MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 12Z 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 17.7 12.4 71 5.3 14.5 173 13 289.5 291.1 286.9 314.6 8.92 1 1000 217 15.6 11.2 75 4.5 13.0 173 15 288.8 290.3 286.1 312.3 8.36 2 950 650 11.6 10.0 90 1.6 10.7 176 15 288.9 290.4 286.0 311.8 8.13 3 900 1099 8.2 7.5 96 0.7 7.8 184 14 290.0 291.2 285.5 310.5 7.25 4 850 1570 6.0 3.6 85 2.4 4.8 210 12 292.4 293.5 285.1 309.3 5.84 5 800 2064 2.9 0.1 82 2.8 1.6 228 11 294.3 295.2 284.7 308.4 4.81 6 750 2585 0.0 -1.8 88 1.8 -0.8 251 10 296.6 297.4 285.2 309.9 4.48 7 700 3135 -1.8 -8.1 62 6.3 -4.3 258 17 300.5 301.1 285.2 309.6 2.97 8 650 3723 -2.9 -22.5 21 19.6 -8.4 241 25 305.7 305.9 284.9 308.9 0.97 9 600 4354 -5.3 -36.6 7 31.3 -11.5 227 29 310.0 310.0 285.7 311.0 0.28 10 550 5031 -9.7 -36.7 9 27.0 -14.7 234 32 312.6 312.7 286.6 313.7 0.30 11 500 5759 -15.0 -34.8 17 19.8 -18.6 245 34 314.7 314.8 287.5 316.2 0.40 12 450 6546 -21.0 -35.4 26 14.3 -23.3 247 34 316.8 316.9 288.2 318.3 0.42 13 400 7405 -27.1 -37.9 35 10.8 -28.5 251 38 319.7 319.8 289.0 321.1 0.36 14 350 8352 -34.5 -44.9 34 10.4 -35.4 260 44 322.2 322.2 289.6 322.9 0.20 15 300 9411 -42.4 -45.7 70 3.2 -42.6 258 56 325.6 325.6 290.7 326.4 0.21 16 250 10617 -52.3 -55.6 68 3.3 -52.4 260 63 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.7 0.08 17 200 12023 -61.4 -66.9 48 5.5 -61.5 268 68 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.6 0.02 18 150 13814 -59.1 -80.5 5 21.4 -59.3 268 64 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.4 0.00 19 100 16346 -60.7 -85.9 2 25.2 -61.0 281 44 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5542.14 m Freezing level: 749.71 mb = 2587.69 m = 8489.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 766.66 mb = 2407.44 m = 7898.32 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.55 % Est. max temperature: 19.83 C = 67.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.41 mb = 742.79 m = 2436.94 ft T: 10.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.04 C/km ThetaE index: 6.22 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.12 mb = 915.46 m = 3003.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.75 C = 63.96 F Cap Strength: 5.96 C Lifted Index: 6.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.34 C Showalter Index: 7.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.03 C Cross Totals Index: 18.62 C K Index: 18.36 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 101.98 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.00 mb = 853.44 m = 2799.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 902.00 mb = 1080.89 m = 3546.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 852.00 mb = 1550.78 m = 5087.81 ft B at Equ Level: 4.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 702.00 mb = 3112.07 m = 10210.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.1 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 260.1 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.3 neg: -11.1 tot: 9.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 40.59 m/s