MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 18.45,-67.21 Latitude: 18.45 Longitude: -67.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 55 26.7 23.4 82 3.3 24.3 75 13 298.7 302.0 297.0 351.5 18.12 1 1000 167 25.8 22.3 81 3.5 23.3 74 15 298.9 302.0 296.4 349.0 17.19 2 950 618 22.2 21.0 93 1.2 21.3 73 18 299.7 302.8 296.3 348.6 16.70 3 900 1087 19.7 16.8 83 2.9 17.7 72 20 301.8 304.3 294.7 341.6 13.49 4 850 1579 17.6 12.1 70 5.5 14.1 70 21 304.6 306.6 293.3 336.0 10.50 5 800 2096 15.6 5.3 50 10.3 9.6 69 22 307.8 309.1 291.5 329.1 6.99 6 750 2641 12.6 1.5 47 11.1 6.5 70 21 310.3 311.3 291.1 327.9 5.69 7 700 3216 9.1 -1.0 49 10.1 3.8 76 19 312.6 313.5 291.3 328.5 5.07 8 650 3826 5.6 -5.3 45 10.9 0.3 86 16 315.3 316.0 291.2 328.0 3.96 9 600 4477 2.9 -13.1 30 16.0 -3.7 111 14 319.4 319.9 290.9 327.1 2.32 10 550 5177 -0.7 -12.0 42 11.3 -5.4 128 13 323.3 323.8 292.4 332.6 2.77 11 500 5931 -5.4 -15.1 46 9.7 -9.1 144 15 326.5 326.9 292.9 334.6 2.37 12 450 6750 -10.5 -20.7 43 10.1 -13.8 155 18 330.0 330.3 293.3 335.8 1.64 13 400 7646 -16.9 -26.6 43 9.7 -19.4 147 20 333.0 333.3 293.6 337.0 1.08 14 350 8633 -24.5 -31.6 52 7.1 -25.9 138 22 335.7 335.8 294.0 338.5 0.78 15 300 9734 -33.6 -40.0 53 6.4 -34.3 147 19 338.1 338.1 294.2 339.6 0.39 16 250 10987 -43.1 -47.2 64 4.1 -43.4 158 20 342.0 342.0 295.0 342.9 0.22 17 200 12453 -54.3 -59.4 53 5.1 -54.5 107 7 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.06 18 150 14248 -64.9 -75.4 22 10.5 -65.0 142 15 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16657 -73.9 -83.6 21 9.7 -73.9 92 14 385.0 385.0 303.1 385.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.46 m Freezing level: 559.65 mb = 5041.76 m = 16541.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.08 mb = 3875.28 m = 12714.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.61 % Est. max temperature: 31.84 C = 89.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.89 mb = 471.90 m = 1548.22 ft T: 23.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 23.62 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.25 mb = 1027.02 m = 3369.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.52 C = 85.14 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: 3.09 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.00 C Cross Totals Index: 17.50 C K Index: 24.99 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 866.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.09 mb = 792.22 m = 2599.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 746.09 mb = 2684.14 m = 8806.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.09 mb = 12575.94 m = 41259.15 ft B at Equ Level: 865.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.09 mb = 15770.40 m = 51739.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 86.7 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 116.7 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.9 neg: -0.9 tot: 16.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 413.17 Bulk Shear: 2.10 m/s