MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 38.65,-27.21 Latitude: 38.65 Longitude: -27.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1027 2 23.0 18.7 77 4.3 20.1 48 9 293.9 296.3 292.3 332.0 13.36 1 1000 236 21.1 15.7 71 5.4 17.5 51 12 294.2 296.2 290.7 326.5 11.27 2 950 678 17.9 12.8 72 5.1 14.7 44 11 295.3 297.1 289.9 323.6 9.80 3 900 1139 14.4 11.2 81 3.2 12.4 38 11 296.4 298.0 289.8 323.4 9.32 4 850 1620 11.2 8.5 84 2.7 9.6 42 12 297.9 299.4 289.3 322.0 8.24 5 800 2126 11.8 -4.2 32 16.1 4.2 65 10 303.8 304.4 286.9 314.5 3.49 6 750 2664 10.2 -12.6 19 22.7 1.0 60 9 307.6 308.0 286.7 313.8 1.94 7 700 3234 7.4 -15.3 18 22.7 -1.3 62 9 310.7 311.0 287.5 316.1 1.66 8 650 3839 3.8 -14.9 24 18.7 -3.3 69 9 313.2 313.6 288.5 319.3 1.84 9 600 4483 -0.9 -13.2 39 12.3 -5.7 71 9 315.1 315.6 289.6 322.7 2.31 10 550 5171 -5.8 -15.5 46 9.7 -9.2 61 8 317.2 317.6 290.0 324.2 2.08 11 500 5913 -9.5 -24.7 28 15.3 -13.7 45 9 321.5 321.7 290.3 325.1 1.03 12 450 6719 -14.2 -30.9 23 16.7 -17.9 42 12 325.4 325.6 291.1 327.8 0.65 13 400 7601 -20.6 -32.6 33 12.0 -22.9 37 12 328.2 328.3 291.9 330.5 0.62 14 350 8574 -28.4 -38.6 37 10.2 -29.8 32 12 330.5 330.5 292.2 331.9 0.39 15 300 9658 -37.3 -46.7 37 9.4 -38.1 35 14 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.5 0.19 16 250 10890 -47.5 -52.5 57 4.9 -47.7 56 12 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.12 17 200 12330 -56.5 -60.0 65 3.5 -56.6 56 8 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.5 0.06 18 150 14158 -57.0 -79.5 4 22.5 -57.2 271 6 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.00 19 100 16681 -62.7 -84.7 4 21.9 -62.9 123 2 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.45 m Freezing level: 609.32 mb = 4363.23 m = 14314.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.50 mb = 2903.95 m = 9527.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.76 % Est. max temperature: 26.20 C = 79.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.00 mb = 543.35 m = 1782.63 ft T: 18.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 18.18 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.52 mb = 1342.11 m = 4403.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.16 C = 79.09 F Cap Strength: 4.61 C Lifted Index: 3.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.61 C Showalter Index: 5.87 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.67 C Cross Totals Index: 18.01 C K Index: 6.53 Risk: None Sweat Index: 134.73 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6909.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.65 mb = 1066.75 m = 3499.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 55.8 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 85.8 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: -5.1 tot: 3.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 12.54 Bulk Shear: 0.45 m/s