MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F330.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F330.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 330 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 18.58,-81.85 Latitude: 18.58 Longitude: -81.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 1 29.2 24.6 76 4.6 25.8 61 12 301.0 304.6 298.4 358.7 19.58 1 1000 136 27.9 23.1 75 4.7 24.4 62 14 301.0 304.4 297.5 354.3 18.12 2 950 590 23.6 22.2 92 1.4 22.6 64 14 301.1 304.4 297.5 354.1 18.00 3 900 1061 21.3 17.5 79 3.8 18.7 73 17 303.4 306.0 295.6 345.3 14.10 4 850 1556 20.1 10.0 52 10.1 13.7 77 20 307.2 308.9 293.0 334.6 9.07 5 800 2077 17.1 5.0 45 12.1 10.0 88 22 309.3 310.6 291.8 330.4 6.85 6 750 2623 13.4 -0.5 38 13.9 6.0 98 23 311.1 312.1 290.7 326.5 4.92 7 700 3200 9.5 -5.7 34 15.2 2.2 103 24 313.0 313.7 290.1 324.5 3.58 8 650 3809 5.5 -11.9 27 17.4 -1.7 103 24 315.2 315.6 289.6 322.9 2.36 9 600 4459 1.7 -15.3 27 17.0 -4.8 105 24 318.1 318.5 290.2 324.6 1.95 10 550 5155 -2.1 -18.6 27 16.5 -7.9 107 21 321.5 321.9 290.9 327.0 1.60 11 500 5905 -7.1 -15.4 52 8.3 -10.2 100 20 324.4 324.8 292.3 332.2 2.32 12 450 6719 -11.8 -15.5 74 3.6 -13.2 99 17 328.3 328.8 293.6 337.1 2.55 13 400 7612 -17.1 -21.3 69 4.3 -18.3 91 17 332.8 333.2 294.1 339.0 1.74 14 350 8601 -23.9 -25.6 85 1.8 -24.3 43 10 336.6 336.8 294.7 341.5 1.35 15 300 9709 -31.4 -41.7 36 10.3 -32.6 323 8 341.1 341.2 294.9 342.4 0.33 16 250 10972 -41.7 -53.4 27 11.7 -42.3 313 7 344.1 344.2 295.4 344.6 0.11 17 200 12443 -54.1 -55.9 80 1.8 -54.1 236 13 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.6 0.10 18 150 14224 -69.1 -69.6 92 0.6 -69.1 239 10 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.02 19 100 16619 -72.1 -87.5 8 15.4 -72.1 68 17 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.62 m Freezing level: 577.78 mb = 4767.75 m = 15642.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.81 mb = 3537.89 m = 11607.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.82 % Est. max temperature: 34.17 C = 93.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.86 mb = 581.51 m = 1907.83 ft T: 23.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 35.83 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.25 mb = 1493.03 m = 4898.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.87 C = 94.76 F Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lifted Index: -5.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.98 C Showalter Index: 1.96 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.16 C Cross Totals Index: 17.05 C K Index: 21.92 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1902.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.97 mb = 831.92 m = 2729.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.97 mb = 2411.79 m = 7912.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 138.97 mb = 14674.89 m = 48145.39 ft B at Equ Level: 1850.28 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 94.3 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 124.3 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 66.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 103.31 Bulk Shear: 18.41 m/s