MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 18.31,-69.09 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -69.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 34 25.6 22.6 83 3.1 23.5 72 8 297.7 300.8 296.1 347.8 17.25 1 1000 146 25.7 21.9 80 3.8 23.0 76 12 298.8 301.9 296.1 347.7 16.77 2 950 597 22.5 20.6 89 1.8 21.2 81 17 300.0 303.0 296.1 347.8 16.33 3 900 1067 20.3 16.8 80 3.5 17.9 87 14 302.5 305.0 294.9 342.4 13.51 4 850 1560 18.4 9.4 56 9.0 12.8 77 10 305.4 307.1 292.2 331.7 8.73 5 800 2078 15.9 2.0 39 13.9 8.2 66 10 308.1 309.2 290.3 325.1 5.52 6 750 2622 12.8 -3.7 32 16.5 4.6 67 10 310.4 311.2 289.6 322.6 3.88 7 700 3197 9.4 -11.1 22 20.4 0.6 73 11 312.9 313.3 288.9 320.5 2.34 8 650 3807 5.8 -7.7 37 13.5 -0.4 78 14 315.5 316.2 290.6 326.2 3.30 9 600 4458 2.1 -7.7 48 9.9 -2.4 76 15 318.6 319.3 291.7 330.2 3.56 10 550 5155 -1.6 -14.3 37 12.7 -6.6 73 15 322.2 322.6 291.7 329.9 2.29 11 500 5909 -5.4 -20.4 30 15.0 -10.4 71 16 326.5 326.8 292.2 331.7 1.51 12 450 6727 -10.6 -25.1 29 14.5 -14.7 52 19 329.9 330.1 292.7 333.9 1.10 13 400 7621 -17.6 -30.1 33 12.6 -20.4 41 14 332.1 332.3 293.0 335.0 0.78 14 350 8605 -25.6 -35.8 38 10.2 -27.3 40 12 334.2 334.3 293.3 336.2 0.51 15 300 9700 -34.7 -44.1 38 9.5 -35.6 66 9 336.5 336.6 293.7 337.5 0.25 16 250 10952 -42.7 -58.5 16 15.8 -43.4 104 10 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.06 17 200 12421 -53.9 -64.4 27 10.5 -54.2 98 12 347.3 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.03 18 150 14214 -66.0 -73.3 35 7.3 -66.0 82 11 356.4 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 19 100 16608 -73.6 -82.8 23 9.2 -73.6 77 21 385.5 385.5 303.1 385.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.40 m Freezing level: 571.41 mb = 4856.70 m = 15933.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.60 mb = 3562.68 m = 11688.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.25 % Est. max temperature: 32.63 C = 90.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.04 mb = 422.71 m = 1386.82 ft T: 23.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 27.30 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.72 mb = 1442.07 m = 4731.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.70 C = 90.86 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Showalter Index: 5.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.80 C Cross Totals Index: 14.77 C K Index: 12.76 Risk: None Sweat Index: 148.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 830.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.76 mb = 831.36 m = 2727.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.76 mb = 2965.19 m = 9728.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.76 mb = 12107.26 m = 39721.49 ft B at Equ Level: 830.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.76 mb = 15543.05 m = 50993.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 75.0 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 105.0 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.3 neg: -6.9 tot: 8.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 13885.89 Bulk Shear: 0.06 m/s