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: -52.33,-58.35 Latitude: -52.33 Longitude: -58.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1023 1 4.1 -1.3 68 5.4 1.8 226 22 275.4 276.0 273.9 284.7 3.39 1 1000 181 2.1 -3.8 65 5.9 -0.2 225 27 275.3 275.7 273.0 283.2 2.89 2 950 592 -1.8 -4.7 81 2.8 -2.9 226 28 275.3 275.8 273.0 283.2 2.84 3 900 1019 -5.7 -6.2 96 0.5 -5.9 227 29 275.6 276.1 272.9 283.0 2.66 4 850 1465 -7.6 -12.9 66 5.3 -9.1 223 29 278.2 278.5 272.9 283.0 1.66 5 800 1938 -7.1 -26.3 20 19.2 -11.0 221 30 283.6 283.7 274.2 285.3 0.56 6 750 2439 -9.4 -24.1 29 14.7 -12.5 222 31 286.4 286.5 275.9 288.6 0.73 7 700 2968 -12.6 -24.5 36 12.0 -15.0 222 33 288.6 288.7 277.1 290.9 0.75 8 650 3530 -16.1 -29.4 31 13.4 -18.3 222 35 290.8 290.9 277.9 292.5 0.51 9 600 4128 -20.0 -36.1 22 16.2 -22.1 225 36 293.0 293.0 278.6 293.9 0.29 10 550 4767 -24.8 -37.6 29 12.8 -26.2 227 35 294.7 294.7 279.4 295.6 0.27 11 500 5452 -30.0 -41.5 32 11.5 -30.9 224 33 296.5 296.5 280.1 297.2 0.20 12 450 6193 -36.1 -48.4 27 12.3 -36.7 225 31 297.9 297.9 280.6 298.3 0.11 13 400 6999 -42.8 -50.2 44 7.4 -43.2 221 33 299.3 299.3 281.2 299.7 0.10 14 350 7886 -49.5 -60.2 28 10.7 -49.8 219 34 301.9 301.9 282.2 302.0 0.03 15 300 8877 -57.2 -69.7 19 12.5 -57.3 231 42 304.7 304.7 283.3 304.7 0.01 16 250 10012 -63.3 -71.7 31 8.4 -63.4 241 51 311.9 311.9 286.0 311.9 0.01 17 200 11366 -67.0 -71.6 52 4.5 -67.0 243 54 326.6 326.6 290.7 326.7 0.01 18 150 13117 -63.9 -86.2 3 22.2 -64.0 255 63 359.9 359.9 298.7 360.0 0.00 19 100 15577 -68.4 -86.9 5 18.4 -68.5 261 76 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5271.09 m Freezing level: 973.31 mb = 400.75 m = 1314.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 1001.77 mb = 167.10 m = 548.21 ft Precipitable water: 0.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.08 % Est. max temperature: 5.64 C = 42.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.37 mb = 664.48 m = 2180.01 ft T: -2.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 1.77 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.38 mb = 937.48 m = 3075.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 4.17 C = 39.51 F Cap Strength: 10.49 C Lifted Index: 11.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.64 C Showalter Index: 11.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.40 C Cross Totals Index: 17.06 C K Index: -2.48 Risk: None Sweat Index: 118.01 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14150.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.29 mb = 912.22 m = 2992.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.2 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 254.2 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.2 neg: -3.1 tot: 30.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 4.12 m/s