MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F162.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F162.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 162 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 18.58,-66.26 Latitude: 18.58 Longitude: -66.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26 27.6 23.6 79 3.9 24.7 91 13 299.6 302.9 297.4 353.5 18.43 1 1000 145 26.9 22.2 76 4.7 23.5 92 16 300.1 303.2 296.7 350.2 17.12 2 950 597 23.1 20.4 85 2.6 21.2 97 18 300.6 303.5 296.2 347.9 16.13 3 900 1067 20.4 15.7 75 4.7 17.2 100 17 302.5 304.8 294.3 339.7 12.58 4 850 1560 18.5 9.5 56 8.9 12.9 101 16 305.5 307.1 292.3 332.1 8.82 5 800 2078 16.0 4.3 46 11.7 9.2 101 13 308.2 309.4 291.2 328.1 6.51 6 750 2623 12.7 0.8 44 11.9 6.2 101 12 310.4 311.4 290.9 327.2 5.41 7 700 3198 9.0 -2.4 44 11.5 3.2 102 12 312.5 313.4 290.8 326.9 4.58 8 650 3808 5.3 -6.3 43 11.6 -0.2 98 13 314.9 315.7 290.7 326.7 3.66 9 600 4457 1.6 -8.7 47 10.2 -3.0 88 13 317.9 318.6 291.3 328.7 3.31 10 550 5153 -2.0 -12.5 44 10.5 -6.2 78 14 321.8 322.3 291.9 330.7 2.67 11 500 5906 -5.8 -16.6 42 10.8 -9.8 72 13 325.9 326.4 292.6 333.1 2.08 12 450 6724 -10.8 -21.2 42 10.4 -14.0 72 12 329.7 330.0 293.1 335.2 1.57 13 400 7619 -16.7 -27.4 39 10.7 -19.4 80 11 333.2 333.4 293.6 336.9 1.01 14 350 8608 -23.9 -36.5 30 12.5 -26.1 73 11 336.5 336.6 293.9 338.3 0.48 15 300 9713 -32.4 -44.7 28 12.3 -33.7 95 14 339.7 339.7 294.5 340.6 0.24 16 250 10970 -42.8 -51.3 39 8.4 -43.3 89 17 342.4 342.4 295.0 343.0 0.14 17 200 12435 -54.8 -60.9 47 6.1 -54.9 67 13 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.05 18 150 14215 -67.8 -69.1 84 1.3 -67.8 66 4 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.02 19 100 16613 -72.5 -82.9 20 10.3 -72.6 97 25 387.6 387.6 303.5 387.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.81 m Freezing level: 577.82 mb = 4766.05 m = 15636.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.75 mb = 3773.10 m = 12378.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.55 % Est. max temperature: 32.70 C = 90.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.45 mb = 528.15 m = 1732.76 ft T: 23.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 26.78 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.81 mb = 1481.34 m = 4859.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.06 C = 91.50 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Showalter Index: 4.47 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.66 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.30 C Cross Totals Index: 15.36 C K Index: 22.38 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 158.70 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 862.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.03 mb = 932.93 m = 3060.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.03 mb = 2745.93 m = 9008.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.03 mb = 13120.80 m = 43046.73 ft B at Equ Level: 849.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.03 mb = 16101.87 m = 52827.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 93.2 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 123.2 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 6.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.3 neg: -4.9 tot: 6.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 1125.44 Bulk Shear: 0.77 m/s