MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F360.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F360.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 day GFS valid 12Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: -3.18,-34.15 Latitude: -3.18 Longitude: -34.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 25.6 21.7 79 3.9 22.8 127 17 297.3 300.3 295.4 344.5 16.30 1 1000 150 24.0 20.2 79 3.8 21.3 127 19 297.2 299.9 294.5 340.7 15.06 2 950 597 19.8 19.2 96 0.7 19.4 127 19 297.3 300.0 294.4 340.3 14.87 3 900 1063 17.5 15.8 90 1.7 16.4 126 19 299.5 301.8 293.4 336.4 12.62 4 850 1551 15.2 13.1 87 2.1 13.8 125 16 302.1 304.2 293.1 335.2 11.21 5 800 2063 12.9 9.6 81 3.2 10.9 132 11 304.9 306.6 292.6 333.2 9.45 6 750 2604 10.9 2.5 56 8.4 6.2 149 6 308.4 309.5 290.9 327.2 6.11 7 700 3178 9.6 -13.9 18 23.5 0.1 116 7 313.1 313.5 288.5 319.3 1.87 8 650 3789 7.3 -23.1 9 30.4 -2.9 90 16 317.2 317.4 288.8 320.3 0.91 9 600 4442 2.8 -15.8 24 18.7 -4.3 74 24 319.4 319.7 290.5 325.6 1.85 10 550 5140 -1.1 -19.5 23 18.4 -7.5 64 27 322.7 323.0 291.1 327.9 1.48 11 500 5893 -5.6 -28.0 15 22.3 -11.8 63 20 326.2 326.3 291.4 328.9 0.77 12 450 6710 -11.3 -36.1 11 24.8 -16.4 107 12 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.5 0.39 13 400 7603 -16.9 -43.6 8 26.7 -21.0 90 19 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.8 0.20 14 350 8590 -24.8 -45.1 13 20.4 -27.3 64 21 335.4 335.4 293.3 336.1 0.19 15 300 9697 -31.5 -58.2 5 26.7 -33.3 81 39 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.05 16 250 10958 -42.2 -60.9 11 18.7 -43.0 215 8 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.04 17 200 12422 -55.4 -61.0 49 5.6 -55.5 265 20 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.05 18 150 14201 -67.0 -72.5 46 5.5 -67.1 249 32 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.7 0.01 19 100 16597 -77.1 -81.7 48 4.6 -77.1 158 14 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.00 m Freezing level: 564.25 mb = 4941.00 m = 16210.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.71 mb = 3204.82 m = 10514.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.11 % Est. max temperature: 29.51 C = 85.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.50 mb = 492.57 m = 1616.04 ft T: 20.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 25.18 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.59 mb = 821.49 m = 2695.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.69 C = 80.03 F Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lifted Index: 0.96 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.82 C Showalter Index: 3.18 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.87 C Cross Totals Index: 18.73 C K Index: 10.45 Risk: None Sweat Index: 208.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.62 mb = 710.29 m = 2330.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.62 mb = 1326.37 m = 4351.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 782.62 mb = 2247.39 m = 7373.25 ft B at Equ Level: 7.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 732.62 mb = 2799.05 m = 9183.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 96.2 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 126.2 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 176.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: -1.1 tot: 5.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 12.44 m/s