MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 14.92,-56.75 Latitude: 14.92 Longitude: -56.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 1 27.7 23.1 76 4.5 24.3 93 15 299.6 302.9 297.0 351.8 17.84 1 1000 120 26.4 21.5 75 4.8 22.9 93 17 299.5 302.5 296.1 347.4 16.39 2 950 571 22.1 20.6 91 1.5 21.1 93 17 299.6 302.6 296.0 347.3 16.31 3 900 1040 19.2 17.5 89 1.8 18.0 98 18 301.3 303.9 295.0 342.8 14.08 4 850 1531 16.8 14.0 84 2.8 15.0 104 18 303.8 306.0 294.1 339.3 11.94 5 800 2047 14.4 11.0 80 3.4 12.2 108 17 306.4 308.4 293.7 337.6 10.36 6 750 2591 11.8 7.2 74 4.5 9.0 106 16 309.3 311.0 293.2 335.5 8.54 7 700 3166 9.0 3.5 69 5.5 5.8 100 16 312.4 313.8 292.9 334.4 7.06 8 650 3777 5.9 -0.2 65 6.2 2.6 95 16 315.7 316.8 292.8 334.1 5.80 9 600 4429 2.6 -5.0 57 7.6 -1.1 91 16 319.2 320.0 292.6 333.4 4.40 10 550 5128 -0.9 -9.2 53 8.3 -4.7 89 15 323.0 323.7 292.9 334.5 3.46 11 500 5884 -5.0 -12.7 55 7.7 -8.2 90 15 327.0 327.5 293.5 336.7 2.87 12 450 6704 -10.1 -20.2 43 10.1 -13.5 100 18 330.5 330.8 293.4 336.5 1.70 13 400 7601 -16.3 -30.5 28 14.1 -19.6 108 20 333.8 333.9 293.4 336.6 0.76 14 350 8591 -23.7 -37.0 28 13.3 -25.9 124 19 336.8 336.9 294.0 338.5 0.46 15 300 9697 -32.6 -39.7 49 7.1 -33.5 95 10 339.4 339.5 294.6 341.0 0.40 16 250 10953 -43.0 -44.4 86 1.4 -43.0 347 7 342.2 342.3 295.1 343.4 0.30 17 200 12416 -55.3 -55.6 97 0.3 -55.4 331 11 345.1 345.2 295.6 345.6 0.10 18 150 14190 -68.5 -72.0 61 3.5 -68.5 63 5 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.02 19 100 16570 -75.4 -82.4 33 7.0 -75.4 62 19 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.21 m Freezing level: 562.99 mb = 4946.67 m = 16229.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.81 mb = 4230.28 m = 13878.71 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.34 % Est. max temperature: 31.14 C = 88.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.23 mb = 578.29 m = 1897.26 ft T: 22.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 18.39 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.98 mb = 953.94 m = 3129.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.03 C = 84.26 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: 2.08 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.84 C Cross Totals Index: 19.03 C K Index: 30.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 641.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.33 mb = 799.44 m = 2622.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 870.33 mb = 1328.07 m = 4357.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.33 mb = 13054.37 m = 42828.77 ft B at Equ Level: 631.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.33 mb = 15484.05 m = 50800.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 97.0 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 127.0 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 19.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.1 neg: -3.3 tot: 9.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 3516.16 Bulk Shear: 0.18 m/s