MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F381.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F381.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 381 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 24.21,-78.81 Latitude: 24.21 Longitude: -78.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 1 29.2 23.2 70 6.0 24.7 165 8 301.1 304.4 297.4 353.7 17.89 1 1000 127 27.8 21.9 70 5.9 23.5 165 9 301.0 304.0 296.7 350.1 16.73 2 950 580 23.4 20.9 86 2.5 21.6 163 9 301.0 304.0 296.6 349.9 16.63 3 900 1050 20.7 16.4 76 4.3 17.8 162 9 302.9 305.3 294.7 341.7 13.13 4 850 1544 18.6 12.4 67 6.2 14.6 167 10 305.7 307.7 293.8 337.9 10.74 5 800 2062 15.6 10.1 70 5.5 12.1 171 11 307.8 309.7 293.7 337.4 9.75 6 750 2608 12.3 7.9 74 4.5 9.6 175 12 310.0 311.7 293.6 337.3 8.92 7 700 3184 8.8 5.5 80 3.3 6.8 176 12 312.2 313.8 293.7 337.4 8.13 8 650 3794 5.1 2.4 83 2.6 3.6 176 12 314.7 316.1 293.5 336.8 7.04 9 600 4444 1.2 -1.5 82 2.7 -0.2 168 11 317.5 318.7 293.3 335.8 5.72 10 550 5140 -2.6 -5.3 82 2.7 -3.9 145 11 321.0 321.9 293.4 336.3 4.71 11 500 5892 -6.0 -8.4 83 2.4 -7.1 133 14 325.7 326.5 294.1 339.3 4.06 12 450 6711 -9.9 -13.6 75 3.7 -11.3 136 14 330.8 331.4 294.6 341.0 2.98 13 400 7612 -14.7 -21.6 56 6.9 -16.9 146 11 335.9 336.2 294.8 342.0 1.70 14 350 8612 -21.0 -33.7 31 12.7 -23.6 153 12 340.4 340.6 295.0 342.8 0.63 15 300 9730 -29.9 -44.1 24 14.2 -31.6 153 18 343.2 343.3 295.3 344.2 0.25 16 250 10999 -40.7 -53.4 24 12.7 -41.5 133 18 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.9 0.11 17 200 12474 -53.7 -61.4 38 7.7 -53.9 112 20 347.7 347.7 296.2 347.9 0.05 18 150 14255 -68.9 -70.7 77 1.8 -68.9 142 10 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.02 19 100 16633 -73.2 -82.5 23 9.3 -73.2 80 19 386.3 386.4 303.2 386.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.18 m Freezing level: 583.87 mb = 4668.38 m = 15316.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.82 mb = 4405.85 m = 14454.71 ft Precipitable water: 2.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.01 % Est. max temperature: 32.94 C = 91.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.17 mb = 763.32 m = 2504.30 ft T: 22.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 16.44 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.42 mb = 1468.99 m = 4819.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.34 C = 92.01 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.57 C Showalter Index: 1.67 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.63 C Cross Totals Index: 18.44 C K Index: 33.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.70 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 629.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.45 mb = 969.01 m = 3179.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.45 mb = 2347.62 m = 7702.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.45 mb = 13008.86 m = 42679.48 ft B at Equ Level: 627.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.45 mb = 15892.71 m = 52140.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 163.2 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 193.2 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: -0.2 tot: 5.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.8 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 799.32 Bulk Shear: 0.79 m/s