MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 18.92,-70.35 Latitude: 18.92 Longitude: -70.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 SFC 952 564 31.0 18.4 47 12.6 22.1 71 7 308.5 311.1 296.9 351.2 14.11 2 950 581 28.8 18.4 54 10.4 21.5 68 8 306.4 309.1 296.4 349.1 14.19 3 900 1057 24.4 16.8 63 7.6 19.1 67 9 306.6 309.1 296.0 347.2 13.49 4 850 1554 19.6 15.3 77 4.2 16.7 66 8 306.6 309.1 295.7 345.8 13.01 5 800 2074 15.4 12.9 85 2.4 13.7 70 9 307.5 309.7 295.1 343.1 11.78 6 750 2619 11.9 9.0 82 2.9 10.1 78 11 309.5 311.3 294.0 338.9 9.65 7 700 3195 9.8 2.4 60 7.5 5.6 88 15 313.4 314.6 292.7 333.7 6.49 8 650 3807 6.1 -0.8 61 6.9 2.4 95 16 315.9 317.0 292.7 333.6 5.56 9 600 4459 2.5 -4.1 62 6.6 -0.8 106 17 319.0 319.9 292.9 334.2 4.70 10 550 5158 -1.3 -8.5 58 7.2 -4.6 114 17 322.5 323.2 292.9 334.6 3.65 11 500 5911 -5.7 -12.4 59 6.7 -8.5 114 16 326.0 326.6 293.3 336.0 2.95 12 450 6729 -10.8 -17.2 59 6.4 -13.1 104 14 329.6 330.1 293.6 337.3 2.21 13 400 7624 -16.8 -22.9 59 6.1 -18.6 100 14 333.2 333.5 294.0 338.6 1.51 14 350 8612 -24.2 -28.3 69 4.0 -25.1 96 16 336.1 336.3 294.3 340.0 1.06 15 300 9715 -33.3 -35.0 85 1.7 -33.5 90 19 338.5 338.6 294.6 341.0 0.65 16 250 10968 -43.3 -43.7 97 0.3 -43.3 81 14 341.6 341.7 295.0 342.9 0.32 17 200 12433 -54.3 -55.2 89 1.0 -54.3 91 16 346.8 346.9 296.0 347.3 0.11 18 150 14220 -66.7 -70.5 58 3.9 -66.7 109 11 355.2 355.2 297.8 355.3 0.02 19 100 16623 -72.7 -83.2 19 10.5 -72.7 106 20 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.21 m Freezing level: 567.21 mb = 4916.95 m = 16131.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.42 mb = 4291.77 m = 14080.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.19 % Est. max temperature: 30.02 C = 86.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.79 mb = 2150.00 m = 7053.72 ft T: 14.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 17.65 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.55 mb = 2141.87 m = 7027.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.29 C = 86.53 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Showalter Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 21.08 C K Index: 33.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 767.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.98 mb = 1999.18 m = 6558.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.98 mb = 2374.66 m = 7790.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.98 mb = 12686.90 m = 41623.19 ft B at Equ Level: 757.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.98 mb = 15445.13 m = 50672.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 96.4 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 126.4 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.8 neg: -0.4 tot: 24.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 102.59 Bulk Shear: 7.48 m/s