MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F180.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F180.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7.5 day GFS valid 0Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 18.31,-71.46 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -71.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 136 SFC 971 398 25.2 19.7 72 5.4 21.3 79 6 300.9 303.6 295.6 345.2 15.10 2 950 585 24.5 18.9 71 5.5 20.6 96 10 302.0 304.7 295.6 345.3 14.66 3 900 1057 21.7 16.9 74 4.8 18.4 99 14 303.9 306.4 295.3 344.2 13.59 4 850 1552 18.7 14.9 79 3.8 16.1 94 15 305.7 308.1 295.2 343.6 12.64 5 800 2071 15.4 12.2 81 3.2 13.3 85 14 307.6 309.7 294.7 341.6 11.26 6 750 2616 12.4 8.4 77 4.0 9.9 82 14 310.0 311.8 293.9 338.5 9.28 7 700 3192 9.0 4.1 71 4.9 6.2 87 15 312.5 313.9 293.2 335.4 7.36 8 650 3803 5.5 -0.7 64 6.2 2.2 91 16 315.2 316.2 292.5 332.9 5.61 9 600 4453 2.1 -5.0 59 7.2 -1.4 92 16 318.6 319.4 292.4 332.7 4.38 10 550 5152 -1.4 -10.2 51 8.8 -5.2 90 15 322.5 323.1 292.6 333.1 3.21 11 500 5905 -5.6 -14.6 49 9.0 -9.1 84 13 326.2 326.7 293.0 334.7 2.47 12 450 6723 -10.8 -18.0 56 7.1 -13.3 84 15 329.6 330.0 293.5 336.8 2.07 13 400 7618 -17.0 -22.6 62 5.6 -18.6 88 18 332.9 333.2 293.9 338.4 1.56 14 350 8606 -24.1 -30.0 58 5.9 -25.4 91 21 336.2 336.4 294.2 339.6 0.90 15 300 9710 -32.7 -37.9 59 5.2 -33.4 91 19 339.3 339.4 294.6 341.2 0.49 16 250 10967 -42.6 -48.4 53 5.7 -43.0 93 12 342.7 342.7 295.1 343.5 0.19 17 200 12432 -55.1 -57.2 77 2.1 -55.2 88 14 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.9 0.08 18 150 14211 -67.7 -70.1 71 2.5 -67.7 117 13 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.02 19 100 16618 -72.5 -82.5 21 10.0 -72.5 91 17 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.80 m Freezing level: 569.50 mb = 4879.14 m = 16007.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.40 mb = 4194.68 m = 13761.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.97 % Est. max temperature: 31.05 C = 87.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.83 mb = 1087.83 m = 3568.97 ft T: 21.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 12.51 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.34 mb = 2045.50 m = 6710.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.75 C = 89.15 F Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lifted Index: -0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Showalter Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.25 C Cross Totals Index: 20.48 C K Index: 34.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 317.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.49 mb = 1506.28 m = 4941.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.49 mb = 3198.10 m = 10492.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.49 mb = 11528.86 m = 37823.88 ft B at Equ Level: 316.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.49 mb = 14231.33 m = 46690.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 89.1 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 119.1 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.3 neg: -6.2 tot: 8.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 129.12 Bulk Shear: 2.46 m/s