MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F369.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F369.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 369 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 25.6,-72.87 Latitude: 25.60 Longitude: -72.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25.0 22.4 85 2.6 23.1 77 11 296.6 299.6 295.6 345.5 16.94 1 1000 160 23.0 21.0 88 2.0 21.6 82 12 296.2 299.1 294.8 341.9 15.85 2 950 606 19.8 18.7 93 1.1 19.0 96 16 297.2 299.9 294.0 338.9 14.40 3 900 1073 17.9 16.4 91 1.5 16.9 110 24 299.9 302.3 293.9 338.4 13.14 4 850 1561 15.3 14.1 93 1.2 14.5 117 28 302.1 304.3 293.7 337.5 11.96 5 800 2074 12.8 12.0 95 0.8 12.3 122 28 304.8 306.8 293.8 337.8 11.05 6 750 2616 10.4 9.9 97 0.5 10.1 126 25 307.9 309.8 294.1 339.1 10.29 7 700 3189 7.7 7.5 99 0.2 7.6 127 23 311.0 312.8 294.2 339.7 9.33 8 650 3798 4.7 4.6 99 0.1 4.6 132 21 314.3 315.9 294.3 339.9 8.20 9 600 4447 0.4 0.4 100 0.0 0.4 140 23 316.6 317.9 293.7 337.5 6.59 10 550 5143 -2.1 -2.3 98 0.2 -2.3 142 24 321.6 322.7 294.4 340.6 5.87 11 500 5897 -5.6 -6.0 97 0.4 -5.8 142 24 326.3 327.2 294.9 342.5 4.91 12 450 6717 -9.8 -10.3 96 0.5 -10.0 144 24 330.9 331.7 295.3 344.2 3.89 13 400 7617 -15.2 -15.4 98 0.2 -15.3 147 25 335.2 335.8 295.6 345.3 2.88 14 350 8613 -22.0 -22.0 100 0.0 -22.0 154 26 339.1 339.5 295.7 345.9 1.87 15 300 9728 -30.4 -30.4 100 0.0 -30.4 176 30 342.5 342.7 295.8 346.3 1.01 16 250 10994 -41.4 -41.8 96 0.4 -41.4 173 26 344.6 344.7 295.8 346.1 0.39 17 200 12464 -55.1 -55.5 95 0.4 -55.1 184 27 345.6 345.6 295.7 346.0 0.10 18 150 14234 -69.5 -70.0 93 0.5 -69.5 215 33 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.02 19 100 16636 -70.4 -82.7 15 12.3 -70.5 101 13 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.20 m Freezing level: 591.52 mb = 4564.91 m = 14976.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.02 mb = 4553.93 m = 14940.53 ft Precipitable water: 2.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.01 % Est. max temperature: 29.74 C = 85.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.86 mb = 328.40 m = 1077.41 ft T: 21.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.89 C/km ThetaE index: 7.97 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.95 mb = 818.18 m = 2684.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.88 C = 80.39 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: 1.04 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.12 C Showalter Index: 2.27 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.81 C Cross Totals Index: 19.63 C K Index: 34.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.89 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.82 mb = 644.47 m = 2114.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 850.82 mb = 1552.75 m = 5094.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 550.82 mb = 5131.02 m = 16833.86 ft B at Equ Level: 46.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 460.82 mb = 6532.12 m = 21430.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 126.4 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 156.4 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.6 neg: -3.3 tot: 102.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.46 Bulk Shear: 32.15 m/s