MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: -45.72,-67.54 Latitude: -45.72 Longitude: -67.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 971 314 8.7 4.2 73 4.5 6.5 106 4 284.3 285.2 281.0 299.2 5.33 2 950 493 8.3 2.8 68 5.5 5.6 95 5 285.6 286.5 281.1 299.6 4.93 3 900 938 7.3 -0.1 59 7.4 3.8 40 5 289.0 289.8 281.8 301.2 4.22 4 850 1407 5.3 -3.0 55 8.3 1.7 353 8 291.7 292.4 282.3 302.3 3.61 5 800 1900 2.1 -5.6 57 7.7 -1.1 352 14 293.4 294.0 282.5 302.8 3.15 6 750 2417 -1.4 -9.1 56 7.6 -4.3 346 18 295.0 295.5 282.5 302.7 2.56 7 700 2963 -5.2 -12.8 55 7.5 -7.8 337 20 296.7 297.1 282.6 303.0 2.05 8 650 3540 -8.9 -15.8 57 6.9 -11.0 327 23 298.9 299.2 283.1 304.3 1.72 9 600 4155 -12.9 -19.7 57 6.8 -14.7 326 25 301.2 301.4 283.5 305.4 1.33 10 550 4813 -17.6 -25.0 53 7.4 -19.1 329 29 303.2 303.4 283.9 306.2 0.92 11 500 5518 -23.5 -28.9 61 5.4 -24.4 325 33 304.4 304.5 284.1 306.7 0.70 12 450 6278 -29.9 -34.9 62 5.0 -30.5 314 45 305.7 305.8 284.2 307.2 0.44 13 400 7105 -36.4 -44.1 45 7.7 -37.0 321 70 307.7 307.7 284.7 308.3 0.19 14 350 8019 -42.7 -44.5 83 1.8 -42.8 336 80 311.2 311.2 286.0 311.9 0.21 15 300 9039 -51.5 -51.6 100 0.0 -51.5 343 82 312.7 312.7 286.4 313.1 0.11 16 250 10191 -61.8 -62.0 97 0.3 -61.8 336 82 314.2 314.2 286.9 314.4 0.04 17 200 11600 -55.2 -76.7 5 21.4 -55.5 326 49 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.3 0.01 18 150 13425 -57.0 -83.4 2 26.4 -57.3 329 60 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.00 19 100 15980 -58.8 -86.2 2 27.4 -59.2 318 78 414.1 414.1 307.0 414.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5450.34 m Freezing level: 770.30 mb = 2206.89 m = 7240.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 819.85 mb = 1700.43 m = 5578.77 ft Precipitable water: 0.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.30 % Est. max temperature: 17.08 C = 62.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.02 mb = 883.26 m = 2897.81 ft T: 7.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 0.02 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.19 mb = 2457.30 m = 8061.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.47 C = 67.05 F Cap Strength: 5.25 C Lifted Index: 5.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.89 C Showalter Index: 3.84 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.84 C Cross Totals Index: 20.52 C K Index: 18.34 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 55.68 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11766.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.21 mb = 1578.96 m = 5180.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 330.8 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 0.8 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.2 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.0 neg: -9.8 tot: 10.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 75.86 m/s