MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F372.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F372.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 19 AUG 25 Station: 23.92,-78.07 Latitude: 23.92 Longitude: -78.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1019 2 30.1 25.1 75 4.9 26.4 121 10 301.6 305.3 298.9 361.1 20.12 1 1000 165 28.5 23.4 74 5.0 24.7 117 11 301.6 305.0 297.9 356.0 18.45 2 950 620 24.4 22.2 88 2.2 22.8 104 10 301.9 305.2 297.7 355.1 17.99 3 900 1093 21.4 19.1 87 2.2 19.8 91 8 303.5 306.5 296.7 350.2 15.70 4 850 1588 19.1 14.1 73 5.0 15.7 118 7 306.1 308.4 294.8 342.1 11.96 5 800 2108 17.3 3.3 39 14.0 9.3 140 11 309.6 310.7 291.2 328.3 6.06 6 750 2655 13.3 -1.0 37 14.3 5.8 135 14 311.0 311.9 290.5 325.9 4.74 7 700 3230 8.8 -2.8 44 11.6 2.9 130 11 312.3 313.1 290.6 326.3 4.45 8 650 3839 4.0 -1.5 67 5.5 1.2 126 11 313.5 314.5 291.7 330.2 5.29 9 600 4484 -0.9 -2.5 88 1.7 -1.7 117 10 315.1 316.1 292.2 331.9 5.29 10 550 5174 -4.7 -5.8 92 1.1 -5.3 83 10 318.5 319.3 292.5 333.0 4.50 11 500 5920 -8.3 -12.5 72 4.2 -9.9 90 6 322.9 323.5 292.4 332.8 2.94 12 450 6731 -13.1 -18.8 62 5.7 -15.0 150 7 326.8 327.2 292.6 333.4 1.92 13 400 7618 -19.1 -20.8 86 1.7 -19.6 192 9 330.1 330.5 293.4 336.5 1.82 14 350 8600 -25.6 -26.9 89 1.3 -25.9 193 11 334.2 334.5 294.0 338.6 1.21 15 300 9697 -34.3 -36.3 82 2.1 -34.6 199 27 337.1 337.2 294.1 339.2 0.57 16 250 10949 -43.3 -49.9 48 6.6 -43.7 199 31 341.7 341.7 294.9 342.3 0.16 17 200 12413 -54.4 -58.6 60 4.2 -54.5 222 18 346.6 346.7 296.0 346.9 0.07 18 150 14211 -64.2 -71.2 38 7.0 -64.3 253 2 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.02 19 100 16632 -71.9 -84.6 13 12.7 -71.9 90 24 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.52 m Freezing level: 608.96 mb = 4368.48 m = 14332.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.66 mb = 4094.97 m = 13434.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.52 % Est. max temperature: 33.62 C = 92.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.98 mb = 629.39 m = 2064.91 ft T: 24.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 35.21 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.59 mb = 1087.38 m = 3567.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.99 C = 89.59 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -7.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.18 C Showalter Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.37 C Cross Totals Index: 22.35 C K Index: 29.79 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2823.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.71 mb = 884.50 m = 2901.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.71 mb = 2249.85 m = 7381.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.71 mb = 13937.47 m = 45726.06 ft B at Equ Level: 2799.57 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 116.4 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 146.4 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: -11.0 tot: -5.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 55108.87 Bulk Shear: 0.05 m/s