MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: -2.93,-53.08 Latitude: -2.93 Longitude: -53.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 108 SFC 997 132 22.5 21.8 96 0.7 22.1 76 2 295.9 298.9 295.3 344.1 16.75 2 950 559 24.4 19.1 72 5.3 20.6 81 20 301.9 304.6 295.6 345.5 14.79 3 900 1032 21.3 17.2 78 4.1 18.5 80 18 303.5 306.1 295.4 344.7 13.89 4 850 1525 18.1 14.2 78 3.8 15.5 77 17 305.1 307.3 294.6 341.2 12.08 5 800 2043 14.9 10.6 75 4.3 12.1 79 19 307.0 308.9 293.7 337.5 10.09 6 750 2587 12.2 6.5 68 5.6 8.8 81 20 309.8 311.3 293.0 334.8 8.15 7 700 3163 9.0 3.9 70 5.1 6.1 86 17 312.5 313.8 293.1 335.0 7.27 8 650 3774 5.6 1.9 77 3.7 3.5 79 16 315.3 316.6 293.4 336.6 6.77 9 600 4425 2.1 -2.1 74 4.2 -0.0 83 18 318.6 319.7 293.4 336.2 5.48 10 550 5124 -1.6 -7.8 62 6.2 -4.4 89 20 322.2 323.0 293.0 334.9 3.86 11 500 5877 -5.8 -13.7 53 8.0 -8.9 81 28 326.0 326.5 293.0 335.0 2.64 12 450 6696 -10.4 -17.5 56 7.1 -12.9 87 22 330.1 330.6 293.7 337.6 2.14 13 400 7591 -16.8 -22.8 60 6.0 -18.6 142 8 333.2 333.5 294.0 338.6 1.53 14 350 8579 -24.2 -26.7 80 2.5 -24.8 240 8 336.1 336.4 294.4 340.6 1.23 15 300 9684 -32.2 -39.8 47 7.6 -33.1 260 13 340.0 340.1 294.7 341.6 0.40 16 250 10944 -42.3 -52.4 33 10.0 -42.9 296 16 343.1 343.2 295.2 343.6 0.12 17 200 12410 -55.2 -60.2 54 5.0 -55.3 304 17 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.7 0.06 18 150 14185 -67.4 -68.9 81 1.5 -67.4 261 40 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.02 19 100 16584 -75.2 -82.9 29 7.8 -75.2 292 42 382.5 382.5 302.6 382.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.71 m Freezing level: 571.30 mb = 4826.02 m = 15833.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.55 mb = 4417.73 m = 14493.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.89 % Est. max temperature: 31.78 C = 89.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.16 mb = 212.72 m = 697.89 ft T: 22.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 10.75 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.70 mb = 1649.80 m = 5412.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.16 C = 89.88 F Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lifted Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Showalter Index: 0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.84 C Cross Totals Index: 20.01 C K Index: 32.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 343.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.34 mb = 1086.10 m = 3563.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.34 mb = 3052.28 m = 10013.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.34 mb = 11510.38 m = 37763.24 ft B at Equ Level: 343.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.34 mb = 14621.12 m = 47968.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 82.0 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 112.0 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.6 neg: -10.8 tot: 34.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 64.18 Bulk Shear: 5.36 m/s