9 294.5 340.7 10.07 7 700 3183 10.4 3.7 63 6.6 6.5 65 7 314.0 315.3 293.4 336.4 7.16 8 650 3797 7.0 0.7 64 6.2 3.5 84 7 316.9 318.1 293.4 336.6 6.22 9 600 4451 3.4 -2.7 64 6.1 0.3 94 8 320.1 321.1 293.6 337.0 5.22 10 550 5152 -0.4 -9.0 52 8.7 -4.3 99 9 323.7 324.4 293.2 335.4 3.51 11 500 5908 -5.0 -13.4 51 8.5 -8.4 92 8 327.0 327.5 293.4 336.2 2.71 12 450 6728 -10.1 -19.3 47 9.2 -13.2 77 10 330.5 330.9 293.6 337.0 1.84 13 400 7627 -15.4 -25.3 42 9.9 -18.1 73 13 335.0 335.2 294.2 339.4 1.22 14 350 8622 -22.1 -37.1 24 15.0 -24.7 49 12 339.0 339.1 294.5 340.7 0.45 15 300 9735 -31.0 -42.5 31 11.5 -32.4 56 15 341.7 341.8 295.0 342.9 0.30 16 250 10999 -41.2 -49.3 41 8.1 -41.8 66 11 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.5 0.17 17 200 12477 -52.9 -58.4 51 5.5 -53.1 55 21 349.0 349.0 296.5 349.3 0.07 18 150 14269 -66.9 -69.6 69 2.6 -67.0 95 8 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.9 0.02 19 100 16657 -75.4 -81.7 37 6.3 -75.4 81 15 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.35 m Freezing level: 554.67 mb = 5086.64 m = 16688.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.18 mb = 4488.73 m = 14726.62 ft Precipitable water: 2.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.43 % Est. max temperature: 34.13 C = 93.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.03 mb = 401.49 m = 1317.20 ft T: 26.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 11.72 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.20 mb = 1709.79 m = 5609.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.18 C = 95.33 F Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lifted Index: -2.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.27 C Showalter Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.57 C Cross Totals Index: 20.84 C K Index: 33.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 725.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.45 mb = 1095.84 m = 3595.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.45 mb = 2279.29 m = 7477.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.45 mb = 12814.69 m = 42042.44 ft B at Equ Level: 721.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.45 mb = 16125.68 m = 52905.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 82.4 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 112.4 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -56.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.3 neg: -14.5 tot: 20.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 42.37 Bulk Shear: 17.12 m/s