MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 18Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 24.02,-79.31 Latitude: 24.02 Longitude: -79.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29.4 22.9 68 6.4 24.6 104 8 301.0 304.2 297.2 352.7 17.56 1 1000 155 27.8 21.5 68 6.3 23.2 106 8 300.9 303.9 296.4 348.9 16.32 2 950 608 23.5 20.5 83 3.0 21.3 110 8 301.0 304.0 296.3 348.5 16.16 3 900 1079 20.0 17.8 87 2.1 18.5 112 7 302.1 304.7 295.4 344.6 14.41 4 850 1571 17.6 12.5 72 5.1 14.3 103 7 304.6 306.6 293.5 336.8 10.76 5 800 2088 15.3 6.5 56 8.8 10.1 105 7 307.5 308.9 291.9 330.7 7.63 6 750 2632 12.0 5.0 62 7.1 7.9 113 7 309.7 311.0 292.3 332.1 7.30 7 700 3207 8.5 3.5 71 5.0 5.6 117 8 311.9 313.3 292.7 333.8 7.04 8 650 3816 4.8 1.8 81 3.0 3.1 132 8 314.4 315.7 293.2 335.4 6.70 9 600 4466 1.4 -0.9 85 2.3 0.1 169 8 317.7 318.9 293.5 336.8 5.98 10 550 5163 -2.2 -5.0 81 2.8 -3.6 185 10 321.4 322.4 293.6 337.1 4.79 11 500 5914 -6.8 -8.4 88 1.6 -7.5 182 9 324.8 325.6 293.9 338.3 4.06 12 450 6730 -11.9 -14.4 82 2.5 -12.9 174 4 328.2 328.8 293.7 337.7 2.78 13 400 7621 -17.7 -29.0 37 11.3 -20.4 114 6 331.9 332.1 293.1 335.1 0.87 14 350 8606 -24.9 -31.8 53 6.9 -26.2 105 12 335.2 335.4 293.9 338.1 0.77 15 300 9707 -33.8 -36.6 75 2.9 -34.1 89 17 337.8 337.9 294.3 339.9 0.55 16 250 10958 -43.8 -44.4 93 0.7 -43.8 69 23 341.0 341.1 294.8 342.2 0.29 17 200 12419 -54.9 -57.4 74 2.4 -55.0 75 17 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.1 0.08 18 150 14207 -63.9 -73.7 25 9.8 -64.0 87 17 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16643 -71.9 -84.7 13 12.7 -72.0 98 19 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.26 m Freezing level: 580.93 mb = 4731.80 m = 15524.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.17 mb = 4490.40 m = 14732.10 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.97 % Est. max temperature: 32.07 C = 89.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.26 mb = 819.12 m = 2687.36 ft T: 21.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 21.97 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.30 mb = 1201.22 m = 3940.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.06 C = 87.91 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.69 C Showalter Index: 1.37 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.38 C Cross Totals Index: 19.23 C K Index: 31.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1298.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.99 mb = 1001.93 m = 3287.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.99 mb = 2162.09 m = 7093.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.99 mb = 12971.22 m = 42555.97 ft B at Equ Level: 1281.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.99 mb = 15908.72 m = 52193.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 136.3 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 166.3 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 4.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: -2.4 tot: 0.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.9 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 578.75 Bulk Shear: 2.24 m/s