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: 18.51,-71.46 Latitude: 18.51 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 141 SFC 976 357 23.1 21.9 93 1.2 22.3 88 3 298.4 301.5 296.3 348.5 17.21 2 950 589 22.4 21.2 93 1.2 21.6 98 7 299.9 303.0 296.5 349.5 16.93 3 900 1058 19.8 18.2 90 1.6 18.7 109 12 301.9 304.7 295.6 345.6 14.79 4 850 1551 18.0 14.8 82 3.2 15.8 112 12 305.0 307.3 294.9 342.4 12.52 5 800 2069 16.0 10.5 70 5.6 12.5 118 10 308.2 310.1 294.0 338.6 10.00 6 750 2616 13.4 6.3 62 7.1 9.1 131 9 311.1 312.6 293.3 335.8 8.01 7 700 3194 10.2 2.0 57 8.2 5.6 144 10 313.7 315.0 292.7 333.6 6.32 8 650 3807 6.7 -3.3 49 10.1 1.6 152 10 316.6 317.5 292.1 331.4 4.61 9 600 4459 2.8 -9.3 40 12.1 -2.6 150 11 319.4 320.0 291.6 329.7 3.14 10 550 5157 -2.1 -13.4 41 11.4 -6.6 144 10 321.6 322.1 291.7 329.9 2.47 11 500 5907 -7.4 -15.8 51 8.4 -10.5 136 9 324.0 324.4 292.2 331.6 2.22 12 450 6718 -13.2 -20.1 56 7.0 -15.3 141 8 326.7 327.0 292.4 332.7 1.72 13 400 7605 -18.9 -21.0 84 2.1 -19.6 195 3 330.4 330.7 293.5 336.7 1.79 14 350 8587 -25.3 -27.0 85 1.7 -25.7 289 3 334.7 334.9 294.1 339.0 1.20 15 300 9688 -33.3 -39.3 55 6.0 -34.1 296 7 338.4 338.5 294.3 340.0 0.42 16 250 10943 -42.4 -50.1 43 7.7 -42.9 289 14 343.0 343.0 295.2 343.6 0.16 17 200 12413 -53.8 -57.7 62 3.9 -53.9 323 18 347.6 347.7 296.2 348.0 0.08 18 150 14202 -66.9 -69.6 69 2.7 -67.0 314 8 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.9 0.02 19 100 16610 -72.3 -81.8 23 9.5 -72.3 84 5 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.40 m Freezing level: 571.15 mb = 4861.98 m = 15951.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.02 mb = 4048.44 m = 13282.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.89 % Est. max temperature: 31.23 C = 88.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.52 mb = 510.79 m = 1675.80 ft T: 22.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 19.77 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.80 mb = 1382.40 m = 4535.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.64 C = 83.55 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: -3.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.37 C Showalter Index: -1.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.38 C Cross Totals Index: 22.18 C K Index: 31.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 924.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.17 mb = 1008.72 m = 3309.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.17 mb = 3678.37 m = 12068.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.17 mb = 12086.11 m = 39652.12 ft B at Equ Level: 923.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.17 mb = 15518.85 m = 50914.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 132.9 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 162.9 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.7 neg: -0.5 tot: 24.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 217.83 Bulk Shear: 4.25 m/s