MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 58 SFC 970 313 9.2 4.3 72 4.8 6.7 125 3 284.8 285.7 281.3 299.9 5.38 2 950 484 8.3 3.1 70 5.1 5.8 105 3 285.6 286.5 281.3 299.8 5.05 3 900 929 6.4 0.8 68 5.5 3.7 36 7 288.1 288.9 281.7 301.0 4.51 4 850 1396 4.5 -2.3 61 6.8 1.5 17 14 290.9 291.5 282.1 301.9 3.79 5 800 1887 1.4 -4.9 63 6.2 -1.3 7 16 292.6 293.2 282.4 302.4 3.32 6 750 2404 -1.8 -8.2 61 6.4 -4.3 353 17 294.6 295.1 282.5 302.8 2.74 7 700 2949 -5.2 -11.3 62 6.1 -7.3 343 18 296.7 297.2 282.9 303.7 2.30 8 650 3527 -9.3 -13.5 71 4.3 -10.6 343 23 298.5 298.9 283.4 304.9 2.07 9 600 4141 -13.0 -17.8 68 4.7 -14.3 338 29 301.0 301.3 283.8 306.0 1.58 10 550 4798 -17.9 -25.0 53 7.2 -19.4 331 30 302.9 303.1 283.7 305.9 0.91 11 500 5503 -23.4 -32.3 44 8.8 -24.7 316 39 304.5 304.6 283.9 306.2 0.51 12 450 6264 -29.5 -37.7 45 8.1 -30.4 318 52 306.1 306.2 284.3 307.3 0.33 13 400 7093 -35.6 -39.9 64 4.3 -36.0 322 68 308.7 308.8 285.2 309.8 0.30 14 350 8009 -42.3 -42.3 100 0.0 -42.3 350 74 311.7 311.8 286.3 312.7 0.26 15 300 9029 -51.7 -51.7 100 0.0 -51.7 348 78 312.5 312.6 286.4 313.0 0.11 16 250 10187 -60.0 -61.8 79 1.8 -60.0 341 79 316.9 316.9 287.8 317.0 0.04 17 200 11587 -57.0 -75.6 8 18.7 -57.2 334 51 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.6 0.01 18 150 13403 -58.0 -83.1 3 25.0 -58.3 328 68 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 15959 -57.3 -85.3 2 28.0 -57.7 314 69 417.0 417.0 307.4 417.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5444.75 m Freezing level: 778.46 mb = 2109.95 m = 6922.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 823.29 mb = 1655.03 m = 5429.82 ft Precipitable water: 0.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.34 % Est. max temperature: 16.20 C = 61.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.69 mb = 922.60 m = 3026.86 ft T: 6.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.14 C/km ThetaE index: 0.06 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.65 mb = 2249.17 m = 7379.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.30 C = 64.94 F Cap Strength: 4.91 C Lifted Index: 5.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.94 C Showalter Index: 4.23 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 48.99 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.91 C Cross Totals Index: 21.08 C K Index: 19.44 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 66.53 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.92 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11251.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.09 mb = 1443.41 m = 4735.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.1 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 5.1 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: -19.3 tot: -10.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 87.37 m/s