MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 18.58,-66.5 Latitude: 18.58 Longitude: -66.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 29.0 23.0 70 6.1 24.6 62 12 301.0 304.2 297.3 352.9 17.68 1 1000 164 27.3 21.6 71 5.7 23.2 68 13 300.5 303.5 296.4 348.7 16.45 2 950 617 23.7 19.9 79 3.9 21.0 92 12 301.2 304.1 296.0 346.9 15.53 3 900 1088 20.3 17.7 85 2.6 18.5 111 12 302.4 305.1 295.4 344.7 14.31 4 850 1580 17.0 15.0 88 2.1 15.7 114 13 304.0 306.3 294.7 341.7 12.69 5 800 2096 14.9 9.8 71 5.1 11.7 107 14 307.0 308.8 293.3 335.9 9.55 6 750 2641 12.6 4.9 59 7.7 8.0 102 13 310.2 311.6 292.4 332.5 7.23 7 700 3218 9.6 1.1 55 8.5 4.9 103 13 313.1 314.3 292.2 331.8 5.94 8 650 3829 6.4 -2.2 54 8.6 2.0 102 14 316.2 317.2 292.3 332.2 5.01 9 600 4482 3.1 -6.0 51 9.1 -1.3 97 14 319.7 320.5 292.5 333.0 4.08 10 550 5183 -0.4 -11.2 44 10.8 -5.1 86 13 323.6 324.2 292.6 333.5 2.95 11 500 5938 -5.2 -16.8 39 11.7 -9.5 85 12 326.7 327.1 292.7 333.8 2.05 12 450 6757 -10.6 -23.7 33 13.1 -14.5 111 11 329.9 330.2 292.9 334.4 1.25 13 400 7652 -17.0 -28.7 35 11.7 -19.8 121 14 332.9 333.1 293.3 336.2 0.89 14 350 8639 -24.3 -30.8 55 6.5 -25.6 109 15 336.0 336.2 294.1 339.1 0.84 15 300 9743 -33.1 -40.3 48 7.2 -34.0 148 11 338.8 338.8 294.4 340.2 0.38 16 250 10997 -43.2 -49.5 50 6.2 -43.6 196 10 341.8 341.8 294.9 342.5 0.17 17 200 12459 -55.6 -56.2 92 0.6 -55.6 236 3 344.7 344.7 295.6 345.1 0.09 18 150 14243 -65.6 -76.4 21 10.8 -65.6 118 16 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16638 -75.4 -83.3 28 7.9 -75.4 73 22 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.01 m Freezing level: 555.89 mb = 5100.33 m = 16733.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.69 mb = 4218.81 m = 13841.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.64 % Est. max temperature: 31.62 C = 88.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.39 mb = 807.98 m = 2650.82 ft T: 22.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 21.19 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.12 mb = 1299.86 m = 4264.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.20 C = 88.16 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.34 C Showalter Index: 0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.33 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.19 C Cross Totals Index: 20.14 C K Index: 28.67 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 804.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.59 mb = 1053.33 m = 3455.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.59 mb = 1594.22 m = 5230.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 758.59 mb = 2545.03 m = 8349.73 ft B at Equ Level: 8.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.59 mb = 15630.79 m = 51281.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 97.9 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 127.9 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.9 neg: -2.6 tot: 13.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 215.36 Bulk Shear: 3.73 m/s