MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 27 AUG 25 Station: 14.08,-74.76 Latitude: 14.08 Longitude: -74.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1012 1 28.7 25.9 85 2.8 26.6 81 22 300.8 304.7 299.4 363.5 21.23 1 1000 103 27.6 24.4 83 3.2 25.3 82 27 300.8 304.3 298.4 358.6 19.64 2 950 557 23.6 22.3 92 1.3 22.6 85 31 301.1 304.4 297.5 354.3 18.07 3 900 1029 21.7 17.2 76 4.4 18.6 96 32 303.8 306.4 295.5 345.0 13.86 4 850 1525 20.8 12.4 59 8.4 15.3 101 27 307.9 310.0 294.4 340.4 10.73 5 800 2048 18.0 10.2 60 7.8 13.0 112 23 310.3 312.1 294.4 340.3 9.78 6 750 2597 14.2 7.8 65 6.4 10.2 116 22 312.0 313.7 294.1 339.4 8.88 7 700 3177 10.7 5.1 68 5.6 7.3 107 19 314.3 315.8 294.0 338.9 7.87 8 650 3791 7.0 0.1 61 7.0 3.2 101 17 316.9 318.0 293.3 335.8 5.93 9 600 4445 3.1 -4.9 55 8.0 -0.9 101 17 319.7 320.6 292.8 334.1 4.42 10 550 5145 -1.0 -9.2 54 8.2 -4.7 110 18 322.9 323.6 292.9 334.4 3.48 11 500 5899 -5.9 -13.2 56 7.3 -8.8 117 17 325.9 326.4 293.1 335.3 2.77 12 450 6717 -10.8 -18.2 55 7.4 -13.3 111 12 329.7 330.1 293.5 336.7 2.03 13 400 7611 -16.9 -18.2 90 1.3 -17.3 122 3 333.0 333.5 294.6 341.0 2.28 14 350 8602 -22.9 -26.8 70 3.9 -23.9 158 2 337.8 338.1 294.8 342.3 1.21 15 300 9713 -31.1 -34.4 73 3.3 -31.6 66 13 341.6 341.7 295.3 344.2 0.69 16 250 10978 -40.8 -46.8 52 6.0 -41.3 87 8 345.4 345.4 295.8 346.3 0.23 17 200 12457 -52.6 -60.0 41 7.4 -52.8 160 11 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.7 0.06 18 150 14252 -66.8 -72.1 47 5.3 -66.8 345 3 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.1 0.02 19 100 16614 -77.7 -82.7 44 5.0 -77.7 69 23 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.63 m Freezing level: 562.09 mb = 4975.53 m = 16323.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.47 mb = 4303.42 m = 14118.65 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.68 % Est. max temperature: 34.83 C = 94.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.45 mb = 350.06 m = 1148.48 ft T: 25.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 29.40 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.43 mb = 1622.79 m = 5324.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.25 C = 97.26 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.17 C Showalter Index: 0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.68 C Cross Totals Index: 18.31 C K Index: 33.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1668.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.77 mb = 753.86 m = 2473.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.77 mb = 2554.43 m = 8380.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.77 mb = 14097.57 m = 46251.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1666.18 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 102.5 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 132.5 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 23.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.5 neg: -6.6 tot: 73.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.83 Bulk Rich Number: 120.06 Bulk Shear: 13.90 m/s