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 the city database file for: MMMD ... 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: MMMD 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 1011 12 25.4 23.4 89 2.0 23.9 49 5 297.6 300.8 296.7 350.2 18.14 1 1000 112 26.7 22.7 79 4.0 23.8 55 12 299.8 303.0 297.0 351.4 17.62 2 950 566 25.6 19.6 69 6.0 21.3 75 22 303.2 306.0 296.3 348.5 15.28 3 900 1041 22.9 18.3 75 4.6 19.6 84 17 305.1 307.8 296.5 349.4 14.84 4 850 1538 19.7 16.0 79 3.7 17.1 94 11 306.8 309.3 296.1 347.6 13.56 5 800 2058 16.1 13.0 81 3.2 14.0 80 8 308.3 310.6 295.3 344.2 11.82 6 750 2605 12.8 8.4 74 4.4 10.0 56 6 310.5 312.3 294.0 338.9 9.26 7 700 3182 10.4 2.9 60 7.5 6.1 70 5 314.0 315.3 293.1 335.1 6.74 8 650 3796 7.0 -1.5 55 8.5 2.5 90 7 316.9 317.9 292.7 333.7 5.26 9 600 4450 3.2 -3.9 60 7.1 -0.4 96 8 319.9 320.8 293.2 335.4 4.79 10 550 5151 -0.8 -6.7 64 5.9 -3.6 101 10 323.1 324.0 293.6 337.0 4.22 11 500 5906 -4.9 -13.6 51 8.6 -8.4 88 11 327.0 327.6 293.4 336.2 2.69 12 450 6726 -10.4 -18.8 50 8.4 -13.2 71 10 330.2 330.6 293.6 337.0 1.93 13 400 7624 -15.5 -28.1 33 12.6 -18.7 66 12 334.9 335.1 293.9 338.4 0.95 14 350 8619 -22.1 -38.0 22 15.9 -24.8 44 11 339.0 339.0 294.4 340.6 0.41 15 300 9733 -30.6 -45.8 21 15.3 -32.3 63 12 342.3 342.3 295.1 343.1 0.21 16 250 11000 -40.8 -54.7 21 13.9 -41.6 33 8 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.7 0.09 17 200 12479 -52.7 -61.9 32 9.3 -52.9 73 8 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.5 0.05 18 150 14272 -67.3 -70.4 64 3.1 -67.3 76 6 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.02 19 100 16656 -74.3 -81.5 32 7.2 -74.3 82 18 384.2 384.2 302.9 384.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.51 m Freezing level: 559.93 mb = 5011.52 m = 16441.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.80 mb = 4357.95 m = 14297.57 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.10 % Est. max temperature: 34.23 C = 93.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.43 mb = 268.66 m = 881.42 ft T: 26.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 15.71 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.10 mb = 1751.23 m = 5745.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.28 C = 95.50 F Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lifted Index: -1.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Showalter Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.61 C Cross Totals Index: 20.90 C K Index: 33.06 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 608.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 100.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.03 mb = 1098.55 m = 3604.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.03 mb = 2503.24 m = 8212.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.03 mb = 12509.33 m = 41040.59 ft B at Equ Level: 605.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.03 mb = 15631.74 m = 51284.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 83.4 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 113.4 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 2.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.5 neg: -10.1 tot: 43.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 115.02 Bulk Shear: 5.29 m/s