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: 8.56,-5.90 Latitude: 8.56 Longitude: -5.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 975 338 21.6 21.2 97 0.5 21.3 249 4 296.9 299.9 295.4 344.4 16.43 2 950 562 19.9 19.7 98 0.3 19.8 256 8 297.4 300.2 294.8 341.9 15.37 3 900 1029 18.1 17.3 95 0.8 17.6 268 10 300.2 302.7 294.6 341.0 13.94 4 850 1518 16.1 14.9 93 1.2 15.3 285 8 303.0 305.3 294.4 340.5 12.64 5 800 2033 13.8 12.4 91 1.4 12.9 285 7 305.9 308.0 294.3 340.0 11.37 6 750 2576 11.0 9.6 91 1.5 10.1 264 4 308.6 310.5 294.1 339.1 10.05 7 700 3150 8.0 7.1 94 0.9 7.5 252 3 311.4 313.1 294.1 339.3 9.08 8 650 3760 5.0 4.0 93 1.0 4.4 290 6 314.6 316.1 294.1 339.1 7.85 9 600 4410 1.2 0.7 96 0.5 1.0 312 6 317.5 318.8 294.0 338.9 6.74 10 550 5108 -1.8 -2.3 96 0.6 -2.1 303 4 322.0 323.1 294.6 341.0 5.87 11 500 5862 -5.5 -6.2 95 0.7 -5.8 274 3 326.3 327.3 294.8 342.3 4.82 12 450 6683 -9.8 -10.6 94 0.8 -10.1 165 5 330.9 331.7 295.3 343.9 3.80 13 400 7584 -15.1 -16.0 93 0.9 -15.4 153 5 335.3 335.9 295.5 344.9 2.74 14 350 8580 -21.7 -22.9 90 1.2 -22.0 104 4 339.5 339.9 295.7 345.8 1.74 15 300 9697 -29.7 -31.7 83 2.0 -30.1 71 14 343.5 343.7 296.0 346.9 0.90 16 250 10968 -40.6 -41.2 94 0.6 -40.6 91 14 345.7 345.8 296.0 347.4 0.42 17 200 12444 -53.7 -54.1 95 0.4 -53.8 85 34 347.7 347.7 296.3 348.2 0.12 18 150 14233 -67.2 -71.0 59 3.7 -67.2 82 45 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.02 19 100 16607 -77.9 -81.8 53 4.0 -77.9 83 38 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.18 m Freezing level: 579.60 mb = 4694.48 m = 15401.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 584.29 mb = 4622.60 m = 15165.83 ft Precipitable water: 2.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.26 % Est. max temperature: 29.06 C = 84.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.85 mb = 392.33 m = 1287.17 ft T: 21.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.00 C/km ThetaE index: 5.30 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.78 mb = 1021.23 m = 3350.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.81 C = 76.66 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: 0.54 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.20 C Showalter Index: 1.07 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.63 C Cross Totals Index: 20.44 C K Index: 35.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.51 mb = 871.89 m = 2860.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 731.51 mb = 2783.99 m = 9133.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 541.51 mb = 5230.93 m = 17161.63 ft B at Equ Level: 46.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 431.51 mb = 7003.92 m = 22978.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.2 at 5.3 knts Storm direction: 309.2 at 4.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 4.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.8 neg: -4.6 tot: 9.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 32.16 Bulk Shear: 1.48 m/s