MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 6Z WED 6 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 1014 79 18.7 14.6 77 4.1 16.1 199 18 290.7 292.5 288.7 319.9 10.33 1 1000 194 17.4 13.4 77 4.0 14.9 197 22 290.5 292.3 288.1 318.0 9.71 2 950 629 13.4 12.3 93 1.1 12.7 196 23 290.8 292.5 288.0 317.7 9.50 3 900 1083 10.1 9.9 98 0.3 10.0 194 25 291.9 293.4 287.5 316.2 8.51 4 850 1557 7.8 7.0 94 0.8 7.3 201 24 294.3 295.7 287.3 315.8 7.41 5 800 2055 5.2 3.8 91 1.4 4.4 211 18 296.7 297.8 287.1 315.1 6.28 6 750 2580 2.1 1.0 92 1.2 1.5 234 12 298.9 299.9 287.2 315.2 5.48 7 700 3139 3.2 -10.5 36 13.7 -2.3 318 18 306.0 306.4 286.6 313.7 2.45 8 650 3734 -1.9 -11.7 47 9.7 -5.7 311 21 306.8 307.2 286.9 314.4 2.40 9 600 4363 -7.5 -13.7 61 6.2 -9.7 308 20 307.4 307.8 286.9 314.4 2.20 10 550 5035 -11.2 -26.4 27 15.2 -14.8 315 29 310.8 310.9 286.6 313.5 0.80 11 500 5761 -15.1 -37.7 13 22.6 -18.8 334 40 314.6 314.7 287.3 315.7 0.30 12 450 6551 -18.1 -48.4 5 30.4 -21.7 337 62 320.5 320.6 289.0 320.9 0.11 13 400 7423 -23.0 -47.1 9 24.1 -25.8 328 69 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.6 0.14 14 350 8389 -28.9 -47.4 15 18.5 -30.7 326 81 329.7 329.8 291.8 330.3 0.15 15 300 9473 -37.3 -48.6 30 11.3 -38.2 329 87 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.15 16 250 10706 -44.2 -65.6 8 21.4 -44.9 328 81 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.02 17 200 12192 -47.9 -73.1 4 25.2 -48.5 309 76 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.01 18 150 14056 -56.9 -78.9 5 21.9 -57.2 304 71 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.01 19 100 16532 -69.9 -83.0 13 13.1 -70.0 320 49 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5567.24 m Freezing level: 669.10 mb = 3506.58 m = 11504.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 730.05 mb = 2798.13 m = 9180.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.92 % Est. max temperature: 21.66 C = 70.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.81 mb = 595.33 m = 1953.15 ft T: 13.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.95 C/km ThetaE index: 4.77 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.76 mb = 836.94 m = 2745.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.30 C = 66.74 F Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lifted Index: 2.59 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.72 C Showalter Index: 3.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.91 C Cross Totals Index: 22.08 C K Index: 16.26 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.04 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.17 mb = 779.10 m = 2556.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 918.17 mb = 914.93 m = 3001.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 738.17 mb = 2708.40 m = 8885.71 ft B at Equ Level: 20.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 708.17 mb = 3044.70 m = 9989.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.4 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 313.4 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.2 neg: -7.6 tot: 60.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 130.17 m/s