MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 12Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 18.38,-68.94 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -68.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 44 27.1 23.6 81 3.5 24.5 93 6 299.3 302.7 297.3 353.2 18.44 1 1000 137 25.9 22.8 83 3.1 23.6 96 8 299.1 302.3 296.8 350.8 17.73 2 950 589 22.8 21.2 91 1.6 21.7 114 11 300.4 303.5 296.7 350.1 16.94 3 900 1059 20.4 17.2 82 3.2 18.2 114 12 302.5 305.1 295.1 343.5 13.85 4 850 1552 18.1 13.2 73 4.9 14.9 113 12 305.1 307.2 294.0 338.9 11.30 5 800 2070 15.7 9.8 68 5.9 12.0 111 12 307.9 309.6 293.5 336.8 9.55 6 750 2616 12.8 6.8 67 6.0 9.1 112 11 310.4 312.0 293.3 335.8 8.27 7 700 3193 9.5 4.1 69 5.4 6.3 114 10 313.0 314.4 293.3 335.8 7.33 8 650 3805 6.2 0.1 65 6.0 2.9 113 9 315.9 317.1 293.0 334.8 5.96 9 600 4457 2.6 -4.3 61 6.9 -0.9 117 7 319.1 320.0 292.8 334.1 4.64 10 550 5156 -1.2 -10.2 50 9.0 -5.1 121 3 322.6 323.2 292.6 333.2 3.19 11 500 5909 -5.9 -13.6 54 7.7 -8.9 142 3 325.9 326.4 293.0 334.9 2.67 12 450 6726 -11.3 -17.5 60 6.2 -13.5 153 4 329.0 329.5 293.4 336.5 2.15 13 400 7619 -17.7 -21.3 73 3.7 -18.8 188 4 332.0 332.4 293.9 338.2 1.74 14 350 8605 -24.4 -28.2 71 3.8 -25.3 192 10 335.8 336.0 294.3 339.7 1.07 15 300 9709 -32.9 -37.3 65 4.4 -33.4 216 11 339.1 339.2 294.6 341.1 0.52 16 250 10965 -42.7 -44.3 84 1.6 -42.9 220 19 342.5 342.6 295.2 343.7 0.30 17 200 12433 -54.3 -57.4 68 3.1 -54.4 217 18 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.2 0.08 18 150 14218 -67.1 -70.8 59 3.7 -67.1 136 4 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.02 19 100 16608 -75.8 -83.2 30 7.5 -75.8 105 10 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.81 m Freezing level: 566.37 mb = 4926.92 m = 16164.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.46 mb = 4302.60 m = 14115.96 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.56 % Est. max temperature: 32.31 C = 90.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.59 mb = 482.00 m = 1581.36 ft T: 23.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 20.00 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.80 mb = 1138.30 m = 3734.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.72 C = 87.30 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.97 C Showalter Index: 1.35 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.98 C Cross Totals Index: 19.11 C K Index: 31.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1144.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.20 mb = 800.20 m = 2625.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.20 mb = 2369.24 m = 7772.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.20 mb = 13011.46 m = 42687.99 ft B at Equ Level: 1141.67 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 113.8 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 143.8 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.1 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.0 neg: -1.6 tot: 8.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 3385.69 Bulk Shear: 0.34 m/s