MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F171.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F171.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 171 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 17.3 11.8 70 5.4 14.0 143 7 289.0 290.5 286.5 313.2 8.59 1 1000 220 15.5 10.9 74 4.7 12.8 144 8 288.7 290.1 285.9 311.7 8.19 2 950 653 11.5 9.8 90 1.6 10.5 145 9 288.8 290.2 285.8 311.5 8.05 3 900 1102 8.0 7.9 99 0.1 8.0 149 8 289.8 291.1 285.7 310.9 7.46 4 850 1573 5.9 4.0 88 1.9 4.9 191 5 292.3 293.4 285.2 309.7 6.02 5 800 2067 3.2 0.9 85 2.3 2.0 284 9 294.5 295.4 285.1 309.4 5.09 6 750 2587 -0.3 -1.5 92 1.2 -0.9 282 13 296.2 297.0 285.2 309.7 4.56 7 700 3139 -0.1 -12.0 40 12.0 -4.5 248 17 302.4 302.8 285.0 309.2 2.17 8 650 3730 -1.9 -31.0 9 29.1 -8.7 232 22 306.8 306.9 284.7 308.3 0.44 9 600 4362 -5.1 -34.3 8 29.2 -11.3 230 24 310.2 310.3 285.8 311.4 0.35 10 550 5039 -9.8 -34.1 12 24.3 -14.6 239 28 312.4 312.5 286.6 313.8 0.39 11 500 5766 -15.1 -33.5 19 18.4 -18.6 246 28 314.6 314.7 287.5 316.2 0.45 12 450 6553 -21.0 -34.2 30 13.2 -23.2 254 29 316.9 316.9 288.3 318.5 0.47 13 400 7412 -27.2 -36.2 42 9.0 -28.5 256 33 319.6 319.7 289.1 321.2 0.43 14 350 8359 -34.7 -38.1 71 3.5 -35.0 255 41 322.0 322.1 289.8 323.5 0.41 15 300 9416 -43.0 -43.6 94 0.6 -43.0 254 48 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.8 0.27 16 250 10618 -52.6 -54.5 80 1.9 -52.7 256 62 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.2 0.09 17 200 12024 -61.8 -66.2 55 4.4 -61.9 266 70 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.0 0.03 18 150 13821 -58.3 -80.1 4 21.8 -58.6 266 59 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16349 -61.5 -85.9 3 24.4 -61.8 277 46 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5546.14 m Freezing level: 754.94 mb = 2535.58 m = 8318.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 765.66 mb = 2420.50 m = 7941.17 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.92 % Est. max temperature: 19.71 C = 67.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.00 mb = 758.42 m = 2488.21 ft T: 10.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 3.79 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.73 mb = 921.99 m = 3024.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.64 C = 63.75 F Cap Strength: 6.08 C Lifted Index: 6.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.27 C Showalter Index: 7.37 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.23 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.05 C Cross Totals Index: 19.18 C K Index: 13.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 85.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.53 mb = 860.70 m = 2823.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.53 mb = 1088.13 m = 3569.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 861.53 mb = 1461.65 m = 4795.38 ft B at Equ Level: 3.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 731.53 mb = 2786.40 m = 9141.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.6 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 266.6 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.4 neg: -20.0 tot: -9.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: -2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 49.45 m/s