MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 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 11.4 74 4.6 13.3 18 10 287.5 289.0 285.6 310.8 8.34 1 1000 248 14.6 10.2 75 4.4 12.1 23 13 287.8 289.1 285.2 309.8 7.85 2 950 679 10.9 9.0 88 1.9 9.9 33 15 288.3 289.6 285.2 309.7 7.62 3 900 1128 7.6 7.1 97 0.5 7.3 33 15 289.3 290.6 285.1 309.3 7.05 4 850 1598 7.3 0.6 62 6.7 4.0 346 12 293.8 294.6 284.4 307.6 4.71 5 800 2097 7.2 -7.8 34 15.0 0.9 293 9 298.8 299.3 284.1 306.9 2.65 6 750 2626 5.6 -20.2 14 25.8 -2.7 232 9 302.6 302.8 283.8 305.9 1.02 7 700 3186 2.2 -23.8 13 26.0 -5.3 233 16 305.0 305.1 284.4 307.6 0.80 8 650 3779 -1.7 -25.2 15 23.5 -8.1 236 20 307.0 307.2 285.1 309.6 0.76 9 600 4410 -6.1 -25.6 20 19.5 -11.1 231 23 309.1 309.2 285.9 311.7 0.79 10 550 5085 -10.9 -23.7 34 12.8 -14.2 227 29 311.1 311.3 286.9 314.6 1.03 11 500 5809 -16.1 -27.6 36 11.5 -18.6 226 33 313.4 313.5 287.5 316.1 0.79 12 450 6594 -21.2 -32.4 36 11.2 -23.1 221 32 316.6 316.7 288.3 318.6 0.56 13 400 7452 -28.1 -36.3 45 8.2 -29.2 221 27 318.5 318.6 288.8 320.1 0.43 14 350 8395 -35.6 -50.0 21 14.4 -36.5 216 27 320.7 320.8 289.1 321.2 0.11 15 300 9447 -44.3 -57.9 21 13.6 -44.8 215 38 322.9 322.9 289.7 323.1 0.05 16 250 10646 -51.4 -62.8 24 11.5 -51.7 209 57 329.7 329.7 291.6 329.8 0.03 17 200 12090 -52.1 -72.9 6 20.8 -52.4 223 57 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 13935 -57.4 -79.0 5 21.6 -57.6 239 60 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.01 19 100 16452 -65.3 -84.9 5 19.6 -65.5 258 40 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5561.44 m Freezing level: 671.65 mb = 3522.14 m = 11555.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 787.43 mb = 2226.63 m = 7305.14 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.16 % Est. max temperature: 20.48 C = 68.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.49 mb = 656.92 m = 2155.23 ft T: 11.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 4.92 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.11 mb = 980.32 m = 3216.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.49 C = 63.49 F Cap Strength: 6.44 C Lifted Index: 6.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.44 C Showalter Index: 7.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.43 C Cross Totals Index: 16.75 C K Index: -1.98 Risk: None Sweat Index: 65.31 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.85 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10324.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.97 mb = 873.58 m = 2866.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.2 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 272.2 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 5.1 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.2 neg: -44.4 tot: -9.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 121.77 m/s