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: 12.47,-2.93 Latitude: 12.47 Longitude: -2.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 981 286 22.6 20.7 89 2.0 21.3 58 12 297.4 300.3 295.1 343.2 15.83 2 950 566 20.3 19.2 93 1.1 19.5 62 21 297.7 300.4 294.5 340.8 14.85 3 900 1034 19.0 17.2 89 1.8 17.8 47 22 301.1 303.7 294.8 341.9 13.86 4 850 1524 16.8 14.1 84 2.7 15.0 45 24 303.8 306.0 294.2 339.5 12.01 5 800 2041 14.7 11.9 83 2.8 12.9 59 24 306.8 308.9 294.3 340.0 10.99 6 750 2586 11.8 10.1 89 1.7 10.7 76 22 309.4 311.4 294.6 341.1 10.40 7 700 3161 8.6 7.5 93 1.1 7.9 87 21 312.0 313.8 294.5 340.9 9.35 8 650 3772 5.1 4.5 96 0.6 4.8 95 22 314.8 316.3 294.4 340.2 8.14 9 600 4422 1.4 1.2 98 0.2 1.3 107 23 317.8 319.1 294.3 340.0 6.98 10 550 5120 -1.7 -2.0 98 0.3 -1.9 111 20 322.0 323.2 294.7 341.5 6.01 11 500 5875 -5.5 -5.8 98 0.3 -5.7 101 16 326.3 327.3 295.0 342.8 4.98 12 450 6696 -10.0 -10.3 98 0.3 -10.1 89 14 330.7 331.4 295.3 343.9 3.89 13 400 7596 -15.0 -15.2 98 0.2 -15.1 85 16 335.4 336.0 295.7 345.7 2.92 14 350 8593 -21.5 -21.6 99 0.1 -21.5 80 19 339.7 340.1 295.9 346.8 1.94 15 300 9711 -29.7 -29.7 99 0.1 -29.7 81 17 343.6 343.8 296.1 347.7 1.08 16 250 10984 -39.6 -39.6 99 0.1 -39.6 102 7 347.3 347.4 296.4 349.2 0.49 17 200 12473 -51.2 -51.3 99 0.1 -51.2 250 12 351.6 351.7 297.1 352.4 0.17 18 150 14282 -64.5 -66.9 72 2.5 -64.5 104 20 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.2 0.03 19 100 16647 -81.7 -83.0 81 1.3 -81.7 105 46 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.44 m Freezing level: 577.44 mb = 4737.45 m = 15542.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.69 mb = 4698.64 m = 15415.30 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.51 % Est. max temperature: 30.09 C = 86.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.69 mb = 532.36 m = 1746.55 ft T: 20.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 2.44 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.03 mb = 1453.73 m = 4769.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.59 C = 83.47 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: 0.63 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.43 C Showalter Index: 1.51 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.32 C Cross Totals Index: 19.64 C K Index: 35.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.44 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.98 mb = 947.77 m = 3109.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 653.98 mb = 3721.48 m = 12209.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 553.98 mb = 5062.58 m = 16609.30 ft B at Equ Level: 28.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 453.98 mb = 6626.96 m = 21741.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 81.8 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 111.8 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.9 neg: -13.9 tot: 71.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.31 Bulk Shear: 8.82 m/s