MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 6Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 19.05,-73.19 Latitude: 19.05 Longitude: -73.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 12 29.3 23.0 69 6.3 24.7 120 2 301.3 304.6 297.4 353.5 17.70 1 1000 129 28.2 21.9 69 6.3 23.6 122 2 301.4 304.4 296.8 350.6 16.73 2 950 584 25.2 18.8 68 6.3 20.7 107 2 302.7 305.4 295.7 345.8 14.55 3 900 1057 22.1 16.7 72 5.3 18.4 64 4 304.2 306.7 295.3 344.2 13.42 4 850 1552 18.7 15.1 80 3.6 16.3 63 9 305.8 308.2 295.3 344.3 12.84 5 800 2072 16.1 12.4 79 3.7 13.7 61 13 308.3 310.4 295.0 342.9 11.41 6 750 2619 13.4 7.5 68 5.9 9.7 71 16 311.1 312.8 293.8 337.9 8.71 7 700 3197 10.3 1.7 55 8.6 5.5 90 17 313.9 315.1 292.6 333.5 6.21 8 650 3810 6.6 -2.4 53 9.0 1.9 104 17 316.4 317.3 292.3 332.1 4.92 9 600 4462 2.4 -7.4 48 9.8 -2.1 109 18 318.9 319.6 291.9 330.8 3.65 10 550 5159 -2.0 -12.5 44 10.5 -6.3 118 21 321.7 322.2 291.9 330.6 2.65 11 500 5910 -6.6 -17.6 41 11.0 -10.5 123 23 325.0 325.3 292.1 331.5 1.91 12 450 6726 -11.2 -26.5 27 15.3 -15.3 126 19 329.1 329.3 292.4 332.6 0.97 13 400 7619 -17.3 -28.3 38 11.0 -20.0 133 16 332.5 332.7 293.3 335.9 0.93 14 350 8606 -24.2 -34.7 37 10.5 -26.1 139 19 336.1 336.2 293.9 338.3 0.58 15 300 9710 -32.9 -37.6 63 4.6 -33.6 134 14 339.0 339.1 294.6 340.9 0.50 16 250 10966 -43.0 -48.5 54 5.6 -43.3 177 10 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.9 0.19 17 200 12430 -54.9 -59.1 60 4.2 -55.0 170 21 345.8 345.9 295.8 346.1 0.07 18 150 14211 -68.4 -72.3 57 3.9 -68.4 136 19 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 19 100 16599 -72.1 -82.4 20 10.3 -72.2 101 18 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.00 m Freezing level: 572.56 mb = 4844.70 m = 15894.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.57 mb = 4108.97 m = 13480.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.01 % Est. max temperature: 33.37 C = 92.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.94 mb = 817.77 m = 2682.95 ft T: 23.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 13.67 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.66 mb = 1832.29 m = 6011.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.16 C = 95.29 F Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lifted Index: -2.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.42 C Showalter Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.36 C Cross Totals Index: 21.78 C K Index: 31.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 857.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.94 mb = 1252.42 m = 4108.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 674.94 mb = 3498.39 m = 11477.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.94 mb = 12914.98 m = 42371.47 ft B at Equ Level: 854.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.94 mb = 15779.28 m = 51768.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 99.0 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 129.0 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.0 neg: -0.1 tot: 55.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 40.66 Bulk Shear: 21.10 m/s