MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F219.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F219.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 219 hour GFS valid 9Z WED 13 AUG 25 Station: 18.24,-67.84 Latitude: 18.24 Longitude: -67.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 1 28.1 24.0 79 4.0 25.1 104 11 300.0 303.5 297.8 355.4 18.88 1 1000 122 26.8 22.8 79 4.0 23.9 104 12 299.9 303.2 297.0 351.8 17.71 2 950 574 22.8 21.4 92 1.4 21.8 105 13 300.3 303.5 296.7 350.5 17.12 3 900 1045 20.6 17.2 81 3.3 18.2 109 14 302.7 305.3 295.2 343.8 13.87 4 850 1538 18.7 11.9 65 6.8 14.3 111 14 305.7 307.6 293.5 336.8 10.35 5 800 2057 16.9 4.7 45 12.1 9.8 113 13 309.1 310.4 291.6 329.8 6.72 6 750 2604 13.9 0.6 40 13.3 6.6 120 12 311.7 312.7 291.3 328.4 5.35 7 700 3182 10.0 -1.3 45 11.3 4.0 129 10 313.6 314.5 291.5 329.2 4.96 8 650 3793 5.7 -2.0 58 7.6 1.7 129 9 315.4 316.3 292.2 331.5 5.09 9 600 4443 1.4 -2.4 76 3.8 -0.6 122 8 317.7 318.8 293.0 334.9 5.35 10 550 5140 -2.5 -6.2 76 3.6 -4.3 137 4 321.1 321.9 293.2 335.4 4.39 11 500 5890 -7.1 -10.1 79 3.0 -8.4 145 6 324.4 325.1 293.4 336.2 3.56 12 450 6705 -11.6 -12.9 90 1.3 -12.1 70 11 328.7 329.3 294.1 339.4 3.16 13 400 7599 -16.7 -19.0 82 2.4 -17.4 55 15 333.3 333.8 294.5 340.8 2.13 14 350 8590 -23.4 -26.1 78 2.7 -24.0 55 24 337.3 337.5 294.8 342.0 1.30 15 300 9699 -31.5 -39.5 45 8.0 -32.6 61 29 341.0 341.1 295.0 342.6 0.41 16 250 10962 -41.9 -50.2 40 8.3 -42.4 66 34 343.8 343.9 295.4 344.5 0.15 17 200 12433 -53.9 -57.3 66 3.4 -54.0 58 39 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.8 0.08 18 150 14217 -68.2 -70.3 73 2.2 -68.2 73 43 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.8 0.02 19 100 16589 -75.7 -84.3 25 8.6 -75.7 74 23 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.66 m Freezing level: 582.31 mb = 4689.65 m = 15385.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.39 mb = 4277.33 m = 14033.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.74 % Est. max temperature: 32.91 C = 91.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.54 mb = 513.66 m = 1685.22 ft T: 23.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 27.05 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.02 mb = 1131.39 m = 3711.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.28 C = 88.30 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: -4.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.79 C Cross Totals Index: 19.01 C K Index: 26.35 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1202.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.99 mb = 787.53 m = 2583.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.99 mb = 2922.92 m = 9589.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.99 mb = 13368.88 m = 43860.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1199.73 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 118.7 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 148.7 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: -0.4 tot: 8.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 692.48 Bulk Shear: 1.74 m/s