MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 12Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 23.98,-79.42 Latitude: 23.98 Longitude: -79.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28.8 23.8 74 5.1 25.1 126 10 300.7 304.1 297.7 355.3 18.57 1 1000 137 27.4 22.4 74 5.0 23.8 125 10 300.6 303.7 297.0 351.4 17.33 2 950 589 23.1 21.5 91 1.6 21.9 123 10 300.6 303.8 296.9 351.1 17.19 3 900 1060 20.4 17.0 81 3.4 18.1 123 10 302.5 305.1 295.1 343.1 13.71 4 850 1553 18.3 12.0 67 6.3 14.3 120 9 305.3 307.3 293.5 336.6 10.44 5 800 2071 15.7 7.3 57 8.4 10.6 107 8 307.9 309.4 292.3 332.4 8.04 6 750 2616 12.7 4.0 55 8.8 7.7 102 8 310.4 311.7 292.1 331.4 6.79 7 700 3192 9.5 0.4 53 9.1 4.6 112 8 313.0 314.1 291.9 330.7 5.63 8 650 3804 6.2 -5.3 43 11.5 0.7 125 7 316.0 316.8 291.4 328.8 3.98 9 600 4455 2.7 -12.3 32 15.1 -3.5 127 7 319.3 319.8 291.0 327.5 2.47 10 550 5154 -1.3 -18.0 27 16.6 -7.3 133 6 322.5 322.9 291.2 328.3 1.69 11 500 5906 -6.1 -24.8 21 18.8 -11.6 157 5 325.6 325.8 291.5 329.3 1.02 12 450 6722 -11.7 -26.4 28 14.8 -15.6 159 3 328.6 328.8 292.3 332.1 0.98 13 400 7613 -18.0 -28.5 39 10.5 -20.5 132 4 331.5 331.7 293.0 334.9 0.91 14 350 8596 -25.2 -30.8 60 5.6 -26.3 130 8 334.8 334.9 293.8 337.9 0.84 15 300 9697 -33.3 -39.3 55 6.0 -34.0 80 17 338.5 338.6 294.3 340.1 0.42 16 250 10952 -42.8 -49.1 50 6.4 -43.2 70 16 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.2 0.17 17 200 12421 -53.5 -57.5 61 4.1 -53.6 65 18 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.4 0.08 18 150 14216 -64.4 -70.0 46 5.6 -64.5 65 25 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.2 0.02 19 100 16644 -71.7 -83.7 15 12.1 -71.7 93 8 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.37 m Freezing level: 566.17 mb = 4927.99 m = 16167.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.02 mb = 3904.32 m = 12809.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.91 % Est. max temperature: 32.64 C = 90.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.10 mb = 643.70 m = 2111.84 ft T: 22.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 27.75 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.88 mb = 1090.00 m = 3576.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.89 C = 87.60 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: -3.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.21 C Showalter Index: 2.12 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.48 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.39 C Cross Totals Index: 18.10 C K Index: 27.28 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1379.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.61 mb = 853.55 m = 2800.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.61 mb = 2106.74 m = 6911.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.61 mb = 12853.55 m = 42169.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1374.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.61 mb = 16260.99 m = 53349.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 121.6 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 151.6 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -35.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: -5.5 tot: -5.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.0 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1776.28 Bulk Shear: 0.78 m/s