MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 18.31,-69.25 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -69.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28 25.6 23.4 88 2.2 24.0 93 6 297.5 300.8 296.7 350.3 18.19 1 1000 157 25.5 22.8 85 2.7 23.5 100 8 298.7 301.9 296.7 350.3 17.72 2 950 608 22.4 21.3 93 1.1 21.6 115 12 299.9 303.1 296.6 349.8 17.02 3 900 1078 19.8 17.3 85 2.5 18.1 107 15 302.0 304.5 295.1 343.1 13.94 4 850 1570 18.0 12.0 68 6.0 14.1 99 15 305.0 306.9 293.3 336.1 10.41 5 800 2088 16.5 1.9 37 14.6 8.4 98 18 308.8 309.8 290.5 325.7 5.49 6 750 2634 13.0 -4.1 30 17.2 4.5 99 19 310.7 311.4 289.5 322.6 3.75 7 700 3208 8.6 -8.5 29 17.1 0.9 96 20 312.0 312.5 289.1 321.2 2.87 8 650 3815 3.9 -11.8 31 15.7 -2.5 88 20 313.4 313.8 289.1 321.2 2.39 9 600 4460 0.1 -17.8 25 17.8 -6.2 78 20 316.2 316.5 289.2 321.5 1.58 10 550 5153 -2.3 -28.4 11 26.1 -9.5 78 19 321.3 321.4 289.9 323.7 0.67 11 500 5904 -6.3 -33.1 10 26.8 -12.6 90 18 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.1 0.47 12 450 6719 -11.5 -37.5 10 26.0 -16.7 96 17 328.7 328.8 291.7 330.0 0.34 13 400 7611 -17.3 -40.6 11 23.3 -21.2 94 16 332.5 332.5 292.7 333.6 0.28 14 350 8597 -24.2 -41.3 19 17.1 -26.6 84 18 336.1 336.2 293.6 337.3 0.29 15 300 9704 -32.2 -43.4 32 11.1 -33.5 63 19 339.9 340.0 294.6 341.0 0.27 16 250 10962 -42.3 -47.7 55 5.4 -42.7 62 24 343.2 343.2 295.3 344.0 0.20 17 200 12434 -53.2 -59.9 44 6.7 -53.4 67 19 348.5 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.06 18 150 14227 -66.1 -69.8 60 3.7 -66.1 37 10 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.4 0.02 19 100 16630 -73.9 -88.0 10 14.0 -74.0 93 15 384.9 384.9 303.0 384.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.95 m Freezing level: 598.28 mb = 4484.14 m = 14711.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.78 mb = 3364.48 m = 11038.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.63 % Est. max temperature: 32.20 C = 89.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.70 mb = 301.68 m = 989.74 ft T: 24.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 29.13 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.65 mb = 937.70 m = 3076.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.48 C = 85.07 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.78 C Showalter Index: 2.14 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.26 C Cross Totals Index: 18.25 C K Index: 19.17 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1142.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.35 mb = 715.42 m = 2347.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.35 mb = 2707.92 m = 8884.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.35 mb = 12645.08 m = 41485.98 ft B at Equ Level: 1135.64 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 92.0 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 122.0 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.1 neg: -1.2 tot: 8.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 103.62 Bulk Shear: 11.03 m/s