MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 6Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 18.38,-71.46 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -71.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 SFC 973 380 23.1 21.4 90 1.7 21.9 73 3 298.6 301.6 296.1 347.4 16.76 2 950 587 22.7 20.8 89 1.8 21.3 89 6 300.2 303.2 296.3 348.6 16.52 3 900 1057 20.2 17.9 87 2.3 18.7 103 11 302.3 305.0 295.6 345.2 14.51 4 850 1550 18.2 14.5 79 3.7 15.7 108 12 305.2 307.5 294.8 342.1 12.33 5 800 2069 16.2 10.5 69 5.7 12.6 117 11 308.4 310.3 294.0 338.8 10.02 6 750 2616 13.4 6.5 63 6.9 9.3 132 10 311.1 312.7 293.4 336.3 8.15 7 700 3194 10.1 2.4 59 7.7 5.8 145 10 313.7 315.0 292.9 334.2 6.54 8 650 3806 6.6 -2.6 52 9.2 1.8 151 11 316.5 317.4 292.3 332.0 4.86 9 600 4459 2.7 -8.7 43 11.5 -2.4 148 11 319.3 319.9 291.7 330.1 3.30 10 550 5157 -2.0 -13.2 42 11.1 -6.5 141 10 321.7 322.2 291.7 330.1 2.52 11 500 5906 -7.4 -15.6 52 8.2 -10.4 134 9 324.0 324.5 292.2 331.7 2.26 12 450 6718 -13.2 -19.8 57 6.7 -15.3 138 8 326.7 327.0 292.4 332.8 1.76 13 400 7605 -18.9 -21.4 81 2.5 -19.6 185 3 330.4 330.8 293.4 336.6 1.74 14 350 8587 -25.2 -26.9 86 1.7 -25.6 290 3 334.7 335.0 294.1 339.1 1.20 15 300 9689 -33.2 -39.1 55 5.9 -34.0 293 8 338.6 338.7 294.4 340.2 0.43 16 250 10944 -42.5 -49.7 45 7.2 -43.0 289 15 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.5 0.16 17 200 12413 -53.7 -57.9 60 4.2 -53.9 322 18 347.7 347.7 296.2 348.0 0.08 18 150 14202 -67.0 -69.6 70 2.6 -67.1 315 8 354.6 354.6 297.7 354.7 0.02 19 100 16610 -72.3 -81.9 22 9.6 -72.3 83 5 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.45 m Freezing level: 571.31 mb = 4859.15 m = 15941.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.54 mb = 4080.05 m = 13385.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.03 % Est. max temperature: 31.35 C = 88.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.70 mb = 589.45 m = 1933.86 ft T: 22.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 18.49 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.98 mb = 1712.82 m = 5619.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.65 C = 87.17 F Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lifted Index: -3.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.50 C Showalter Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.60 C Cross Totals Index: 21.93 C K Index: 32.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 808.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 93.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.62 mb = 1118.47 m = 3669.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.62 mb = 3823.67 m = 12544.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.62 mb = 11827.12 m = 38802.41 ft B at Equ Level: 807.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.62 mb = 15596.25 m = 51168.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 131.4 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 161.4 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 28.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 139.81 Bulk Shear: 5.79 m/s