MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 18.99,-67.99 Latitude: 18.99 Longitude: -67.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 1 28.5 24.5 79 3.9 25.6 71 17 300.2 303.8 298.1 357.2 19.40 1 1000 145 27.0 23.0 79 4.0 24.0 72 19 300.1 303.4 297.2 352.6 17.92 2 950 597 22.7 21.8 95 0.9 22.1 72 20 300.3 303.5 297.0 351.9 17.61 3 900 1068 20.3 17.8 85 2.5 18.6 75 20 302.4 305.1 295.5 345.0 14.39 4 850 1561 18.5 13.1 71 5.3 15.0 74 20 305.5 307.6 294.1 339.2 11.23 5 800 2080 16.7 6.2 50 10.5 10.4 72 20 309.0 310.4 292.2 331.8 7.45 6 750 2627 13.8 2.8 48 10.9 7.6 72 20 311.5 312.7 292.0 331.0 6.27 7 700 3205 9.8 0.9 54 8.9 4.9 75 20 313.4 314.5 292.2 331.8 5.85 8 650 3816 5.8 -3.3 52 9.2 1.2 86 19 315.6 316.5 291.8 330.2 4.60 9 600 4467 3.0 -12.5 31 15.5 -3.4 92 20 319.6 320.0 291.0 327.7 2.43 10 550 5168 0.2 -20.0 20 20.2 -6.9 101 17 324.3 324.6 291.5 329.3 1.42 11 500 5925 -4.8 -24.6 20 19.8 -10.8 100 15 327.2 327.4 292.0 330.9 1.04 12 450 6744 -10.6 -28.7 21 18.1 -15.3 93 14 329.9 330.1 292.5 332.8 0.80 13 400 7639 -16.3 -39.2 12 22.9 -20.4 92 11 333.8 333.8 293.0 335.0 0.32 14 350 8628 -24.3 -31.0 54 6.7 -25.6 106 7 336.0 336.2 294.1 339.1 0.82 15 300 9731 -33.0 -37.8 62 4.9 -33.6 178 11 338.9 339.0 294.5 340.8 0.49 16 250 10986 -43.1 -45.4 78 2.3 -43.3 196 9 342.0 342.0 295.0 343.0 0.26 17 200 12449 -55.2 -56.0 91 0.8 -55.2 195 16 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.8 0.10 18 150 14236 -65.0 -75.3 23 10.2 -65.1 156 14 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16648 -73.0 -83.5 19 10.5 -73.0 41 10 386.6 386.6 303.3 386.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.44 m Freezing level: 547.79 mb = 5201.60 m = 17065.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.13 mb = 3978.71 m = 13053.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.73 % Est. max temperature: 32.74 C = 90.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.47 mb = 500.72 m = 1642.75 ft T: 23.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 26.17 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.19 mb = 903.18 m = 2963.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.94 C = 85.90 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.25 C Showalter Index: 2.35 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.13 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.24 C Cross Totals Index: 17.89 C K Index: 27.44 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1478.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.91 mb = 745.95 m = 2447.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.91 mb = 2751.72 m = 9027.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.91 mb = 13498.60 m = 44286.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1465.35 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 81.6 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 111.6 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 13.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.1 neg: -3.3 tot: 8.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.1 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 1085.43 Bulk Shear: 1.36 m/s