MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F303.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F303.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 303 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 18.72,-71.14 Latitude: 18.72 Longitude: -71.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 1 950 579 SFC 926 802 26.7 19.3 64 7.4 21.4 121 1 306.5 309.4 297.2 352.7 15.37 3 900 1052 23.4 18.3 73 5.1 19.8 87 1 305.6 308.4 296.7 350.1 14.84 4 850 1547 19.4 16.2 82 3.2 17.2 37 1 306.5 309.0 296.2 347.9 13.79 5 800 2066 15.3 13.9 91 1.4 14.4 34 2 307.5 309.8 295.6 345.4 12.58 6 750 2611 12.5 9.2 80 3.3 10.4 59 5 310.1 312.0 294.3 340.0 9.76 7 700 3188 9.3 4.8 74 4.5 6.6 82 8 312.8 314.2 293.5 336.8 7.74 8 650 3799 5.6 2.0 78 3.6 3.6 101 10 315.3 316.6 293.5 336.8 6.83 9 600 4450 1.7 -1.1 82 2.8 0.2 116 13 318.0 319.2 293.6 336.9 5.90 10 550 5147 -2.3 -4.7 84 2.4 -3.5 116 19 321.3 322.3 293.6 337.3 4.91 11 500 5899 -6.1 -8.7 82 2.5 -7.3 116 25 325.6 326.3 294.0 338.8 3.98 12 450 6718 -10.5 -12.7 83 2.3 -11.4 122 25 330.1 330.7 294.6 341.0 3.19 13 400 7615 -16.1 -18.1 84 2.0 -16.8 126 21 334.0 334.5 294.8 342.1 2.29 14 350 8608 -22.8 -25.3 80 2.5 -23.5 138 16 338.0 338.3 295.1 343.1 1.39 15 300 9719 -31.3 -34.6 73 3.3 -31.9 136 13 341.2 341.4 295.2 343.8 0.67 16 250 10981 -42.1 -44.7 76 2.6 -42.3 118 16 343.5 343.5 295.4 344.6 0.28 17 200 12451 -53.8 -54.9 87 1.1 -53.8 129 22 347.6 347.6 296.2 348.0 0.11 18 150 14238 -68.1 -69.5 82 1.4 -68.1 155 18 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.8 0.02 19 100 16613 -75.9 -84.2 26 8.3 -75.9 63 10 381.2 381.2 302.4 381.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.46 m Freezing level: 579.14 mb = 4741.20 m = 15554.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.35 mb = 4485.81 m = 14717.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.44 % Est. max temperature: 28.86 C = 83.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 831.36 mb = 1736.55 m = 5697.29 ft T: 17.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 15.89 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.89 mb = 1971.20 m = 6467.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.46 C = 81.43 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -2.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Showalter Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.53 C Cross Totals Index: 22.38 C K Index: 37.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 895.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.29 mb = 1840.86 m = 6039.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.29 mb = 2105.07 m = 6906.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.29 mb = 12892.30 m = 42297.04 ft B at Equ Level: 894.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.29 mb = 16255.77 m = 53331.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 109.7 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 139.7 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 27.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 55.94 Bulk Shear: 16.01 m/s