MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F180.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F180.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7.5 day GFS valid 6Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 18.99,-68.07 Latitude: 18.99 Longitude: -68.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 1 28.4 23.5 75 4.9 24.8 82 4 300.3 303.6 297.4 353.8 18.25 1 1000 128 27.4 22.4 74 5.0 23.8 82 4 300.6 303.7 296.9 351.4 17.31 2 950 581 24.2 19.9 77 4.4 21.1 96 4 301.8 304.6 296.1 347.6 15.53 3 900 1053 21.3 17.6 79 3.7 18.7 121 4 303.5 306.1 295.7 345.6 14.19 4 850 1548 18.4 15.4 83 3.0 16.4 123 5 305.5 307.9 295.4 344.7 13.10 5 800 2066 15.8 12.2 79 3.6 13.4 106 6 308.0 310.1 294.8 342.0 11.23 6 750 2613 12.9 6.7 66 6.2 9.2 92 8 310.6 312.2 293.3 336.0 8.26 7 700 3190 9.8 3.9 67 5.9 6.3 82 9 313.3 314.7 293.3 335.9 7.24 8 650 3802 6.4 1.1 69 5.3 3.4 83 9 316.1 317.4 293.4 336.3 6.37 9 600 4455 2.5 -1.9 72 4.5 0.2 92 8 319.1 320.1 293.6 336.9 5.55 10 550 5154 -2.0 -5.0 80 3.1 -3.5 107 7 321.7 322.7 293.7 337.4 4.79 11 500 5905 -7.1 -8.8 88 1.7 -7.9 123 10 324.4 325.2 293.7 337.4 3.93 12 450 6719 -12.0 -14.1 85 2.1 -12.8 107 18 328.2 328.7 293.8 337.9 2.87 13 400 7611 -18.1 -19.9 86 1.8 -18.7 142 17 331.4 331.8 293.9 338.4 1.97 14 350 8595 -25.3 -25.5 99 0.1 -25.4 115 15 334.6 334.9 294.2 339.6 1.38 15 300 9694 -34.0 -34.5 95 0.5 -34.1 106 7 337.5 337.6 294.3 340.1 0.69 16 250 10944 -44.0 -44.3 97 0.3 -44.0 357 3 340.7 340.8 294.8 341.9 0.30 17 200 12404 -54.1 -56.6 74 2.5 -54.2 326 8 347.1 347.1 296.1 347.4 0.09 18 150 14199 -65.6 -71.9 41 6.3 -65.6 79 17 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.02 19 100 16591 -74.9 -83.7 24 8.8 -74.9 110 22 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.12 m Freezing level: 571.85 mb = 4848.38 m = 15906.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.35 mb = 4490.58 m = 14732.69 ft Precipitable water: 2.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.19 % Est. max temperature: 32.98 C = 91.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.70 mb = 620.58 m = 2036.01 ft T: 23.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 17.95 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.47 mb = 1492.16 m = 4895.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.34 C = 92.01 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: -3.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Showalter Index: -2.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.54 C Cross Totals Index: 22.55 C K Index: 35.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1297.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.62 mb = 1028.01 m = 3372.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 747.62 mb = 2639.33 m = 8659.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.62 mb = 12802.44 m = 42002.24 ft B at Equ Level: 1290.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.62 mb = 16157.63 m = 53009.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 99.2 at 7.1 knts Storm direction: 129.2 at 5.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: -1.0 tot: -0.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 944.27 Bulk Shear: 1.37 m/s