MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 0.49,-64.38 Latitude: 0.49 Longitude: -64.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 71 24.4 22.2 87 2.2 22.8 310 1 297.1 300.1 295.8 346.1 16.95 1 1000 121 23.7 21.1 86 2.5 21.9 310 2 296.8 299.7 295.0 343.0 15.99 2 950 571 24.9 17.0 62 7.9 19.5 334 4 302.5 304.9 294.5 340.8 12.96 3 900 1045 22.8 13.9 57 8.9 16.9 41 6 305.0 307.1 293.9 338.3 11.14 4 850 1541 19.3 11.6 61 7.7 14.3 82 16 306.4 308.3 293.6 337.0 10.16 5 800 2059 15.5 7.8 60 7.8 10.8 93 23 307.7 309.3 292.5 333.0 8.31 6 750 2603 11.2 6.3 72 4.9 8.3 100 27 308.8 310.3 292.6 333.3 8.02 7 700 3175 7.2 3.6 78 3.6 5.1 98 23 310.5 311.8 292.3 332.3 7.08 8 650 3782 3.7 -0.5 74 4.2 1.4 109 21 313.1 314.2 291.9 330.9 5.66 9 600 4428 0.4 -7.7 54 8.1 -3.3 106 21 316.6 317.2 291.2 328.1 3.56 10 550 5123 -1.9 -26.0 14 24.1 -9.0 90 24 321.8 321.9 290.2 324.7 0.83 11 500 5875 -5.6 -32.7 10 27.2 -12.2 77 28 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.1 0.49 12 450 6691 -11.7 -27.3 26 15.7 -15.8 67 24 328.6 328.7 292.2 331.8 0.90 13 400 7587 -15.2 -45.8 5 30.6 -20.0 125 30 335.2 335.3 293.3 335.9 0.16 14 350 8581 -22.6 -53.1 4 30.5 -25.9 132 23 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.6 0.08 15 300 9691 -31.6 -54.6 9 22.9 -33.4 176 17 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.1 0.08 16 250 10951 -42.3 -48.9 49 6.5 -42.8 357 15 343.1 343.1 295.3 343.8 0.18 17 200 12418 -55.1 -62.8 38 7.7 -55.3 225 19 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.04 18 150 14196 -66.9 -73.8 38 6.8 -67.0 261 25 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 19 100 16582 -72.3 -82.5 20 10.2 -72.4 88 13 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.14 m Freezing level: 591.79 mb = 4542.30 m = 14902.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.79 mb = 3973.21 m = 13035.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.48 % Est. max temperature: 33.56 C = 92.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.81 mb = 354.11 m = 1161.77 ft T: 24.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.73 C/km ThetaE index: 13.14 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.80 mb = 2145.89 m = 7040.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.25 C = 95.44 F Cap Strength: 4.35 C Lifted Index: 0.75 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.84 C Showalter Index: 2.51 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.04 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.86 C Cross Totals Index: 17.17 C K Index: 32.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 110.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 185.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.45 mb = 1344.39 m = 4410.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.45 mb = 2890.56 m = 9483.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 544.45 mb = 5202.77 m = 17069.25 ft B at Equ Level: 107.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 354.45 mb = 8486.85 m = 27843.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 92.3 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 122.3 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.3 neg: -5.1 tot: 104.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 1.83 Bulk Shear: 60.38 m/s