MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: -29.95,30.98 Latitude: -29.95 Longitude: 30.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1019 78 16.5 11.0 70 5.5 13.3 58 9 288.0 289.5 285.6 310.8 8.10 1 1000 241 14.6 9.8 73 4.8 11.9 59 10 287.7 289.1 285.0 309.2 7.63 2 950 672 10.6 8.6 88 2.0 9.5 59 10 288.0 289.3 284.9 308.8 7.41 3 900 1121 8.0 4.8 80 3.2 6.3 30 8 289.7 290.8 284.1 306.8 5.99 4 850 1591 6.1 2.3 76 3.8 4.2 325 11 292.5 293.5 284.5 307.9 5.30 5 800 2087 5.8 -6.6 40 12.4 0.5 297 12 297.4 297.9 283.8 306.2 2.91 6 750 2615 5.1 -20.2 14 25.3 -3.0 237 9 302.1 302.3 283.5 305.4 1.02 7 700 3174 1.7 -23.8 13 25.5 -5.6 227 16 304.4 304.5 284.2 307.0 0.80 8 650 3766 -2.1 -25.5 15 23.4 -8.4 234 22 306.6 306.8 284.9 309.1 0.74 9 600 4396 -6.3 -24.9 21 18.6 -11.1 233 26 308.9 309.0 285.9 311.7 0.85 10 550 5070 -11.2 -24.3 33 13.1 -14.5 233 30 310.8 311.0 286.8 314.1 0.97 11 500 5795 -16.1 -27.4 37 11.2 -18.6 235 34 313.4 313.5 287.5 316.1 0.81 12 450 6580 -21.3 -33.4 33 12.1 -23.3 233 32 316.5 316.6 288.2 318.3 0.51 13 400 7438 -27.4 -36.9 40 9.5 -28.7 232 32 319.4 319.4 289.0 320.8 0.40 14 350 8382 -36.1 -41.7 56 5.6 -36.6 239 35 320.1 320.1 289.1 321.1 0.28 15 300 9432 -44.9 -51.4 48 6.5 -45.2 232 37 322.1 322.1 289.5 322.6 0.11 16 250 10625 -53.0 -61.2 36 8.2 -53.2 234 44 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.4 0.04 17 200 12061 -52.8 -72.6 7 19.9 -53.1 230 56 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 13905 -56.9 -79.6 4 22.8 -57.2 244 62 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.00 19 100 16422 -62.9 -85.7 3 22.8 -63.1 250 38 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5553.19 m Freezing level: 677.30 mb = 3442.53 m = 11294.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 792.22 mb = 2167.19 m = 7110.10 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.59 % Est. max temperature: 19.88 C = 67.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.15 mb = 767.53 m = 2518.12 ft T: 10.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 3.96 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.58 mb = 1188.88 m = 3900.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.60 C = 65.48 F Cap Strength: 6.42 C Lifted Index: 6.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.40 C Showalter Index: 7.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.22 C Cross Totals Index: 18.39 C K Index: -1.06 Risk: None Sweat Index: 82.30 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11533.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.58 mb = 933.18 m = 3061.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.9 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 270.9 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 4.3 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.9 neg: -55.8 tot: -36.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 107.99 m/s