MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 12Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 18.38,-67.99 Latitude: 18.38 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 28.3 24.4 80 3.9 25.4 119 16 300.1 303.6 298.0 356.7 19.28 1 1000 140 26.8 22.9 79 3.9 24.0 120 19 300.0 303.3 297.1 352.4 17.87 2 950 592 22.7 21.9 95 0.8 22.1 125 19 300.2 303.5 297.1 352.0 17.65 3 900 1063 20.5 17.4 82 3.2 18.4 137 19 302.6 305.2 295.3 344.0 13.99 4 850 1556 18.8 11.5 62 7.3 14.1 140 18 305.9 307.8 293.4 336.2 10.09 5 800 2075 16.5 6.5 51 10.1 10.5 140 17 308.8 310.2 292.3 332.0 7.59 6 750 2621 13.3 2.7 49 10.6 7.3 139 17 311.1 312.2 291.8 330.4 6.22 7 700 3198 9.5 0.6 54 8.9 4.6 140 17 313.0 314.1 292.0 330.9 5.70 8 650 3809 5.4 -0.6 65 6.0 2.2 139 17 315.1 316.2 292.5 332.9 5.64 9 600 4459 1.6 -3.2 70 4.8 -0.9 127 17 317.9 318.9 292.8 334.1 5.03 10 550 5156 -2.5 -5.9 78 3.4 -4.1 103 15 321.1 322.0 293.3 335.7 4.49 11 500 5906 -6.9 -10.1 78 3.3 -8.3 93 16 324.7 325.4 293.4 336.5 3.54 12 450 6722 -11.7 -14.4 80 2.8 -12.8 102 16 328.5 329.1 293.9 338.0 2.78 13 400 7614 -17.6 -18.6 92 1.0 -17.9 91 15 332.2 332.6 294.3 339.9 2.21 14 350 8602 -23.5 -29.5 58 5.9 -24.8 77 13 337.1 337.3 294.4 340.6 0.95 15 300 9711 -31.8 -36.9 61 5.1 -32.6 52 6 340.5 340.6 295.0 342.6 0.54 16 250 10970 -42.5 -48.5 52 6.0 -42.9 37 4 342.9 342.9 295.2 343.6 0.19 17 200 12437 -54.1 -57.4 66 3.4 -54.2 351 7 347.1 347.2 296.1 347.5 0.08 18 150 14226 -66.7 -71.0 55 4.2 -66.8 89 11 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.02 19 100 16633 -74.1 -84.1 20 10.0 -74.2 44 9 384.5 384.5 302.9 384.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.43 m Freezing level: 580.84 mb = 4725.91 m = 15504.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.10 mb = 4270.41 m = 14010.35 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.43 % Est. max temperature: 33.05 C = 91.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.80 mb = 492.34 m = 1615.27 ft T: 23.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 26.30 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.35 mb = 963.05 m = 3159.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.34 C = 86.62 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -4.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.50 C Showalter Index: 1.55 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 18.38 C K Index: 28.29 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.34 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1521.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.37 mb = 745.71 m = 2446.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.37 mb = 2527.52 m = 8292.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.37 mb = 13507.70 m = 44316.07 ft B at Equ Level: 1514.00 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 128.1 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 158.1 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.4 neg: -2.0 tot: 16.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 2050.12 Bulk Shear: 0.74 m/s