MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F258.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F258.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 258 hour GFS valid 6Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 18.58,-72.09 Latitude: 18.58 Longitude: -72.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 SFC 951 564 21.8 19.2 85 2.6 20.0 99 1 299.2 301.9 295.0 342.7 14.89 2 950 573 22.5 18.7 79 3.8 19.9 115 2 300.0 302.7 294.8 342.3 14.44 3 900 1042 21.0 15.6 71 5.5 17.3 133 4 303.2 305.5 294.3 340.1 12.44 4 850 1536 19.3 11.8 62 7.5 14.4 140 6 306.3 308.3 293.6 337.3 10.28 5 800 2056 16.4 8.6 60 7.8 11.5 144 8 308.6 310.3 293.2 335.4 8.77 6 750 2602 12.7 6.0 63 6.8 8.7 149 10 310.4 311.9 292.9 334.5 7.83 7 700 3178 8.7 3.6 70 5.1 5.8 162 10 312.1 313.4 292.9 334.2 7.10 8 650 3787 4.4 1.6 82 2.7 2.8 178 9 313.9 315.2 293.0 334.7 6.64 9 600 4434 0.1 -0.2 98 0.3 -0.1 213 6 316.2 317.4 293.3 336.1 6.28 10 550 5128 -3.1 -3.3 99 0.1 -3.2 293 2 320.4 321.4 293.9 338.1 5.48 11 500 5878 -6.5 -7.1 96 0.6 -6.8 90 5 325.1 326.0 294.3 340.1 4.50 12 450 6696 -10.7 -12.4 87 1.7 -11.4 97 13 329.8 330.5 294.6 341.0 3.28 13 400 7593 -16.2 -17.6 89 1.3 -16.7 83 12 333.9 334.4 294.9 342.3 2.40 14 350 8585 -22.9 -25.6 78 2.7 -23.6 66 12 337.9 338.2 295.0 342.8 1.35 15 300 9696 -31.3 -39.2 46 7.9 -32.4 70 23 341.2 341.3 295.0 342.9 0.43 16 250 10958 -42.1 -43.2 90 1.0 -42.2 48 23 343.4 343.5 295.4 344.8 0.34 17 200 12425 -54.7 -54.8 99 0.0 -54.7 44 33 346.1 346.2 295.9 346.6 0.11 18 150 14202 -69.1 -69.5 94 0.4 -69.1 40 39 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.02 19 100 16579 -73.6 -84.8 16 11.2 -73.6 106 21 385.5 385.5 303.1 385.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.02 m Freezing level: 598.53 mb = 4454.22 m = 14613.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.66 mb = 4411.48 m = 14473.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.19 % Est. max temperature: 31.02 C = 87.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.69 mb = 892.15 m = 2926.96 ft T: 21.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 8.53 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.41 mb = 2608.49 m = 8557.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.85 C = 91.14 F Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lifted Index: 0.30 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.98 C Showalter Index: 1.47 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.77 C Cross Totals Index: 18.27 C K Index: 32.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 158.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 74.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 183.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.16 mb = 1738.71 m = 5704.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.16 mb = 3721.66 m = 12210.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 505.16 mb = 5797.51 m = 19020.47 ft B at Equ Level: 73.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 395.16 mb = 7683.38 m = 25207.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 150.8 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 180.8 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 14.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 29.85 Bulk Shear: 2.51 m/s