MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 18.72,-77.44 Latitude: 18.72 Longitude: -77.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 55 29.0 24.4 76 4.6 25.6 82 12 301.4 305.0 298.5 358.8 19.43 1 1000 131 28.1 23.1 74 5.0 24.4 83 13 301.2 304.5 297.5 354.4 18.06 2 950 584 23.7 21.6 88 2.1 22.2 82 15 301.3 304.5 297.1 352.4 17.37 3 900 1056 20.9 17.6 81 3.3 18.7 78 16 303.1 305.7 295.6 345.2 14.21 4 850 1550 19.1 12.3 65 6.8 14.7 72 17 306.1 308.1 293.9 338.0 10.62 5 800 2069 17.0 6.1 49 10.9 10.4 74 14 309.3 310.7 292.2 332.0 7.39 6 750 2617 13.6 4.0 52 9.6 8.0 87 13 311.3 312.6 292.4 332.5 6.81 7 700 3194 9.8 0.9 54 8.9 4.9 102 13 313.4 314.5 292.2 331.8 5.86 8 650 3806 6.1 -2.1 56 8.2 1.8 110 15 315.8 316.8 292.2 331.9 5.05 9 600 4458 2.5 -5.7 54 8.3 -1.4 113 17 319.1 319.9 292.4 332.5 4.15 10 550 5156 -1.3 -10.8 48 9.5 -5.4 116 18 322.6 323.2 292.4 332.8 3.06 11 500 5910 -5.7 -16.1 44 10.3 -9.6 112 18 326.1 326.5 292.7 333.6 2.19 12 450 6727 -11.1 -22.2 39 11.1 -14.5 116 18 329.2 329.5 292.9 334.3 1.43 13 400 7620 -17.7 -27.9 41 10.2 -20.2 118 12 331.9 332.1 293.2 335.4 0.96 14 350 8604 -25.1 -32.6 50 7.5 -26.5 74 6 334.9 335.1 293.7 337.6 0.71 15 300 9704 -33.7 -36.8 73 3.1 -34.1 94 4 337.9 338.0 294.3 340.0 0.54 16 250 10958 -42.8 -50.3 43 7.5 -43.2 72 1 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.1 0.15 17 200 12426 -53.3 -60.1 43 6.8 -53.5 217 7 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.06 18 150 14223 -64.3 -74.2 25 9.9 -64.4 150 7 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16640 -73.9 -83.7 21 9.8 -73.9 91 13 384.9 384.9 303.1 384.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.17 m Freezing level: 566.76 mb = 4922.21 m = 16148.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.02 mb = 4164.12 m = 13661.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.78 % Est. max temperature: 33.17 C = 91.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.73 mb = 641.91 m = 2105.99 ft T: 23.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 26.81 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.34 mb = 1276.29 m = 4187.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.02 C = 89.63 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -3.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.33 C Showalter Index: 1.89 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.76 C Cross Totals Index: 17.99 C K Index: 28.16 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1596.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.11 mb = 920.19 m = 3018.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.11 mb = 2626.70 m = 8617.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.11 mb = 13115.10 m = 43028.01 ft B at Equ Level: 1586.76 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 97.2 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 127.2 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 20.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.7 neg: -7.5 tot: 4.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 703.96 Bulk Shear: 2.27 m/s