MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: -29.95,30.98 Latitude: -29.95 Longitude: 30.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1020 79 16.0 11.3 74 4.7 13.3 20 10 287.6 289.0 285.6 310.7 8.28 1 1000 248 14.6 10.1 74 4.5 12.0 25 13 287.7 289.1 285.1 309.5 7.75 2 950 679 10.8 8.9 88 2.0 9.7 34 15 288.2 289.5 285.1 309.4 7.54 3 900 1127 7.4 7.0 98 0.3 7.2 34 15 289.1 290.3 284.9 308.9 7.01 4 850 1597 7.0 1.2 66 5.8 4.1 347 13 293.4 294.3 284.5 307.7 4.89 5 800 2096 6.9 -6.7 37 13.6 1.1 295 10 298.5 299.0 284.3 307.3 2.88 6 750 2624 5.5 -20.3 14 25.8 -2.7 237 9 302.5 302.7 283.7 305.8 1.02 7 700 3184 2.2 -23.9 12 26.2 -5.3 234 16 305.0 305.1 284.4 307.6 0.79 8 650 3778 -1.7 -25.3 15 23.6 -8.1 237 20 307.0 307.2 285.1 309.6 0.75 9 600 4409 -6.1 -25.7 20 19.6 -11.2 230 23 309.0 309.2 285.9 311.6 0.78 10 550 5083 -10.9 -24.1 33 13.2 -14.3 227 29 311.1 311.3 286.9 314.4 0.99 11 500 5808 -15.9 -28.7 32 12.9 -18.6 225 33 313.7 313.8 287.5 316.2 0.71 12 450 6594 -21.0 -32.0 36 11.0 -22.9 221 32 316.8 316.9 288.3 318.9 0.58 13 400 7451 -28.1 -36.3 45 8.2 -29.2 222 29 318.4 318.5 288.7 320.0 0.43 14 350 8395 -35.3 -50.7 19 15.4 -36.3 216 31 321.2 321.2 289.2 321.6 0.10 15 300 9448 -44.4 -54.7 31 10.3 -44.8 218 40 322.8 322.8 289.7 323.1 0.08 16 250 10647 -51.5 -62.1 27 10.6 -51.7 207 60 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.04 17 200 12089 -52.5 -73.1 7 20.5 -52.9 219 59 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 13931 -57.1 -79.0 5 21.9 -57.3 239 63 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.01 19 100 16450 -65.4 -84.9 5 19.5 -65.5 261 42 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5559.88 m Freezing level: 671.55 mb = 3521.86 m = 11554.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 785.89 mb = 2241.38 m = 7353.52 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.29 % Est. max temperature: 20.18 C = 68.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.74 mb = 672.48 m = 2206.26 ft T: 10.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 4.88 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.41 mb = 977.58 m = 3207.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.31 C = 63.16 F Cap Strength: 6.59 C Lifted Index: 6.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.59 C Showalter Index: 7.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.84 C Cross Totals Index: 17.03 C K Index: -2.19 Risk: None Sweat Index: 72.07 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.83 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10577.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.70 mb = 884.97 m = 2903.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.8 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 272.8 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 5.1 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.5 neg: -48.3 tot: -17.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 123.28 m/s