MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 12Z THU 7 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 1013 78 18.2 11.8 66 6.4 14.4 170 7 290.3 291.8 286.9 314.6 8.62 1 1000 190 16.4 10.8 70 5.6 13.1 169 8 289.6 291.0 286.2 312.6 8.17 2 950 624 12.9 8.5 75 4.4 10.4 169 5 290.3 291.6 285.8 311.2 7.37 3 900 1076 9.7 6.3 79 3.4 7.8 283 2 291.5 292.7 285.5 310.5 6.66 4 850 1548 6.3 4.4 88 1.8 5.3 305 7 292.7 293.8 285.5 310.5 6.18 5 800 2043 4.2 1.1 80 3.1 2.7 278 8 295.6 296.5 285.6 310.8 5.18 6 750 2567 2.6 -4.6 59 7.2 -0.6 242 9 299.4 300.0 285.4 310.3 3.62 7 700 3122 0.6 -13.4 34 14.0 -4.4 245 13 303.2 303.5 285.1 309.3 1.94 8 650 3715 -1.1 -26.5 12 25.4 -7.8 251 17 307.7 307.9 285.3 310.0 0.67 9 600 4349 -4.3 -30.5 11 26.2 -10.5 259 20 311.1 311.2 286.4 312.9 0.50 10 550 5028 -9.2 -33.9 11 24.7 -14.2 264 25 313.2 313.3 286.9 314.6 0.40 11 500 5757 -14.3 -34.6 16 20.3 -18.0 258 28 315.7 315.7 287.8 317.1 0.41 12 450 6548 -19.4 -31.6 33 12.3 -21.7 251 30 318.9 319.0 289.0 321.0 0.60 13 400 7413 -25.3 -37.9 30 12.6 -27.0 245 37 322.1 322.2 289.8 323.5 0.37 14 350 8366 -33.3 -47.1 24 13.8 -34.4 243 40 323.9 323.9 290.1 324.5 0.16 15 300 9429 -42.3 -52.6 32 10.3 -42.8 239 41 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.2 0.10 16 250 10633 -52.5 -62.3 30 9.8 -52.7 242 43 328.1 328.1 291.2 328.2 0.04 17 200 12052 -58.1 -71.1 17 13.0 -58.3 272 48 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.8 0.01 18 150 13866 -57.5 -80.6 4 23.1 -57.8 277 58 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.00 19 100 16383 -62.7 -84.3 4 21.6 -62.9 277 47 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5567.48 m Freezing level: 681.62 mb = 3340.27 m = 10958.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 759.52 mb = 2464.33 m = 8084.99 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.32 % Est. max temperature: 20.32 C = 68.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.65 mb = 876.88 m = 2876.85 ft T: 11.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 4.13 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.90 mb = 1347.09 m = 4419.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.14 C = 68.25 F Cap Strength: 6.79 C Lifted Index: 6.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.89 C Showalter Index: 7.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.50 C Cross Totals Index: 18.66 C K Index: 10.86 Risk: None Sweat Index: 95.04 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.44 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9737.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.39 mb = 1108.78 m = 3637.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.0 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 286.0 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.2 neg: -19.6 tot: -5.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 32.62 m/s