MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: -51.55,-58.80 Latitude: -51.55 Longitude: -58.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 58 3.5 -1.6 69 5.1 1.4 235 13 275.3 275.9 273.7 284.5 3.35 1 1000 196 2.0 -2.7 71 4.8 0.1 232 21 275.2 275.7 273.3 283.7 3.12 2 950 606 -2.0 -3.9 87 1.9 -2.7 228 25 275.2 275.7 273.2 283.5 3.02 3 900 1033 -5.5 -6.3 95 0.7 -5.8 221 28 275.8 276.2 273.0 283.2 2.65 4 850 1479 -8.6 -9.5 93 0.9 -8.9 219 28 277.2 277.5 273.1 283.3 2.18 5 800 1952 -6.6 -25.6 20 19.0 -10.6 216 27 284.1 284.2 274.5 285.9 0.59 6 750 2454 -8.8 -28.1 19 19.3 -12.5 220 27 287.0 287.1 275.9 288.6 0.51 7 700 2984 -12.0 -29.7 21 17.7 -15.2 224 27 289.2 289.3 277.0 290.7 0.46 8 650 3547 -15.8 -32.0 24 16.2 -18.3 228 26 291.1 291.2 277.9 292.4 0.40 9 600 4145 -20.0 -33.9 28 13.9 -22.0 230 25 292.9 293.0 278.7 294.1 0.36 10 550 4784 -25.0 -33.2 46 8.2 -26.1 227 25 294.4 294.4 279.4 295.8 0.42 11 500 5468 -30.4 -37.7 49 7.4 -31.1 221 26 296.0 296.1 280.0 297.0 0.30 12 450 6209 -36.0 -42.8 50 6.8 -36.4 223 29 298.0 298.1 280.8 298.7 0.20 13 400 7015 -42.5 -50.5 42 7.9 -42.9 225 32 299.7 299.7 281.3 300.0 0.09 14 350 7905 -48.3 -64.2 14 15.9 -48.6 236 45 303.6 303.6 282.8 303.7 0.02 15 300 8903 -55.6 -68.6 18 13.1 -55.7 242 55 307.0 307.0 284.2 307.1 0.01 16 250 10044 -63.0 -77.9 12 14.9 -63.1 246 62 312.4 312.4 286.2 312.4 0.00 17 200 11397 -66.5 -74.4 32 7.8 -66.6 248 53 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.4 0.01 18 150 13152 -63.8 -82.4 6 18.7 -63.9 255 59 360.2 360.2 298.8 360.3 0.00 19 100 15622 -67.5 -86.7 5 19.2 -67.6 260 73 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5272.79 m Freezing level: 974.69 mb = 403.57 m = 1324.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 997.57 mb = 215.14 m = 705.84 ft Precipitable water: 0.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.62 % Est. max temperature: 4.89 C = 40.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.70 mb = 684.07 m = 2244.30 ft T: -2.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.41 C/km ThetaE index: 1.31 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.68 mb = 879.77 m = 2886.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 3.77 C = 38.79 F Cap Strength: 10.03 C Lifted Index: 10.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.04 C Showalter Index: 10.97 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.81 C Cross Totals Index: 20.87 C K Index: -5.43 Risk: None Sweat Index: 110.89 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.94 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.08 mb = 841.98 m = 2762.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.08 mb = 1058.70 m = 3473.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 877.08 mb = 1234.46 m = 4050.01 ft B at Equ Level: 1.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 847.08 mb = 1505.77 m = 4940.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.8 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 253.8 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.5 neg: -8.5 tot: 23.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 4.49 m/s