MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508080600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508080600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 8 AUG 25 Station: 33.1,-68.7 Latitude: 33.10 Longitude: -68.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 1 27.3 22.5 75 4.8 23.8 173 1 298.9 302.0 296.4 348.8 17.10 1 1000 155 25.7 21.9 79 3.9 23.0 178 1 298.9 301.9 296.1 347.6 16.73 2 950 605 22.2 19.5 85 2.7 20.4 221 2 299.7 302.5 295.3 344.2 15.22 3 900 1075 19.7 16.2 80 3.5 17.3 242 3 301.8 304.1 294.3 340.0 12.98 4 850 1566 17.2 13.7 80 3.5 14.9 250 4 304.2 306.3 294.1 339.0 11.68 5 800 2082 14.8 11.4 80 3.4 12.6 254 6 306.9 308.9 294.1 339.0 10.64 6 750 2627 12.2 8.7 79 3.5 10.0 257 8 309.9 311.6 294.0 338.8 9.46 7 700 3204 9.6 5.1 74 4.5 6.9 263 9 313.1 314.6 293.7 337.6 7.89 8 650 3816 6.4 0.8 67 5.6 3.3 273 9 316.1 317.4 293.3 335.9 6.24 9 600 4469 2.2 -4.4 61 6.7 -1.1 279 8 318.7 319.6 292.7 333.6 4.60 10 550 5166 -2.3 -11.1 51 8.8 -6.0 264 7 321.3 321.9 292.0 331.2 2.98 11 500 5915 -7.4 -18.9 39 11.5 -11.3 223 8 324.0 324.3 291.7 329.9 1.71 12 450 6728 -12.1 -23.5 38 11.4 -15.4 255 4 328.1 328.3 292.4 332.6 1.28 13 400 7620 -17.0 -36.3 17 19.3 -20.7 273 9 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.6 0.43 14 350 8609 -23.5 -46.8 10 23.3 -26.4 222 7 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.7 0.16 15 300 9716 -32.1 -46.6 22 14.6 -33.6 207 15 340.1 340.2 294.6 340.9 0.19 16 250 10974 -42.8 -50.1 45 7.2 -43.3 185 17 342.4 342.4 295.0 343.0 0.16 17 200 12438 -54.9 -56.8 80 1.8 -55.0 164 22 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.2 0.09 18 150 14227 -65.7 -72.7 37 7.0 -65.8 195 10 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16666 -67.4 -83.2 9 15.8 -67.5 115 4 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.01 m Freezing level: 575.42 mb = 4811.37 m = 15785.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.44 mb = 4301.35 m = 14111.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.57 % Est. max temperature: 31.69 C = 89.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.74 mb = 607.66 m = 1993.60 ft T: 22.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 18.92 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.64 mb = 1251.75 m = 4106.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.01 C = 87.81 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.28 C Showalter Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.67 C Cross Totals Index: 21.16 C K Index: 33.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 454.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.54 mb = 869.29 m = 2851.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 646.54 mb = 3859.87 m = 12663.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.54 mb = 11916.88 m = 39096.89 ft B at Equ Level: 454.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.54 mb = 14367.40 m = 47136.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.1 at 6.3 knts Storm direction: 289.1 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 99.19 Bulk Shear: 4.58 m/s