MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 31.03,-71.55 Latitude: 31.03 Longitude: -71.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 1 25.6 21.9 80 3.7 23.0 300 9 297.3 300.3 295.5 345.0 16.47 1 1000 149 24.2 20.6 80 3.7 21.6 300 10 297.4 300.2 294.8 342.0 15.41 2 950 597 21.0 18.1 83 2.9 19.0 279 5 298.5 301.1 294.0 338.9 13.88 3 900 1064 18.1 15.2 83 2.9 16.2 226 5 300.2 302.4 293.3 335.9 12.17 4 850 1552 15.8 12.0 78 3.9 13.4 204 7 302.7 304.7 292.7 333.6 10.40 5 800 2066 13.3 8.8 74 4.5 10.6 204 11 305.3 307.0 292.3 332.3 8.95 6 750 2607 10.2 6.3 77 3.9 7.9 205 16 307.7 309.2 292.3 332.1 8.02 7 700 3178 6.6 4.6 87 2.0 5.4 204 21 309.8 311.2 292.6 333.1 7.59 8 650 3784 3.4 3.2 98 0.2 3.3 209 23 312.8 314.2 293.3 335.9 7.42 9 600 4431 -0.2 -0.2 99 0.1 -0.2 211 23 315.9 317.1 293.3 335.8 6.28 10 550 5124 -3.7 -4.3 95 0.7 -4.0 216 26 319.7 320.7 293.3 336.0 5.04 11 500 5871 -8.0 -8.9 93 0.9 -8.4 216 29 323.3 324.1 293.4 336.2 3.91 12 450 6683 -12.6 -13.2 96 0.5 -12.9 227 30 327.3 328.0 293.8 337.8 3.09 13 400 7574 -17.6 -17.8 98 0.2 -17.7 241 23 332.1 332.6 294.4 340.3 2.35 14 350 8562 -24.0 -24.6 95 0.6 -24.2 237 20 336.4 336.7 294.7 341.8 1.49 15 300 9667 -32.8 -34.7 83 1.9 -33.1 228 22 339.1 339.2 294.7 341.6 0.67 16 250 10921 -43.8 -46.2 77 2.4 -43.9 236 30 341.0 341.1 294.8 342.0 0.24 17 200 12378 -56.2 -56.9 91 0.7 -56.2 224 41 343.8 343.9 295.3 344.2 0.09 18 150 14153 -65.2 -72.1 38 6.9 -65.3 242 31 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16602 -66.9 -83.4 8 16.5 -67.0 230 19 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.47 m Freezing level: 602.23 mb = 4401.90 m = 14441.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.05 mb = 4389.71 m = 14401.76 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.30 % Est. max temperature: 30.17 C = 86.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.39 mb = 474.49 m = 1556.71 ft T: 21.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 12.98 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.28 mb = 1175.59 m = 3856.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.10 C = 84.37 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.12 C Showalter Index: 1.55 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.83 C Cross Totals Index: 19.96 C K Index: 33.78 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 197.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.87 mb = 856.23 m = 2809.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.87 mb = 2420.39 m = 7940.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 406.87 mb = 7445.47 m = 24427.08 ft B at Equ Level: 197.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 216.87 mb = 11848.86 m = 38873.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.1 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 244.1 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.2 neg: -0.6 tot: 54.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 4.54 Bulk Shear: 43.51 m/s