MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F267.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F267.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 267 hour GFS valid 9Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 18.38,-81.93 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -81.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 28.7 24.0 76 4.7 25.2 103 10 300.8 304.3 298.0 356.3 18.87 1 1000 113 27.6 22.7 75 4.9 24.0 103 11 300.7 303.9 297.1 352.4 17.58 2 950 566 23.3 21.6 91 1.6 22.1 102 11 300.8 304.0 297.0 351.9 17.39 3 900 1037 20.6 16.9 79 3.7 18.1 99 11 302.7 305.2 295.0 342.8 13.56 4 850 1530 18.4 11.7 65 6.7 14.1 100 12 305.5 307.4 293.3 336.1 10.22 5 800 2048 16.0 7.1 56 8.8 10.6 97 12 308.2 309.7 292.4 332.4 7.95 6 750 2594 12.9 4.5 57 8.4 8.0 92 12 310.6 311.9 292.3 332.4 7.06 7 700 3170 9.6 3.3 65 6.3 5.9 91 10 313.1 314.4 293.0 334.7 6.93 8 650 3782 6.0 0.7 68 5.4 3.1 101 9 315.8 317.0 293.2 335.3 6.19 9 600 4434 2.2 -4.9 59 7.1 -1.3 122 8 318.7 319.5 292.5 333.0 4.44 10 550 5131 -2.1 -8.8 60 6.7 -5.1 130 6 321.6 322.3 292.6 333.4 3.59 11 500 5883 -6.4 -15.0 50 8.6 -9.7 103 5 325.2 325.7 292.6 333.3 2.38 12 450 6699 -11.1 -19.7 49 8.6 -14.0 78 7 329.2 329.6 293.2 335.5 1.78 13 400 7593 -17.0 -25.6 47 8.6 -19.3 73 10 332.8 333.1 293.6 337.1 1.19 14 350 8582 -23.1 -36.8 28 13.7 -25.5 92 9 337.6 337.7 294.1 339.4 0.47 15 300 9694 -30.9 -43.3 29 12.3 -32.4 121 8 341.8 341.8 295.0 342.9 0.28 16 250 10959 -41.0 -52.0 30 11.0 -41.7 110 12 345.1 345.1 295.7 345.6 0.12 17 200 12435 -53.3 -60.3 42 7.0 -53.5 109 14 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.5 0.06 18 150 14221 -68.5 -71.7 63 3.2 -68.5 81 12 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.02 19 100 16587 -76.2 -82.3 38 6.1 -76.2 80 24 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.95 m Freezing level: 574.37 mb = 4791.45 m = 15719.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.64 mb = 4237.61 m = 13902.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.03 % Est. max temperature: 32.70 C = 90.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.91 mb = 603.28 m = 1979.23 ft T: 23.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 23.93 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.97 mb = 1104.26 m = 3622.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.03 C = 87.86 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -3.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.29 C Showalter Index: 2.00 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.85 C Cross Totals Index: 18.13 C K Index: 30.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1170.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.91 mb = 846.02 m = 2775.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.91 mb = 2208.85 m = 7246.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.91 mb = 13632.57 m = 44725.73 ft B at Equ Level: 1168.74 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 102.6 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 132.6 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -11.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: -5.4 tot: -3.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.9 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3505.76 Bulk Shear: 0.33 m/s