MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 18.99,-68.23 Latitude: 18.99 Longitude: -68.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2 28.6 24.7 79 4.0 25.7 154 10 300.4 304.0 298.3 358.1 19.59 1 1000 138 27.3 23.0 77 4.3 24.2 155 12 300.5 303.8 297.3 353.3 17.99 2 950 591 23.6 20.9 85 2.7 21.7 154 14 301.2 304.2 296.6 350.0 16.59 3 900 1063 21.1 17.0 77 4.1 18.2 147 18 303.2 305.7 295.2 343.7 13.64 4 850 1557 18.6 13.4 72 5.2 15.2 143 18 305.7 307.8 294.3 340.1 11.46 5 800 2076 16.2 9.9 66 6.3 12.2 144 16 308.4 310.2 293.7 337.6 9.60 6 750 2623 13.6 6.6 63 7.0 9.3 139 14 311.3 312.9 293.4 336.6 8.17 7 700 3201 10.5 3.6 62 7.0 6.5 129 13 314.2 315.5 293.4 336.3 7.08 8 650 3816 7.3 2.6 72 4.8 4.6 117 13 317.2 318.6 294.3 339.7 7.10 9 600 4471 3.3 -1.0 73 4.3 1.0 109 16 319.9 321.1 294.1 339.1 5.95 10 550 5172 -1.2 -4.0 81 2.8 -2.6 95 17 322.7 323.7 294.2 339.6 5.18 11 500 5926 -6.1 -8.1 86 2.0 -7.0 74 13 325.6 326.4 294.2 339.5 4.17 12 450 6743 -11.1 -14.8 74 3.7 -12.5 66 15 329.3 329.8 294.0 338.5 2.70 13 400 7638 -17.0 -20.9 71 3.9 -18.2 66 15 332.9 333.3 294.1 339.3 1.80 14 350 8626 -24.0 -26.0 84 2.0 -24.5 63 14 336.4 336.7 294.6 341.2 1.32 15 300 9733 -31.9 -33.3 87 1.4 -32.1 46 7 340.4 340.6 295.1 343.3 0.77 16 250 10993 -42.5 -43.3 92 0.8 -42.6 154 3 342.9 342.9 295.3 344.2 0.33 17 200 12460 -54.4 -56.6 76 2.3 -54.5 177 6 346.6 346.7 296.0 347.0 0.09 18 150 14246 -67.4 -70.0 69 2.6 -67.4 103 9 353.9 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.02 19 100 16644 -73.9 -84.0 20 10.1 -73.9 108 11 385.0 385.0 303.1 385.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.25 m Freezing level: 563.36 mb = 4984.61 m = 16353.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.31 mb = 4656.94 m = 15278.48 ft Precipitable water: 2.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.52 % Est. max temperature: 33.10 C = 91.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.57 mb = 502.83 m = 1649.68 ft T: 24.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 21.74 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.00 mb = 1306.53 m = 4286.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.63 C = 90.74 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: 0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.73 C Cross Totals Index: 19.51 C K Index: 31.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1249.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.60 mb = 894.14 m = 2933.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.60 mb = 2935.02 m = 9629.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.60 mb = 13745.36 m = 45095.78 ft B at Equ Level: 1235.69 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 125.3 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 155.3 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: -9.2 tot: -9.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 175.15 Bulk Shear: 7.13 m/s