MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F165.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F165.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 165 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 18.38,-69.25 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -69.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25.4 22.9 86 2.5 23.6 57 8 297.4 300.6 296.3 348.4 17.61 1 1000 150 25.5 22.4 83 3.1 23.3 61 13 298.6 301.8 296.4 349.0 17.28 2 950 601 22.7 20.4 87 2.4 21.1 71 17 300.2 303.2 296.0 347.2 16.03 3 900 1071 20.3 16.4 78 4.0 17.7 77 14 302.5 304.9 294.6 341.2 13.12 4 850 1564 17.8 12.8 72 5.0 14.5 78 12 304.8 306.8 293.7 337.6 10.96 5 800 2081 15.4 6.2 54 9.2 9.9 85 11 307.6 309.0 291.8 330.3 7.46 6 750 2626 12.6 0.9 45 11.7 6.3 97 12 310.3 311.3 290.9 327.3 5.47 7 700 3201 9.1 -1.9 46 11.0 3.4 95 13 312.5 313.4 291.0 327.5 4.75 8 650 3811 5.3 -3.2 54 8.6 1.0 88 15 315.0 315.9 291.6 329.8 4.64 9 600 4460 1.7 -8.4 47 10.1 -2.9 81 16 318.1 318.8 291.5 329.2 3.39 10 550 5157 -2.0 -13.2 42 11.1 -6.5 76 17 321.7 322.2 291.7 330.1 2.52 11 500 5909 -6.0 -18.0 38 12.0 -10.2 77 16 325.8 326.1 292.3 332.1 1.85 12 450 6726 -10.8 -21.6 41 10.8 -14.2 88 15 329.6 329.9 293.0 335.0 1.51 13 400 7621 -16.7 -24.9 49 8.3 -18.9 103 16 333.3 333.6 293.8 337.9 1.26 14 350 8610 -23.8 -36.0 32 12.2 -25.9 104 14 336.7 336.8 294.0 338.6 0.51 15 300 9716 -32.3 -41.8 38 9.5 -33.4 112 14 339.8 339.9 294.6 341.1 0.32 16 250 10974 -42.7 -48.8 51 6.1 -43.1 122 14 342.6 342.7 295.1 343.4 0.18 17 200 12439 -55.0 -57.0 78 2.0 -55.1 115 13 345.7 345.7 295.7 346.0 0.09 18 150 14220 -67.6 -70.4 68 2.8 -67.7 91 7 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.02 19 100 16615 -72.5 -83.1 19 10.6 -72.5 111 23 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.63 m Freezing level: 576.98 mb = 4781.08 m = 15685.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.87 mb = 3976.41 m = 13045.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.38 % Est. max temperature: 32.16 C = 89.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.05 mb = 345.30 m = 1132.87 ft T: 24.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 21.71 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.37 mb = 1300.73 m = 4267.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.55 C = 88.79 F Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lifted Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.67 C Showalter Index: 1.86 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.77 C Cross Totals Index: 18.73 C K Index: 25.56 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 709.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.39 mb = 838.92 m = 2752.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.39 mb = 2857.95 m = 9376.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.39 mb = 12776.23 m = 41916.25 ft B at Equ Level: 704.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.39 mb = 15568.38 m = 51076.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 81.1 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 111.1 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.1 neg: -5.9 tot: 22.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 321.16 Bulk Shear: 2.21 m/s