MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 18.38,-68.31 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -68.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24 26.3 22.3 79 4.0 23.5 87 7 298.4 301.5 296.1 347.8 17.00 1 1000 136 26.0 21.4 76 4.5 22.7 88 10 299.1 302.1 295.8 346.6 16.27 2 950 587 22.2 20.4 90 1.8 20.9 91 12 299.7 302.6 295.9 346.6 16.07 3 900 1056 20.2 13.9 67 6.2 16.1 86 11 302.3 304.3 293.2 335.4 11.19 4 850 1548 18.3 8.6 53 9.7 12.3 82 12 305.3 306.8 291.7 330.2 8.27 5 800 2065 15.9 1.2 37 14.6 7.9 80 12 308.1 309.0 290.0 324.2 5.23 6 750 2610 12.7 -4.0 31 16.7 4.4 78 12 310.3 311.1 289.5 322.3 3.79 7 700 3185 8.9 -4.1 40 13.0 2.5 79 13 312.3 313.1 290.3 325.0 4.02 8 650 3794 5.1 -4.2 51 9.3 0.5 81 15 314.7 315.6 291.3 328.5 4.32 9 600 4443 1.3 -7.3 53 8.6 -2.7 79 14 317.6 318.3 291.6 329.5 3.67 10 550 5138 -2.6 -12.0 48 9.4 -6.4 77 12 321.0 321.6 291.8 330.2 2.77 11 500 5888 -6.6 -17.7 41 11.1 -10.5 77 10 324.9 325.3 292.1 331.5 1.90 12 450 6704 -11.5 -22.6 39 11.1 -14.8 77 9 328.8 329.1 292.7 333.7 1.38 13 400 7596 -17.8 -29.3 36 11.5 -20.5 69 6 331.8 332.0 293.0 334.9 0.84 14 350 8579 -25.4 -36.7 34 11.3 -27.2 98 4 334.5 334.6 293.4 336.3 0.47 15 300 9680 -33.0 -48.5 20 15.5 -34.4 102 9 338.9 338.9 294.2 339.5 0.16 16 250 10935 -42.9 -54.7 26 11.8 -43.6 105 16 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.6 0.09 17 200 12404 -53.6 -64.3 26 10.8 -53.8 104 10 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.03 18 150 14197 -66.7 -73.4 39 6.6 -66.8 92 8 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.01 19 100 16584 -74.9 -82.7 29 7.8 -74.9 97 16 383.0 383.0 302.7 383.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.00 m Freezing level: 583.26 mb = 4675.63 m = 15339.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.51 mb = 3900.37 m = 12796.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.63 % Est. max temperature: 32.48 C = 90.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.83 mb = 533.28 m = 1749.58 ft T: 22.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 24.34 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.62 mb = 1642.90 m = 5390.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.79 C = 92.82 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Showalter Index: 4.47 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.94 C Cross Totals Index: 15.23 C K Index: 20.52 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 136.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 587.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 100.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.61 mb = 897.46 m = 2944.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 711.61 mb = 3047.60 m = 9998.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.61 mb = 11438.00 m = 37525.80 ft B at Equ Level: 585.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.61 mb = 14966.55 m = 49102.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 80.7 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 110.7 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: -2.2 tot: 3.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 609.94 Bulk Shear: 0.96 m/s