MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F162.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F162.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 162 hour GFS valid 6Z FRI 8 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 1017 78 16.1 10.2 68 5.9 12.7 226 10 287.9 289.2 285.1 309.5 7.69 1 1000 223 14.6 8.7 67 6.0 11.3 219 14 287.8 289.0 284.4 307.6 7.06 2 950 655 11.5 6.7 73 4.7 8.9 211 21 288.8 290.0 284.2 307.2 6.50 3 900 1104 8.6 5.3 80 3.3 6.8 208 25 290.4 291.5 284.6 308.1 6.20 4 850 1575 6.1 2.8 80 3.2 4.4 205 20 292.5 293.5 284.7 308.5 5.52 5 800 2070 3.4 -1.5 70 4.9 1.1 218 15 294.8 295.6 284.4 307.5 4.29 6 750 2591 -0.1 -3.2 80 3.1 -1.5 242 12 296.4 297.2 284.7 308.4 4.02 7 700 3140 -3.2 -6.3 79 3.1 -4.4 236 14 299.0 299.6 285.1 309.3 3.42 8 650 3725 -4.2 -14.4 45 10.2 -7.7 240 22 304.2 304.5 285.4 310.3 1.93 9 600 4353 -6.9 -20.2 34 13.3 -10.8 238 28 308.1 308.4 286.2 312.4 1.28 10 550 5028 -9.9 -32.7 14 22.8 -14.6 240 34 312.3 312.4 286.7 313.9 0.44 11 500 5756 -14.8 -30.2 26 15.4 -18.0 241 41 315.0 315.1 287.8 317.2 0.62 12 450 6544 -20.6 -32.5 34 11.9 -22.7 242 44 317.4 317.5 288.5 319.3 0.55 13 400 7404 -26.8 -41.1 25 14.3 -28.5 240 43 320.2 320.2 289.1 321.1 0.26 14 350 8353 -34.2 -47.3 25 13.1 -35.2 248 46 322.6 322.7 289.8 323.2 0.15 15 300 9414 -42.0 -47.5 55 5.5 -42.3 256 58 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.8 0.17 16 250 10621 -51.8 -59.4 40 7.5 -52.0 258 60 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.2 0.05 17 200 12032 -60.9 -67.3 42 6.4 -61.0 267 63 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.4 0.02 18 150 13818 -59.6 -81.2 4 21.6 -59.7 272 66 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.00 19 100 16357 -60.2 -85.4 2 25.1 -60.5 284 39 411.4 411.4 306.7 411.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5532.56 m Freezing level: 751.80 mb = 2571.83 m = 8437.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 778.51 mb = 2289.59 m = 7511.69 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.26 % Est. max temperature: 20.03 C = 68.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.74 mb = 825.10 m = 2706.99 ft T: 10.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.45 C/km ThetaE index: 2.24 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.28 mb = 1688.59 m = 5539.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.32 C = 70.37 F Cap Strength: 8.37 C Lifted Index: 9.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.12 C Showalter Index: 8.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.48 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.85 C Cross Totals Index: 17.63 C K Index: 20.59 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.57 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10793.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.87 mb = 1151.59 m = 3778.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.6 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 261.6 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 16.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.7 neg: -41.3 tot: 5.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 12.79 m/s