MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 5.58,-159.59 Latitude: 5.58 Longitude: -159.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 1 27.4 23.2 78 4.2 24.4 121 16 299.6 302.9 297.1 352.4 18.04 1 1000 95 26.4 21.8 76 4.5 23.1 121 18 299.5 302.6 296.3 348.3 16.69 2 950 545 22.1 20.9 93 1.2 21.3 120 18 299.6 302.7 296.2 348.2 16.59 3 900 1014 19.3 18.4 95 0.9 18.7 114 16 301.4 304.1 295.6 345.4 14.97 4 850 1506 17.3 15.7 90 1.7 16.3 107 13 304.3 306.8 295.3 344.0 13.31 5 800 2024 15.3 12.6 84 2.7 13.5 101 13 307.4 309.6 294.8 342.2 11.51 6 750 2570 12.9 9.3 79 3.6 10.6 96 14 310.6 312.4 294.5 340.8 9.86 7 700 3148 10.3 5.2 71 5.1 7.2 98 14 313.9 315.4 294.0 338.6 7.94 8 650 3762 7.2 0.5 62 6.8 3.5 106 13 317.1 318.3 293.4 336.6 6.10 9 600 4416 3.0 -3.2 64 6.2 -0.2 107 12 319.6 320.6 293.3 335.9 5.04 10 550 5116 -1.3 -8.9 56 7.7 -4.7 83 13 322.5 323.2 292.9 334.3 3.53 11 500 5870 -5.4 -21.1 28 15.7 -10.6 76 13 326.4 326.7 292.1 331.4 1.42 12 450 6689 -9.9 -31.5 15 21.5 -15.2 118 11 330.7 330.9 292.5 333.0 0.61 13 400 7586 -16.1 -31.0 27 14.8 -19.5 132 9 334.0 334.2 293.5 336.7 0.72 14 350 8577 -23.0 -33.5 38 10.5 -25.0 136 8 337.8 338.0 294.4 340.3 0.65 15 300 9687 -31.9 -39.2 49 7.3 -32.9 158 10 340.4 340.5 294.8 342.0 0.43 16 250 10947 -42.2 -44.9 75 2.7 -42.4 86 5 343.3 343.4 295.4 344.5 0.28 17 200 12417 -54.1 -55.6 83 1.5 -54.1 7 9 347.1 347.1 296.1 347.5 0.10 18 150 14197 -68.6 -69.8 85 1.2 -68.7 36 13 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.02 19 100 16570 -73.5 -82.5 24 9.0 -73.6 170 14 385.7 385.7 303.2 385.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.02 m Freezing level: 564.98 mb = 4906.26 m = 16096.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.15 mb = 4387.11 m = 14393.23 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.51 % Est. max temperature: 31.45 C = 88.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.74 mb = 529.27 m = 1736.44 ft T: 22.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 20.99 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.43 mb = 866.95 m = 2844.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.59 C = 83.47 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.75 C Cross Totals Index: 21.10 C K Index: 33.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 581.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.46 mb = 744.31 m = 2441.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.46 mb = 1077.13 m = 3533.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 883.46 mb = 1173.97 m = 3851.55 ft B at Equ Level: 5.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 773.46 mb = 2309.05 m = 7575.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 102.1 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 132.1 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -53.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: -12.5 tot: -11.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 102.17 Bulk Shear: 5.69 m/s