MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 1011 12 24.1 23.2 95 0.9 23.5 105 5 296.3 299.5 296.2 348.0 17.94 1 1000 110 24.9 22.6 87 2.3 23.2 111 11 298.0 301.2 296.4 348.9 17.49 2 950 562 24.3 20.4 79 3.9 21.5 124 19 301.8 304.8 296.4 349.1 16.04 3 900 1036 22.1 18.4 80 3.7 19.5 121 17 304.3 307.1 296.4 348.8 14.96 4 850 1531 19.2 16.0 82 3.2 17.0 108 13 306.3 308.8 296.0 347.0 13.58 5 800 2051 15.9 13.1 83 2.8 14.0 86 11 308.1 310.3 295.3 344.0 11.89 6 750 2598 13.1 7.9 71 5.2 9.9 80 10 310.8 312.5 293.9 338.2 8.93 7 700 3176 10.2 3.3 62 6.9 6.2 99 9 313.8 315.1 293.2 335.5 6.94 8 650 3789 6.5 0.1 63 6.4 3.0 116 9 316.4 317.5 293.1 335.2 5.94 9 600 4442 2.6 -2.3 70 4.8 0.0 110 8 319.1 320.1 293.4 336.5 5.40 10 550 5141 -1.3 -5.8 71 4.6 -3.5 95 8 322.6 323.5 293.7 337.4 4.51 11 500 5896 -5.1 -13.5 52 8.4 -8.5 70 8 326.8 327.3 293.3 335.9 2.69 12 450 6716 -9.9 -20.2 43 10.2 -13.3 57 9 330.7 331.1 293.5 336.8 1.71 13 400 7615 -15.5 -26.7 38 11.2 -18.5 69 10 334.8 335.0 294.0 338.7 1.07 14 350 8608 -22.6 -33.0 38 10.4 -24.6 41 12 338.3 338.4 294.5 340.9 0.68 15 300 9720 -31.1 -40.4 40 9.3 -32.3 55 13 341.6 341.6 295.0 343.1 0.38 16 250 10985 -40.8 -50.7 34 9.9 -41.5 30 8 345.4 345.5 295.7 346.0 0.15 17 200 12463 -53.2 -56.8 65 3.6 -53.4 58 12 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.9 0.09 18 150 14252 -67.4 -70.4 65 3.0 -67.4 347 5 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.1 0.02 19 100 16640 -74.4 -81.6 32 7.3 -74.4 63 13 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.43 m Freezing level: 566.45 mb = 4910.85 m = 16111.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.72 mb = 4445.35 m = 14584.30 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.01 % Est. max temperature: 33.64 C = 92.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.63 mb = 122.37 m = 401.46 ft T: 24.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 13.90 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.53 mb = 1586.76 m = 5205.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.30 C = 93.73 F Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lifted Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Showalter Index: -1.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.34 C Cross Totals Index: 21.14 C K Index: 33.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 592.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 95.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.44 mb = 877.14 m = 2877.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.44 mb = 2923.04 m = 9589.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.44 mb = 12416.05 m = 40734.57 ft B at Equ Level: 592.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.44 mb = 15496.33 m = 50840.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 104.0 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 134.0 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.4 neg: -27.5 tot: -7.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 288.10 Bulk Shear: 2.06 m/s