MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 22.97,-76.73 Latitude: 22.97 Longitude: -76.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 1 29.2 23.7 72 5.5 25.2 143 7 301.0 304.4 297.8 355.3 18.46 1 1000 139 27.7 22.6 74 5.1 23.9 144 7 300.8 304.0 297.1 352.2 17.47 2 950 592 23.3 21.6 90 1.7 22.1 146 7 300.9 304.0 297.0 351.8 17.34 3 900 1063 20.6 16.8 79 3.8 18.0 144 5 302.8 305.2 295.0 342.7 13.50 4 850 1556 18.6 11.7 64 6.9 14.1 142 4 305.6 307.5 293.4 336.2 10.21 5 800 2074 16.0 9.0 63 7.0 11.6 99 1 308.2 309.9 293.2 335.6 9.03 6 750 2620 13.1 5.8 61 7.3 8.8 304 3 310.8 312.3 293.0 334.8 7.76 7 700 3198 9.7 2.9 63 6.8 5.8 291 6 313.2 314.5 292.9 334.3 6.76 8 650 3809 6.0 -1.0 61 6.9 2.3 285 8 315.7 316.8 292.6 333.1 5.49 9 600 4461 1.9 -4.5 62 6.4 -1.3 274 10 318.3 319.2 292.5 333.0 4.55 10 550 5158 -2.3 -7.5 67 5.2 -4.7 276 10 321.4 322.2 292.9 334.4 3.96 11 500 5909 -6.5 -13.1 59 6.6 -9.2 267 10 325.1 325.7 292.9 334.5 2.78 12 450 6725 -11.4 -18.3 57 6.9 -13.7 248 8 328.9 329.3 293.3 335.9 2.02 13 400 7618 -17.5 -22.8 63 5.3 -19.0 271 6 332.3 332.6 293.7 337.7 1.53 14 350 8605 -23.9 -37.6 27 13.7 -26.2 324 8 336.5 336.6 293.9 338.1 0.43 15 300 9712 -31.8 -41.5 38 9.7 -33.0 18 16 340.6 340.7 294.8 341.9 0.34 16 250 10974 -41.9 -47.1 57 5.3 -42.3 25 18 343.8 343.8 295.4 344.7 0.22 17 200 12442 -54.6 -59.1 58 4.5 -54.8 23 27 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.5 0.07 18 150 14226 -66.6 -71.5 51 4.8 -66.7 32 16 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.4 0.02 19 100 16631 -73.7 -83.2 22 9.5 -73.7 118 10 385.3 385.3 303.1 385.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.20 m Freezing level: 577.24 mb = 4777.82 m = 15675.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.76 mb = 4223.27 m = 13855.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.78 % Est. max temperature: 32.88 C = 91.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.72 mb = 695.61 m = 2282.16 ft T: 22.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 22.30 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.62 mb = 1152.92 m = 3782.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.47 C = 88.65 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -3.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.22 C Showalter Index: 1.85 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.06 C Cross Totals Index: 18.20 C K Index: 29.97 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 157.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1403.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.30 mb = 877.74 m = 2879.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.30 mb = 2350.55 m = 7711.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.30 mb = 13661.50 m = 44820.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1386.91 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.5 at 6.7 knts Storm direction: 291.5 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -100.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: -10.8 tot: -9.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 77.98 Bulk Shear: 18.00 m/s