MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 18.31,-68.54 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -68.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 32 27.2 23.9 82 3.3 24.8 124 9 299.3 302.7 297.5 354.2 18.78 1 1000 139 26.8 23.2 81 3.6 24.2 126 13 299.9 303.3 297.3 353.2 18.16 2 950 591 22.9 21.9 94 1.0 22.2 129 16 300.4 303.6 297.1 352.2 17.65 3 900 1062 20.8 16.9 78 3.9 18.1 129 18 303.0 305.5 295.1 343.2 13.57 4 850 1556 18.6 12.5 68 6.1 14.6 128 16 305.6 307.6 293.8 338.0 10.78 5 800 2074 16.2 8.1 58 8.1 11.2 130 14 308.4 310.0 292.9 334.3 8.48 6 750 2621 13.4 4.1 53 9.3 8.0 127 13 311.1 312.4 292.4 332.4 6.88 7 700 3199 10.3 -0.2 48 10.5 4.6 116 13 313.9 315.0 292.0 331.0 5.41 8 650 3812 7.2 -3.7 46 10.9 1.7 108 14 317.1 317.9 292.1 331.4 4.46 9 600 4466 3.6 -4.1 57 7.7 -0.3 98 15 320.2 321.2 293.2 335.5 4.70 10 550 5168 -0.9 -4.8 75 3.9 -2.9 93 17 323.0 324.0 294.0 338.9 4.86 11 500 5922 -5.8 -8.4 82 2.6 -7.0 81 15 326.0 326.8 294.2 339.5 4.07 12 450 6740 -10.9 -14.6 74 3.7 -12.3 72 14 329.5 330.0 294.0 338.9 2.73 13 400 7635 -16.8 -22.0 64 5.2 -18.3 74 14 333.2 333.5 294.1 339.0 1.65 14 350 8625 -23.6 -31.9 46 8.3 -25.2 67 9 337.0 337.1 294.3 339.8 0.76 15 300 9733 -31.9 -36.2 66 4.3 -32.6 98 4 340.4 340.5 295.0 342.6 0.58 16 250 10992 -42.3 -44.8 76 2.5 -42.5 91 5 343.1 343.2 295.3 344.3 0.28 17 200 12460 -54.4 -57.8 66 3.4 -54.5 158 4 346.6 346.6 296.0 346.9 0.08 18 150 14244 -67.9 -69.8 76 1.9 -67.9 188 3 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.02 19 100 16643 -73.0 -83.2 20 10.3 -73.0 122 13 386.8 386.8 303.3 386.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.12 m Freezing level: 560.22 mb = 5024.22 m = 16483.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.33 mb = 4353.68 m = 14283.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.26 % Est. max temperature: 32.88 C = 91.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.84 mb = 445.49 m = 1461.55 ft T: 24.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 23.22 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.36 mb = 1126.18 m = 3694.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.23 C = 88.22 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -3.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: 1.85 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.41 C Cross Totals Index: 18.31 C K Index: 26.41 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1284.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.80 mb = 778.45 m = 2553.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.80 mb = 2566.88 m = 8421.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.80 mb = 13660.24 m = 44816.52 ft B at Equ Level: 1284.39 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 112.5 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 142.5 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: -4.8 tot: 3.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 633.70 Bulk Shear: 2.03 m/s