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: 26.48,-71.06 Latitude: 26.48 Longitude: -71.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 1 28.6 23.0 72 5.6 24.5 119 9 300.2 303.5 297.1 352.0 17.65 1 1000 160 27.0 21.7 73 5.3 23.2 120 10 300.2 303.2 296.3 348.6 16.52 2 950 612 22.7 20.7 89 1.9 21.3 123 10 300.2 303.2 296.3 348.2 16.40 3 900 1081 20.1 16.8 81 3.3 17.8 140 10 302.2 304.7 294.8 342.0 13.48 4 850 1574 18.2 12.2 68 6.1 14.3 148 10 305.2 307.2 293.5 336.8 10.53 5 800 2092 16.0 8.6 62 7.3 11.4 155 10 308.2 309.8 293.0 335.0 8.82 6 750 2638 12.8 5.5 61 7.3 8.5 148 9 310.5 311.9 292.7 333.9 7.59 7 700 3214 9.1 3.8 69 5.3 6.0 127 10 312.6 313.9 293.0 334.9 7.19 8 650 3825 5.5 1.3 74 4.2 3.2 115 9 315.2 316.5 293.2 335.7 6.48 9 600 4476 2.0 -2.6 72 4.5 -0.4 132 6 318.4 319.4 293.2 335.3 5.28 10 550 5174 -1.8 -7.8 63 6.0 -4.6 181 6 321.9 322.7 293.0 334.7 3.86 11 500 5926 -6.7 -13.4 59 6.7 -9.3 196 7 324.9 325.5 292.8 334.1 2.73 12 450 6740 -12.2 -17.4 65 5.2 -14.0 210 8 327.9 328.3 293.2 335.4 2.18 13 400 7631 -18.0 -23.1 64 5.1 -19.5 221 10 331.5 331.8 293.5 336.8 1.49 14 350 8615 -24.9 -27.2 81 2.3 -25.5 215 14 335.2 335.4 294.2 339.4 1.17 15 300 9719 -32.5 -36.7 66 4.2 -33.1 225 19 339.6 339.7 294.7 341.7 0.55 16 250 10978 -41.9 -50.1 41 8.2 -42.5 217 23 343.7 343.8 295.4 344.4 0.16 17 200 12448 -54.2 -59.5 52 5.4 -54.3 214 18 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.3 0.06 18 150 14232 -67.5 -70.5 66 2.9 -67.6 207 12 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.8 0.02 19 100 16641 -71.2 -83.0 16 11.8 -71.3 108 17 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.97 m Freezing level: 573.91 mb = 4840.28 m = 15879.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.46 mb = 4402.46 m = 14443.59 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.67 % Est. max temperature: 32.51 C = 90.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.81 mb = 714.58 m = 2344.40 ft T: 22.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 18.11 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.47 mb = 1270.39 m = 4167.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.76 C = 89.17 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: 1.49 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.87 C Cross Totals Index: 18.82 C K Index: 31.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 950.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.11 mb = 898.82 m = 2948.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 734.11 mb = 2816.85 m = 9241.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.11 mb = 12633.06 m = 41446.53 ft B at Equ Level: 949.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.11 mb = 15857.11 m = 52024.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 141.7 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 171.7 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 19.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.3 neg: -3.7 tot: 5.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 618.18 Bulk Shear: 1.54 m/s