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: -63.95,-97.50 Latitude: -63.95 Longitude: -97.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 -76 SFC 991 0 0.1 -0.2 98 0.3 -0.0 308 29 274.0 274.6 273.6 284.3 3.80 2 950 334 -1.8 -1.9 99 0.1 -1.9 303 44 275.3 275.9 273.9 284.9 3.50 3 900 763 -3.7 -4.0 98 0.3 -3.8 285 47 277.7 278.2 274.8 286.5 3.16 4 850 1212 -5.9 -6.3 96 0.5 -6.0 285 43 280.0 280.5 275.6 287.9 2.79 5 800 1685 -8.0 -8.5 96 0.6 -8.2 287 48 282.7 283.1 276.6 289.9 2.51 6 750 2185 -10.2 -10.8 96 0.6 -10.4 285 54 285.5 285.9 277.7 292.0 2.24 7 700 2714 -12.9 -13.4 96 0.5 -13.0 284 59 288.2 288.6 278.6 294.0 1.95 8 650 3276 -16.1 -16.4 98 0.3 -16.2 284 63 290.8 291.1 279.4 295.7 1.64 9 600 3874 -19.9 -19.9 100 0.0 -19.9 284 65 293.1 293.3 280.1 297.2 1.31 10 550 4514 -24.5 -24.5 100 0.0 -24.5 282 66 295.0 295.2 280.4 298.0 0.95 11 500 5200 -29.8 -29.8 100 -0.0 -29.7 281 70 296.7 296.9 280.8 298.8 0.65 12 450 5942 -35.4 -35.4 100 -0.0 -35.4 280 75 298.7 298.8 281.4 300.1 0.42 13 400 6750 -42.0 -42.0 100 -0.0 -42.0 276 84 300.4 300.4 281.8 301.2 0.24 14 350 7646 -46.1 -52.3 49 6.2 -46.3 271 96 306.5 306.5 284.1 306.8 0.09 15 300 8658 -51.7 -51.7 100 0.0 -51.7 267 120 312.4 312.5 286.4 312.8 0.11 16 250 9819 -60.1 -60.2 98 0.1 -60.1 263 134 316.7 316.7 287.7 316.9 0.05 17 200 11180 -68.5 -70.1 80 1.6 -68.5 261 130 324.2 324.2 290.0 324.3 0.02 18 150 12879 -73.6 -76.0 69 2.4 -73.6 260 105 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.4 0.01 19 100 15213 -78.8 -85.7 32 6.9 -78.8 264 95 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5276.40 m Freezing level: 988.80 mb = 14.33 m = 47.03 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.93 % Est. max temperature: 6.59 C = 43.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.97 mb = 36.93 m = 121.17 ft T: -0.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 990.5- -0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 934.77 mb = 462.01 m = 1515.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 2.15 C = 35.87 F Cap Strength: 9.21 C Lifted Index: 10.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.91 C Showalter Index: 8.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.91 C Cross Totals Index: 23.43 C K Index: 17.09 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11847.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.37 mb = 448.43 m = 1471.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.2 at 58.4 knts Storm direction: 314.2 at 43.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 6.1 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.2 neg: -23.3 tot: 100.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 80.94 m/s