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: 18.90,-80.95 Latitude: 18.90 Longitude: -80.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 23.6 74 5.0 25.0 120 8 300.7 304.1 297.7 355.0 18.45 1 1000 114 27.5 22.4 74 5.0 23.8 120 9 300.6 303.8 297.0 351.6 17.35 2 950 566 23.1 21.4 90 1.7 21.9 119 8 300.7 303.8 296.8 351.1 17.17 3 900 1037 20.9 15.7 72 5.1 17.4 122 10 303.0 305.3 294.4 340.3 12.59 4 850 1531 18.8 11.1 61 7.7 13.9 121 12 305.9 307.7 293.2 335.4 9.83 5 800 2049 16.2 7.5 56 8.7 10.9 114 11 308.4 309.9 292.6 333.2 8.14 6 750 2595 13.0 4.4 56 8.6 8.0 111 10 310.7 312.0 292.3 332.3 7.00 7 700 3172 9.6 1.7 58 7.9 5.2 113 9 313.1 314.3 292.4 332.5 6.20 8 650 3784 6.1 -0.9 61 7.0 2.4 121 7 315.9 316.9 292.6 333.4 5.52 9 600 4435 2.0 -3.6 66 5.6 -0.8 134 6 318.5 319.4 292.9 334.2 4.89 10 550 5132 -2.2 -8.3 63 6.1 -5.0 127 4 321.5 322.2 292.7 333.7 3.71 11 500 5884 -6.5 -14.1 55 7.6 -9.5 78 4 325.1 325.6 292.7 333.8 2.56 12 450 6700 -11.3 -19.9 49 8.6 -14.1 54 7 329.0 329.3 293.1 335.1 1.75 13 400 7594 -16.6 -25.6 46 9.0 -19.0 56 10 333.4 333.6 293.7 337.7 1.19 14 350 8585 -22.6 -37.1 26 14.5 -25.1 108 5 338.3 338.3 294.3 340.0 0.45 15 300 9697 -31.0 -40.1 41 9.1 -32.2 117 5 341.6 341.7 295.1 343.2 0.39 16 250 10963 -41.0 -49.4 40 8.4 -41.6 94 12 345.2 345.2 295.7 345.9 0.17 17 200 12440 -53.4 -57.7 59 4.3 -53.5 102 21 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.6 0.08 18 150 14224 -68.5 -71.2 68 2.7 -68.5 108 13 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.02 19 100 16593 -76.4 -82.4 38 5.9 -76.4 78 29 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.09 m Freezing level: 576.06 mb = 4769.11 m = 15646.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.65 mb = 4265.43 m = 13994.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.94 % Est. max temperature: 33.09 C = 91.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.81 mb = 641.72 m = 2105.37 ft T: 22.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 22.72 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.06 mb = 1389.02 m = 4557.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.02 C = 91.43 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: -3.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.98 C Showalter Index: 2.21 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.33 C Cross Totals Index: 17.62 C K Index: 28.58 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 942.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.02 mb = 883.49 m = 2898.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.02 mb = 2471.94 m = 8109.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.02 mb = 13058.10 m = 42841.00 ft B at Equ Level: 940.85 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 117.4 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 147.4 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -2.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: -5.1 tot: -2.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 16920.03 Bulk Shear: 0.06 m/s