MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F165.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F165.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 165 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 1018 78 18.1 12.3 69 5.8 14.6 191 16 289.8 291.3 287.0 314.8 8.87 1 1000 228 15.8 10.9 72 4.9 12.9 191 20 288.9 290.4 286.1 312.0 8.19 2 950 661 11.8 9.8 87 2.0 10.6 194 20 289.2 290.6 285.9 311.8 8.02 3 900 1111 8.4 7.1 92 1.3 7.7 195 19 290.2 291.4 285.4 310.2 7.05 4 850 1582 5.8 4.3 90 1.6 5.0 197 17 292.3 293.3 285.2 309.9 6.11 5 800 2076 3.4 -1.5 70 4.8 1.1 213 13 294.7 295.5 284.3 307.4 4.29 6 750 2597 0.2 -3.8 74 4.0 -1.6 242 11 296.8 297.5 284.7 308.3 3.84 7 700 3146 -2.8 -7.3 71 4.6 -4.6 242 14 299.4 300.0 284.9 309.0 3.14 8 650 3732 -4.3 -14.4 45 10.1 -7.8 245 21 304.1 304.4 285.4 310.2 1.93 9 600 4360 -6.5 -26.7 18 20.2 -11.5 237 29 308.6 308.8 285.7 311.1 0.72 10 550 5036 -9.6 -35.3 10 25.7 -14.6 238 36 312.6 312.7 286.7 313.9 0.34 11 500 5764 -14.9 -32.4 21 17.5 -18.3 241 39 314.9 315.0 287.6 316.7 0.51 12 450 6551 -20.9 -35.1 27 14.3 -23.2 244 38 317.0 317.1 288.3 318.5 0.43 13 400 7411 -26.8 -40.1 27 13.4 -28.4 245 41 320.2 320.2 289.1 321.3 0.29 14 350 8359 -34.5 -45.7 31 11.2 -35.4 256 44 322.3 322.3 289.6 323.0 0.18 15 300 9419 -42.0 -50.4 40 8.4 -42.5 257 57 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.7 0.13 16 250 10626 -52.0 -59.9 38 7.9 -52.2 257 62 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.0 0.05 17 200 12035 -61.2 -67.3 44 6.1 -61.3 268 66 335.8 335.8 293.3 335.9 0.02 18 150 13824 -59.4 -80.9 5 21.5 -59.6 269 66 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16364 -60.3 -85.5 2 25.2 -60.6 285 42 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5536.00 m Freezing level: 746.32 mb = 2637.01 m = 8651.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 778.98 mb = 2290.60 m = 7514.99 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.56 % Est. max temperature: 19.82 C = 67.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.09 mb = 801.29 m = 2628.88 ft T: 10.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.63 C/km ThetaE index: 7.40 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.72 mb = 1003.04 m = 3290.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.25 C = 64.85 F Cap Strength: 6.10 C Lifted Index: 6.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.43 C Showalter Index: 7.53 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.72 C Cross Totals Index: 19.15 C K Index: 20.41 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.23 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.13 mb = 917.61 m = 3010.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 876.13 mb = 1332.16 m = 4370.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 836.13 mb = 1715.68 m = 5628.81 ft B at Equ Level: 3.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 776.13 mb = 2320.23 m = 7612.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.9 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 258.9 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -9.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.7 neg: -25.5 tot: -3.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 25.73 m/s