MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 5 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 1010 79 19.2 15.9 81 3.3 17.0 211 19 291.4 293.5 289.8 323.4 11.30 1 1000 168 18.1 14.9 81 3.3 16.0 209 25 291.3 293.2 289.2 321.5 10.67 2 950 605 14.6 12.8 89 1.9 13.5 204 29 292.1 293.8 288.7 319.9 9.80 3 900 1060 11.0 10.7 98 0.3 10.9 202 29 292.9 294.5 288.3 318.6 9.01 4 850 1536 10.2 5.4 72 4.8 7.6 202 9 296.9 298.1 287.5 316.2 6.62 5 800 2044 12.9 -6.0 26 18.8 4.1 0 12 304.9 305.4 286.9 314.4 3.05 6 750 2583 9.6 -9.9 24 19.5 1.3 321 24 306.9 307.4 286.9 314.6 2.40 7 700 3149 4.5 -12.1 29 16.6 -2.0 321 26 307.5 307.9 286.9 314.3 2.15 8 650 3747 0.2 -18.2 24 18.4 -6.0 321 22 309.2 309.4 286.6 313.8 1.41 9 600 4384 -3.4 -29.0 12 25.6 -9.8 317 26 312.2 312.3 286.8 314.2 0.58 10 550 5066 -7.1 -36.8 7 29.8 -13.0 321 39 315.7 315.8 287.7 316.8 0.30 11 500 5804 -10.3 -42.2 5 31.9 -15.7 328 53 320.5 320.6 289.1 321.2 0.19 12 450 6607 -15.3 -34.8 17 19.5 -19.1 331 65 324.0 324.1 290.5 325.6 0.44 13 400 7486 -21.8 -35.8 27 14.0 -24.1 337 71 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.4 0.45 14 350 8454 -29.3 -44.7 21 15.4 -31.0 333 76 329.2 329.2 291.7 330.0 0.20 15 300 9535 -37.5 -52.8 19 15.3 -38.4 331 80 332.6 332.6 292.5 332.9 0.10 16 250 10772 -45.4 -54.5 36 9.0 -45.9 324 75 338.5 338.6 294.0 338.9 0.09 17 200 12244 -52.7 -68.1 14 15.4 -53.0 306 89 349.3 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 14074 -58.3 -78.6 6 20.3 -58.6 316 67 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.01 19 100 16570 -69.3 -83.1 12 13.8 -69.4 300 37 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5636.13 m Freezing level: 647.35 mb = 3780.75 m = 12403.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 730.41 mb = 2799.94 m = 9186.04 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.40 % Est. max temperature: 23.73 C = 74.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.62 mb = 492.30 m = 1615.13 ft T: 15.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 9.03 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.78 mb = 858.66 m = 2817.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.24 C = 68.43 F Cap Strength: 6.39 C Lifted Index: 5.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.91 C Showalter Index: 8.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.12 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.47 C Cross Totals Index: 15.65 C K Index: 9.24 Risk: None Sweat Index: 135.41 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.03 mb = 783.65 m = 2571.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.03 mb = 1013.04 m = 3323.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 885.03 mb = 1199.65 m = 3935.82 ft B at Equ Level: 7.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 845.03 mb = 1585.17 m = 5200.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.3 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 338.3 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 2.8 tot: 9.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.8 neg: -113.5 tot: -49.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -16.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 227.52 m/s