MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F294.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F294.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 294 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 22.62,-2.09 Latitude: 22.62 Longitude: -2.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 970 335 31.7 13.7 33 18.1 19.6 324 14 307.5 309.4 293.9 338.3 10.18 2 950 523 32.0 10.6 27 21.4 18.2 336 19 309.7 311.3 293.2 335.7 8.47 3 900 1009 31.3 8.7 25 22.5 16.8 1 15 313.7 315.2 293.9 338.3 7.89 4 850 1518 27.3 7.6 29 19.7 14.9 19 10 314.8 316.2 294.0 338.9 7.73 5 800 2049 22.6 6.6 36 15.9 12.7 42 8 315.2 316.7 294.1 339.4 7.69 6 750 2606 17.5 5.5 45 12.0 10.2 62 7 315.6 317.0 294.1 339.3 7.55 7 700 3191 12.2 4.0 57 8.2 7.4 70 7 316.0 317.5 294.1 339.1 7.33 8 650 3807 6.7 2.3 74 4.4 4.2 72 7 316.6 317.9 294.0 338.7 6.99 9 600 4460 1.7 -0.1 88 1.8 0.7 66 8 318.0 319.3 293.9 338.3 6.35 10 550 5156 -2.8 -3.6 94 0.8 -3.2 61 9 320.8 321.9 293.9 338.1 5.34 11 500 5907 -6.9 -8.0 92 1.1 -7.4 56 11 324.6 325.4 293.9 338.5 4.18 12 450 6723 -11.2 -14.0 79 2.8 -12.3 48 5 329.2 329.8 294.1 339.1 2.88 13 400 7618 -16.8 -20.7 72 3.9 -18.0 292 3 333.2 333.6 294.3 339.8 1.85 14 350 8607 -23.3 -26.1 78 2.8 -23.9 272 7 337.4 337.7 294.8 342.2 1.30 15 300 9718 -31.1 -33.2 81 2.1 -31.4 249 9 341.5 341.7 295.4 344.5 0.77 16 250 10984 -40.9 -43.4 76 2.5 -41.1 260 10 345.3 345.4 295.9 346.6 0.33 17 200 12465 -50.9 -66.5 14 15.6 -51.2 95 13 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.02 18 150 14273 -66.0 -71.1 49 5.1 -66.1 149 8 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.02 19 100 16662 -74.3 -81.5 32 7.2 -74.3 94 37 384.2 384.2 302.9 384.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5837.57 m Freezing level: 581.16 mb = 4722.07 m = 15492.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.79 mb = 4583.37 m = 15037.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.92 % Est. max temperature: 39.19 C = 102.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 746.72 mb = 2643.36 m = 8672.34 ft T: 17.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.05 C/km ThetaE index: 2.68 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 624.12 mb = 4138.23 m = 13576.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.47 C = 106.64 F Cap Strength: 4.04 C Lifted Index: 0.92 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.82 C Showalter Index: 0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.22 C Cross Totals Index: 14.52 C K Index: 33.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 122.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4279.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 672.71 mb = 3521.52 m = 11553.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 40.2 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 70.2 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -49.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.1 neg: -0.9 tot: 54.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.67 Bulk Shear: 31.23 m/s