MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F333.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F333.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 333 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 18.24,-77.76 Latitude: 18.24 Longitude: -77.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 998 147 26.0 22.2 80 3.8 23.2 95 4 299.3 302.4 296.4 349.2 17.09 2 950 584 24.1 19.3 75 4.7 20.8 92 8 301.6 304.4 295.7 345.9 15.04 3 900 1055 21.5 14.5 64 7.0 16.8 100 15 303.7 305.9 293.9 338.3 11.63 4 850 1550 19.2 8.8 51 10.4 12.7 99 16 306.2 307.8 292.2 331.6 8.38 5 800 2068 16.4 3.0 41 13.4 8.8 102 17 308.6 309.7 290.8 326.9 5.94 6 750 2614 13.0 -0.8 38 13.8 5.7 108 17 310.7 311.6 290.5 325.7 4.81 7 700 3189 9.2 -1.3 48 10.5 3.7 111 18 312.7 313.7 291.3 328.4 4.99 8 650 3799 5.0 -0.1 70 5.1 2.3 112 19 314.6 315.8 292.6 333.1 5.86 9 600 4448 0.8 -1.9 82 2.7 -0.6 115 19 317.0 318.1 293.0 334.6 5.53 10 550 5143 -2.9 -6.7 75 3.8 -4.7 125 21 320.7 321.5 292.9 334.4 4.20 11 500 5893 -7.1 -12.3 66 5.2 -9.2 129 22 324.4 325.0 292.9 334.4 2.99 12 450 6707 -11.9 -15.7 74 3.7 -13.3 113 21 328.2 328.7 293.5 336.8 2.51 13 400 7599 -17.5 -23.5 59 6.0 -19.2 107 19 332.2 332.5 293.7 337.4 1.43 14 350 8588 -23.4 -31.4 48 8.0 -25.1 109 12 337.2 337.3 294.3 340.1 0.79 15 300 9695 -32.3 -37.1 63 4.7 -33.0 76 4 339.8 339.9 294.7 341.8 0.53 16 250 10952 -43.0 -44.4 87 1.3 -43.1 239 9 342.1 342.2 295.1 343.3 0.30 17 200 12418 -54.3 -55.2 90 0.9 -54.3 272 7 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.2 0.11 18 150 14200 -67.4 -68.4 87 1.0 -67.4 61 1 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.1 0.03 19 100 16602 -73.4 -83.0 22 9.7 -73.4 79 33 386.0 386.0 303.2 386.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.47 m Freezing level: 589.68 mb = 4591.49 m = 15063.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.66 mb = 4305.34 m = 14124.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.44 % Est. max temperature: 33.01 C = 91.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.59 mb = 633.41 m = 2078.11 ft T: 23.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 23.46 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.92 mb = 2121.93 m = 6961.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.53 C = 95.95 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.14 C Showalter Index: 3.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.12 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.26 C Cross Totals Index: 15.87 C K Index: 24.54 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 160.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 464.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 150.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.40 mb = 1245.83 m = 4087.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.40 mb = 3362.86 m = 11032.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.40 mb = 11632.31 m = 38163.30 ft B at Equ Level: 460.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.40 mb = 14806.25 m = 48576.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 112.7 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 142.7 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 41.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 26.31 Bulk Shear: 17.67 m/s