MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 6Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 19.19,-69.8 Latitude: 19.19 Longitude: -69.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 120 23.8 22.7 93 1.1 23.0 97 2 296.7 299.9 296.1 347.5 17.58 1 1000 143 24.3 22.6 91 1.6 23.1 98 3 297.4 300.6 296.3 348.3 17.56 2 950 593 22.2 21.1 93 1.1 21.5 89 9 299.7 302.8 296.4 348.9 16.82 3 900 1063 19.8 17.0 84 2.8 17.9 94 9 301.9 304.4 294.8 342.2 13.66 4 850 1555 17.3 13.4 78 3.9 14.7 90 8 304.3 306.4 293.9 338.4 11.42 5 800 2071 15.4 8.6 64 6.7 11.2 89 11 307.5 309.2 292.9 334.3 8.83 6 750 2617 13.0 3.6 53 9.4 7.6 92 13 310.7 312.0 292.0 331.3 6.64 7 700 3194 10.2 -0.5 47 10.8 4.5 93 14 313.8 314.8 291.8 330.4 5.26 8 650 3807 6.9 -2.8 50 9.7 1.9 97 13 316.8 317.7 292.3 332.2 4.79 9 600 4461 3.7 -7.8 43 11.4 -1.7 106 11 320.4 321.0 292.3 332.0 3.55 10 550 5163 -0.1 -11.9 41 11.8 -5.1 108 9 323.9 324.5 292.6 333.3 2.79 11 500 5919 -5.1 -14.3 49 9.2 -8.8 102 8 326.8 327.3 293.2 335.4 2.53 12 450 6738 -10.8 -18.9 51 8.2 -13.5 96 10 329.7 330.1 293.4 336.3 1.90 13 400 7632 -16.9 -28.0 37 11.2 -19.6 116 7 333.1 333.3 293.4 336.6 0.95 14 350 8620 -24.1 -33.6 41 9.5 -25.9 98 3 336.2 336.3 294.0 338.6 0.64 15 300 9725 -32.9 -39.5 52 6.6 -33.7 197 2 339.0 339.1 294.5 340.6 0.41 16 250 10979 -43.0 -49.5 49 6.5 -43.4 203 4 342.1 342.2 295.0 342.8 0.17 17 200 12446 -54.1 -60.1 47 6.0 -54.2 126 8 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.4 0.06 18 150 14239 -66.3 -73.9 33 7.6 -66.3 108 22 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.01 19 100 16626 -74.1 -82.7 26 8.6 -74.2 94 23 384.5 384.5 303.0 384.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.27 m Freezing level: 551.72 mb = 5138.46 m = 16858.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.49 mb = 4147.12 m = 13605.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.07 % Est. max temperature: 31.24 C = 88.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.82 mb = 259.70 m = 852.03 ft T: 23.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 18.53 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.22 mb = 1070.44 m = 3511.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.01 C = 84.21 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.41 C Showalter Index: 2.35 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.45 C Cross Totals Index: 18.50 C K Index: 25.06 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 612.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.32 mb = 775.20 m = 2543.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 645.32 mb = 3866.02 m = 12683.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.32 mb = 12593.40 m = 41316.43 ft B at Equ Level: 603.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.32 mb = 15297.16 m = 50186.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 96.5 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 126.5 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.8 neg: -0.8 tot: 14.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 227.17 Bulk Shear: 2.70 m/s