MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: -11.24,-30.00 Latitude: -11.24 Longitude: -30.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 1 25.6 20.9 75 4.7 22.3 105 19 297.3 300.1 294.8 342.1 15.48 1 1000 156 24.0 19.0 74 4.9 20.6 105 22 297.1 299.6 293.7 337.6 13.99 2 950 603 19.8 18.0 89 1.8 18.5 104 22 297.3 299.8 293.6 337.1 13.76 3 900 1067 17.1 14.5 85 2.6 15.4 99 19 299.1 301.2 292.6 333.0 11.63 4 850 1555 15.8 11.0 73 4.8 12.8 88 15 302.7 304.5 292.2 331.7 9.76 5 800 2068 13.1 9.6 79 3.5 10.9 88 10 305.1 306.9 292.6 333.4 9.42 6 750 2609 10.2 7.1 81 3.1 8.4 116 5 307.7 309.3 292.7 333.5 8.49 7 700 3182 7.8 3.2 73 4.6 5.2 162 1 311.1 312.4 292.4 332.5 6.90 8 650 3790 5.0 -2.2 60 7.2 1.3 111 1 314.6 315.6 291.9 330.5 5.01 9 600 4440 2.0 -7.1 51 9.1 -2.3 318 1 318.4 319.1 291.9 330.6 3.74 10 550 5139 0.2 -19.5 21 19.7 -6.8 182 5 324.3 324.6 291.6 329.4 1.48 11 500 5897 -4.0 -27.5 14 23.4 -10.8 223 8 328.1 328.3 292.0 331.0 0.80 12 450 6717 -10.6 -29.8 19 19.2 -15.4 235 10 329.9 330.0 292.4 332.5 0.72 13 400 7609 -18.4 -38.3 16 19.9 -21.8 240 6 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.4 0.35 14 350 8589 -26.1 -46.3 13 20.2 -28.4 13 15 333.6 333.7 292.9 334.3 0.17 15 300 9686 -33.4 -40.5 49 7.1 -34.3 355 35 338.3 338.4 294.3 339.7 0.37 16 250 10942 -42.8 -45.3 76 2.5 -43.0 337 44 342.4 342.5 295.1 343.5 0.27 17 200 12403 -55.6 -56.6 89 1.0 -55.7 314 39 344.6 344.7 295.5 345.0 0.09 18 150 14181 -63.7 -74.3 22 10.6 -63.8 282 37 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16604 -75.6 -82.5 33 6.9 -75.6 260 15 381.7 381.7 302.5 381.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.75 m Freezing level: 547.84 mb = 5172.26 m = 16969.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.69 mb = 4022.22 m = 13196.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.85 % Est. max temperature: 29.78 C = 85.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.59 mb = 597.14 m = 1959.09 ft T: 19.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.36 C/km ThetaE index: 10.36 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.78 mb = 1059.80 m = 3476.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.45 C = 81.41 F Cap Strength: 3.68 C Lifted Index: 3.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.97 C Showalter Index: 6.36 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.86 C Cross Totals Index: 15.07 C K Index: 26.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3685.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.17 mb = 848.79 m = 2784.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 109.3 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 139.3 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -136.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: -38.7 tot: -36.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -12.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: -2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 21.55 m/s