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: 57.36,-179.85 Latitude: 57.36 Longitude: -179.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 0 9.4 8.9 97 0.5 9.2 35 14 282.3 283.6 282.2 302.0 7.16 1 1000 22 9.3 8.9 97 0.4 9.1 36 15 282.5 283.7 282.3 302.2 7.16 2 950 446 7.7 7.6 100 0.0 7.6 56 20 285.0 286.2 283.1 304.2 6.93 3 900 891 6.2 6.2 100 0.0 6.2 59 21 287.9 289.1 284.0 306.6 6.61 4 850 1360 5.0 4.9 99 0.1 5.0 63 22 291.4 292.5 285.2 309.8 6.42 5 800 1854 3.4 3.1 97 0.4 3.2 67 23 294.8 295.9 286.1 312.2 5.98 6 750 2376 0.9 0.4 96 0.5 0.6 68 24 297.5 298.5 286.4 313.1 5.24 7 700 2927 -3.0 -3.2 99 0.2 -3.1 64 24 299.2 300.0 286.1 312.1 4.32 8 650 3513 -5.0 -6.6 88 1.6 -5.7 62 23 303.3 304.0 286.8 314.3 3.58 9 600 4140 -6.5 -8.7 85 2.2 -7.4 61 23 308.5 309.2 288.4 318.9 3.30 10 550 4817 -9.5 -13.6 72 4.0 -11.0 57 23 312.8 313.2 288.9 320.7 2.43 11 500 5547 -13.9 -19.0 65 5.1 -15.4 55 24 316.1 316.4 289.3 321.8 1.70 12 450 6339 -19.4 -24.4 64 5.0 -20.6 57 28 318.9 319.1 289.6 322.9 1.18 13 400 7203 -25.9 -31.6 59 5.7 -26.9 57 29 321.3 321.4 289.9 323.7 0.68 14 350 8155 -33.2 -37.6 65 4.4 -33.7 58 30 324.0 324.1 290.5 325.6 0.43 15 300 9219 -41.6 -45.8 64 4.2 -41.9 59 34 326.7 326.7 291.0 327.5 0.21 16 250 10432 -48.6 -55.3 46 6.7 -48.8 56 33 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.08 17 200 11903 -45.9 -72.8 3 26.9 -46.6 38 19 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 18 150 13817 -46.8 -77.2 2 30.5 -47.7 11 10 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.01 19 100 16481 -50.2 -79.8 2 29.6 -51.1 15 7 430.7 430.7 308.9 430.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5525.28 m Freezing level: 738.52 mb = 2502.45 m = 8210.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 741.47 mb = 2467.35 m = 8094.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.94 % Est. max temperature: 18.29 C = 64.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.79 mb = 56.73 m = 186.12 ft T: 9.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.17 C/km ThetaE index: 0.92 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 947.66 mb = 466.62 m = 1530.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.15 C = 53.88 F Cap Strength: 10.89 C Lifted Index: 12.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.08 C Showalter Index: 8.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.93 C Cross Totals Index: 18.85 C K Index: 23.68 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 127.50 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14468.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.32 mb = 452.15 m = 1483.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 60.2 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 90.2 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.7 neg: -2.6 tot: 40.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.54 Bulk Shear: 5.79 m/s