MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: -11.17,31.49 Latitude: -11.17 Longitude: 31.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 184 1 950 618 2 900 1073 SFC 861 1441 10.2 4.1 65 6.2 6.9 133 7 295.8 296.8 286.5 313.2 5.95 4 850 1550 11.4 3.9 60 7.5 7.3 135 16 298.1 299.2 287.3 315.7 5.98 5 800 2059 11.6 1.4 50 10.2 6.2 114 13 303.5 304.5 288.6 319.5 5.29 6 750 2594 7.8 -2.2 49 9.9 2.9 132 1 305.0 305.8 288.2 318.3 4.35 7 700 3161 6.9 -17.7 15 24.7 -1.9 223 3 310.2 310.4 286.9 314.6 1.36 8 650 3770 7.1 -39.4 2 46.5 -4.1 183 8 317.0 317.0 288.0 317.7 0.19 9 600 4422 2.7 -36.9 3 39.7 -6.8 186 12 319.3 319.3 288.8 320.3 0.27 10 550 5120 -0.2 -44.0 2 43.7 -9.1 210 13 323.8 323.9 290.1 324.4 0.14 11 500 5878 -3.2 -46.3 2 43.1 -11.4 249 5 329.1 329.2 291.6 329.6 0.12 12 450 6702 -9.0 -49.8 2 40.8 -15.5 7 3 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.3 0.09 13 400 7601 -15.6 -46.9 5 31.2 -20.3 312 1 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.14 14 350 8591 -23.7 -44.0 14 20.3 -26.5 330 9 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.6 0.22 15 300 9697 -32.2 -44.4 29 12.2 -33.5 246 27 340.1 340.1 294.6 341.0 0.25 16 250 10959 -42.1 -53.7 27 11.7 -42.8 268 13 343.5 343.5 295.3 343.9 0.10 17 200 12432 -52.8 -67.4 15 14.6 -53.1 339 14 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 14231 -66.9 -72.0 49 5.1 -67.0 326 12 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.9 0.02 19 100 16612 -75.0 -82.6 30 7.5 -75.0 12 15 382.8 382.8 302.7 382.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.13 m Freezing level: 553.66 mb = 5069.07 m = 16630.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.92 mb = 2930.68 m = 9614.98 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 19.97 % Est. max temperature: 22.89 C = 73.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 784.03 mb = 2226.02 m = 7303.11 ft T: 10.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.73 C/km ThetaE index: 4.87 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 481.54 mb = 6172.10 m = 20249.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.18 C = 109.72 F Cap Strength: 12.24 C Lifted Index: 14.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.44 C Showalter Index: 15.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 21.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 14.61 C Cross Totals Index: 7.15 C K Index: -6.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 84.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9975.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 704.99 mb = 3102.68 m = 10179.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 181.0 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 211.0 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.6 neg: -35.7 tot: -19.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.91 Bulk Shear: 17.11 m/s