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: -9.69,-72.30 Latitude: -9.69 Longitude: -72.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 977 332 21.2 20.9 98 0.3 21.1 157 2 296.4 299.3 295.0 342.9 16.16 2 950 574 23.6 19.1 76 4.5 20.4 139 11 301.2 303.9 295.4 344.6 14.79 3 900 1046 21.0 16.7 77 4.3 18.1 131 11 303.1 305.6 295.0 342.9 13.40 4 850 1539 17.9 14.3 79 3.7 15.5 128 9 304.9 307.2 294.6 341.2 12.13 5 800 2057 14.8 11.5 80 3.3 12.7 122 7 307.0 309.0 294.1 339.3 10.71 6 750 2601 11.6 8.4 81 3.2 9.6 114 7 309.2 310.9 293.7 337.5 9.28 7 700 3176 8.4 4.8 78 3.5 6.3 111 8 311.8 313.2 293.3 335.8 7.76 8 650 3785 4.8 1.0 76 3.8 2.7 110 9 314.4 315.6 292.9 334.4 6.34 9 600 4434 1.0 -2.0 80 3.1 -0.6 98 10 317.3 318.4 293.0 334.9 5.51 10 550 5131 -2.1 -5.6 77 3.5 -3.8 84 12 321.6 322.5 293.4 336.5 4.57 11 500 5883 -5.9 -9.0 79 3.1 -7.2 93 14 325.9 326.7 294.0 338.9 3.88 12 450 6703 -10.3 -14.3 72 4.0 -11.9 100 17 330.2 330.8 294.3 339.9 2.80 13 400 7600 -15.9 -24.2 49 8.3 -18.3 103 22 334.3 334.6 294.1 339.2 1.35 14 350 8593 -22.7 -31.4 45 8.7 -24.5 105 20 338.1 338.3 294.6 341.1 0.79 15 300 9704 -31.3 -34.0 77 2.7 -31.7 136 8 341.3 341.4 295.3 344.0 0.72 16 250 10968 -41.4 -44.7 70 3.3 -41.7 167 5 344.5 344.6 295.7 345.6 0.28 17 200 12440 -54.1 -58.6 58 4.5 -54.2 212 4 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.4 0.07 18 150 14220 -69.1 -71.2 74 2.1 -69.1 201 11 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.02 19 100 16597 -73.9 -82.4 26 8.5 -73.9 173 13 385.0 385.0 303.1 385.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.35 m Freezing level: 583.34 mb = 4666.17 m = 15308.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.63 mb = 4318.30 m = 14167.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.69 % Est. max temperature: 30.67 C = 87.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.87 mb = 367.12 m = 1204.46 ft T: 21.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 10.26 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.09 mb = 1834.71 m = 6019.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.90 C = 87.62 F Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lifted Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Showalter Index: 0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.81 C Cross Totals Index: 20.14 C K Index: 34.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 127.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.49 mb = 1284.51 m = 4214.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.49 mb = 2820.61 m = 9253.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 430.49 mb = 7040.55 m = 23098.65 ft B at Equ Level: 127.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 230.49 mb = 11504.11 m = 37742.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 107.6 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 137.6 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: -6.6 tot: -5.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: -1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 36.83 Bulk Shear: 3.46 m/s