MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F264.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F264.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11 day GFS valid 18Z WED 13 AUG 25 Station: 24.14,-79.52 Latitude: 24.14 Longitude: -79.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2 29.7 24.5 74 5.2 25.9 106 12 301.4 304.9 298.4 358.7 19.41 1 1000 156 28.2 22.2 70 6.0 23.8 106 15 301.4 304.5 297.0 351.6 17.06 2 950 609 23.9 21.0 84 2.9 21.9 105 16 301.4 304.5 296.8 350.8 16.74 3 900 1081 20.5 18.1 86 2.4 18.8 106 18 302.6 305.3 295.7 345.9 14.64 4 850 1574 18.9 8.1 49 10.8 12.3 114 18 305.9 307.4 291.7 330.0 7.97 5 800 2092 16.3 0.3 34 15.9 7.7 116 18 308.5 309.4 289.9 323.7 4.90 6 750 2637 12.8 -2.1 35 14.9 5.1 118 17 310.4 311.3 290.0 324.1 4.36 7 700 3212 8.9 -4.6 38 13.5 2.3 124 18 312.4 313.1 290.2 324.7 3.89 8 650 3821 5.4 -13.5 24 18.9 -2.1 129 18 315.1 315.5 289.3 322.0 2.08 9 600 4470 1.4 -11.3 38 12.8 -3.9 134 17 317.8 318.3 290.7 326.6 2.68 10 550 5166 -2.4 -7.6 68 5.2 -4.8 141 20 321.2 322.0 292.8 334.1 3.93 11 500 5917 -6.6 -8.7 85 2.1 -7.5 139 20 325.0 325.8 293.9 338.2 3.97 12 450 6734 -11.1 -13.6 82 2.5 -12.1 143 18 329.3 329.8 294.2 339.4 2.97 13 400 7629 -16.4 -20.4 72 3.9 -17.7 138 10 333.6 334.0 294.4 340.3 1.89 14 350 8620 -23.3 -26.6 75 3.3 -24.1 107 10 337.3 337.6 294.8 341.9 1.24 15 300 9728 -32.1 -32.7 95 0.6 -32.2 110 1 340.1 340.3 295.1 343.2 0.82 16 250 10988 -42.3 -43.1 91 0.9 -42.3 356 4 343.2 343.3 295.4 344.6 0.34 17 200 12455 -54.9 -54.9 99 0.1 -54.9 15 10 345.8 345.9 295.8 346.3 0.11 18 150 14239 -67.4 -68.6 85 1.2 -67.4 91 12 354.0 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.02 19 100 16635 -73.1 -82.0 25 8.9 -73.2 74 21 386.4 386.4 303.3 386.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.56 m Freezing level: 581.27 mb = 4730.83 m = 15520.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.12 mb = 3521.71 m = 11554.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.91 % Est. max temperature: 33.13 C = 91.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.33 mb = 661.68 m = 2170.82 ft T: 23.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 34.96 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.20 mb = 1243.53 m = 4079.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.09 C = 89.76 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: -4.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.01 C Showalter Index: 4.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.47 C Cross Totals Index: 14.63 C K Index: 20.04 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1466.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.69 mb = 968.38 m = 3177.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.69 mb = 2341.86 m = 7683.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.69 mb = 13584.63 m = 44568.44 ft B at Equ Level: 1464.72 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 123.9 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 153.9 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.1 neg: -0.1 tot: 24.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 304.03 Bulk Shear: 4.82 m/s