MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 18.31,-66.42 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -66.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 63 25.8 23.0 85 2.8 23.8 114 6 298.2 301.5 296.7 350.1 17.84 1 1000 136 25.6 22.5 83 3.1 23.3 116 8 298.8 301.9 296.5 349.5 17.40 2 950 587 22.8 20.9 89 1.9 21.5 125 14 300.3 303.4 296.4 349.1 16.62 3 900 1058 20.4 16.9 80 3.5 17.9 131 19 302.5 305.0 294.9 342.6 13.54 4 850 1551 18.3 12.3 68 6.0 14.4 134 19 305.3 307.3 293.6 337.1 10.61 5 800 2069 16.2 7.6 57 8.5 11.0 136 19 308.4 310.0 292.7 333.5 8.24 6 750 2615 13.2 3.7 52 9.5 7.8 135 18 310.9 312.2 292.2 331.6 6.68 7 700 3192 9.8 -0.5 49 10.3 4.3 134 18 313.3 314.3 291.7 330.0 5.28 8 650 3803 5.9 -3.0 53 8.9 1.4 132 16 315.6 316.5 291.9 330.7 4.72 9 600 4454 1.8 -5.0 61 6.7 -1.5 125 14 318.2 319.0 292.3 332.4 4.40 10 550 5150 -2.5 -8.2 65 5.7 -5.1 113 13 321.1 321.8 292.6 333.4 3.75 11 500 5901 -6.8 -11.5 69 4.7 -8.8 102 13 324.7 325.3 293.2 335.3 3.17 12 450 6716 -11.7 -14.9 77 3.2 -12.9 94 13 328.6 329.1 293.7 337.7 2.68 13 400 7609 -17.5 -18.7 90 1.2 -17.9 89 10 332.2 332.6 294.3 339.8 2.18 14 350 8596 -24.4 -24.8 97 0.3 -24.5 60 7 335.8 336.1 294.6 341.1 1.47 15 300 9701 -32.1 -38.3 54 6.2 -33.0 43 7 340.1 340.2 294.8 341.9 0.47 16 250 10959 -42.6 -48.9 50 6.3 -43.0 17 9 342.7 342.7 295.1 343.4 0.18 17 200 12426 -54.0 -57.9 62 3.9 -54.2 348 7 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.5 0.08 18 150 14215 -67.1 -70.2 65 3.1 -67.1 40 10 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.02 19 100 16625 -74.3 -83.6 23 9.3 -74.3 35 9 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.82 m Freezing level: 579.47 mb = 4740.10 m = 15551.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.19 mb = 4106.85 m = 13473.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.01 % Est. max temperature: 32.42 C = 90.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.09 mb = 412.23 m = 1352.45 ft T: 23.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 20.16 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.22 mb = 1308.28 m = 4292.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.52 C = 88.74 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -3.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: 1.19 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.13 C Cross Totals Index: 19.08 C K Index: 27.13 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 938.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.02 mb = 837.91 m = 2749.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.02 mb = 3096.90 m = 10160.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.02 mb = 12810.47 m = 42028.60 ft B at Equ Level: 928.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.02 mb = 16166.57 m = 53039.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 127.3 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 157.3 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.6 neg: -2.4 tot: 27.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 224.66 Bulk Shear: 4.18 m/s