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: 19.12,-66.89 Latitude: 19.12 Longitude: -66.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 1 28.2 24.3 79 4.0 25.3 68 17 299.9 303.4 297.9 355.9 19.09 1 1000 146 26.7 22.7 79 3.9 23.8 69 19 299.8 303.1 297.0 351.6 17.68 2 950 597 22.5 21.7 95 0.8 21.9 69 19 300.0 303.2 296.8 351.1 17.44 3 900 1067 20.1 17.9 87 2.3 18.6 74 20 302.2 304.9 295.5 345.0 14.46 4 850 1560 17.9 14.4 80 3.5 15.5 77 20 304.9 307.2 294.7 341.4 12.24 5 800 2078 15.9 9.8 67 6.1 12.0 75 20 308.1 309.9 293.6 337.1 9.56 6 750 2625 13.2 6.0 61 7.3 8.9 73 21 311.0 312.4 293.1 335.1 7.83 7 700 3202 10.0 2.5 60 7.5 5.8 74 21 313.5 314.8 292.8 334.1 6.56 8 650 3815 6.5 -1.6 56 8.1 2.2 83 20 316.3 317.3 292.5 333.0 5.25 9 600 4468 3.3 -8.7 41 12.0 -2.1 97 18 319.9 320.6 291.9 330.8 3.29 10 550 5169 -0.2 -15.8 30 15.6 -6.2 101 17 323.8 324.2 291.9 330.7 2.03 11 500 5925 -4.8 -23.5 22 18.7 -10.6 95 15 327.2 327.4 292.0 331.2 1.15 12 450 6744 -10.5 -28.4 22 17.9 -15.2 89 13 330.1 330.2 292.6 333.1 0.82 13 400 7639 -16.5 -33.8 21 17.3 -20.1 83 11 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.5 0.55 14 350 8629 -24.1 -34.5 38 10.4 -25.9 76 9 336.3 336.4 294.0 338.5 0.59 15 300 9732 -33.1 -35.9 76 2.8 -33.5 189 7 338.8 338.9 294.6 341.0 0.60 16 250 10988 -42.8 -46.3 69 3.5 -43.1 207 5 342.4 342.4 295.1 343.4 0.24 17 200 12452 -54.8 -56.4 83 1.6 -54.9 198 10 345.9 346.0 295.8 346.3 0.09 18 150 14237 -66.1 -73.5 35 7.4 -66.1 150 14 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.01 19 100 16649 -72.7 -83.8 17 11.1 -72.8 57 7 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.96 m Freezing level: 553.23 mb = 5123.43 m = 16808.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.44 mb = 4142.12 m = 13589.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.10 % Est. max temperature: 32.27 C = 90.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.43 mb = 501.24 m = 1644.48 ft T: 23.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 25.20 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.95 mb = 886.32 m = 2907.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.65 C = 85.37 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -2.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.88 C Showalter Index: 1.37 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.71 C Cross Totals Index: 19.23 C K Index: 29.63 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1284.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.13 mb = 734.50 m = 2409.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.13 mb = 1458.01 m = 4783.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 830.13 mb = 1762.29 m = 5781.71 ft B at Equ Level: 6.15 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: 0.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 20.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.9 neg: -2.0 tot: 13.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 552.63 Bulk Shear: 2.33 m/s