MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: -26.36,-55.20 Latitude: -26.36 Longitude: -55.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 186 SFC 989 276 14.5 13.3 92 1.2 13.7 180 3 288.5 290.2 287.3 315.7 9.71 2 950 619 12.6 12.2 98 0.4 12.4 145 14 290.0 291.6 287.6 316.6 9.45 3 900 1073 11.9 11.0 94 1.0 11.3 109 15 293.8 295.4 288.8 320.1 9.16 4 850 1553 11.8 9.0 83 2.8 10.1 101 9 298.5 300.0 289.8 323.3 8.50 5 800 2059 9.4 6.3 81 3.1 7.6 56 3 301.2 302.5 289.8 323.4 7.50 6 750 2591 5.0 4.6 97 0.4 4.8 23 4 302.0 303.3 289.8 323.2 7.11 7 700 3152 2.3 -0.3 83 2.6 1.0 349 6 305.0 306.0 289.2 321.3 5.34 8 650 3751 1.8 -16.7 24 18.5 -4.7 299 11 311.0 311.3 287.5 316.3 1.60 9 600 4392 -1.1 -26.7 12 25.6 -8.2 284 17 314.8 315.0 287.9 317.3 0.72 10 550 5079 -6.1 -30.1 13 24.0 -11.9 281 21 316.8 316.9 288.3 318.8 0.57 11 500 5816 -12.2 -32.2 17 20.0 -16.4 269 21 318.1 318.2 288.7 319.9 0.51 12 450 6610 -18.9 -36.2 20 17.3 -21.8 260 24 319.5 319.6 289.0 320.9 0.38 13 400 7474 -26.5 -38.0 33 11.4 -28.0 258 28 320.5 320.6 289.3 321.8 0.36 14 350 8422 -34.1 -34.1 100 -0.0 -34.1 243 36 322.8 322.9 290.3 325.0 0.61 15 300 9482 -42.6 -42.6 100 -0.0 -42.6 249 39 325.3 325.3 290.7 326.4 0.30 16 250 10689 -50.6 -53.2 74 2.6 -50.7 222 66 330.8 330.9 292.0 331.3 0.11 17 200 12116 -58.6 -65.4 41 6.8 -58.7 217 92 340.0 340.0 294.3 340.1 0.03 18 150 13899 -62.5 -77.2 12 14.7 -62.6 231 65 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16387 -65.2 -85.9 4 20.7 -65.4 255 38 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5630.10 m Freezing level: 619.00 mb = 4148.29 m = 13609.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.58 mb = 3249.55 m = 10661.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.04 % Est. max temperature: 24.96 C = 76.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.41 mb = 430.66 m = 1412.91 ft T: 13.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 7.17 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.88 mb = 2007.95 m = 6587.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.82 C = 80.28 F Cap Strength: 6.90 C Lifted Index: 5.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.81 C Showalter Index: 2.34 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.99 C Cross Totals Index: 21.23 C K Index: 30.35 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 147.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7500.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.13 mb = 823.47 m = 2701.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.1 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 310.1 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -60.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: -89.0 tot: -83.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -27.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: -2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 60.08 m/s