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: 25.06,-12.11 Latitude: 25.06 Longitude: -12.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 968 344 44.7 3.4 8 41.3 19.3 111 9 320.8 321.8 293.6 337.2 5.04 2 950 514 42.7 3.2 9 39.5 18.5 109 11 320.5 321.5 293.6 337.0 5.08 3 900 1012 37.8 2.6 11 35.2 16.5 106 11 320.5 321.5 293.6 337.1 5.13 4 850 1529 32.8 1.9 14 30.9 14.4 102 12 320.5 321.5 293.6 337.1 5.15 5 800 2069 27.4 1.1 18 26.3 12.1 99 12 320.4 321.4 293.6 337.2 5.20 6 750 2634 21.8 0.4 24 21.5 9.6 97 12 320.3 321.3 293.6 337.2 5.24 7 700 3225 15.9 -0.3 33 16.3 6.8 96 11 320.1 321.2 293.7 337.3 5.33 8 650 3848 9.7 -1.2 47 10.9 3.8 98 10 319.9 321.0 293.7 337.4 5.40 9 600 4505 3.2 -2.1 68 5.4 0.4 100 8 319.9 320.9 293.7 337.5 5.46 10 550 5203 -2.7 -4.0 91 1.3 -3.4 96 8 320.8 321.9 293.7 337.7 5.19 11 500 5952 -8.1 -9.2 91 1.1 -8.6 91 9 323.2 324.0 293.3 335.8 3.81 12 450 6763 -12.7 -15.6 79 2.9 -13.7 80 14 327.2 327.7 293.3 335.8 2.51 13 400 7652 -18.0 -30.4 33 12.5 -20.7 70 13 331.6 331.8 292.9 334.4 0.76 14 350 8637 -24.3 -36.7 31 12.4 -26.4 38 8 336.0 336.1 293.7 337.8 0.47 15 300 9745 -31.1 -55.4 7 24.3 -33.0 1 10 341.6 341.6 294.8 341.9 0.07 16 250 11012 -40.6 -63.8 7 23.1 -41.6 5 11 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.03 17 200 12492 -52.5 -69.0 12 16.6 -52.8 346 18 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.02 18 150 14287 -67.2 -75.4 30 8.2 -67.3 341 16 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.01 19 100 16672 -73.3 -81.9 26 8.6 -73.3 111 29 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5901.72 m Freezing level: 572.90 mb = 4883.32 m = 16021.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.36 mb = 4580.79 m = 15028.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.69 % Est. max temperature: 44.31 C = 111.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 536.00 mb = 5405.45 m = 17734.21 ft T: -4.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.80 C/km ThetaE index: 0.21 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 531.35 mb = 5473.94 m = 17958.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.59 C = 114.06 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Showalter Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 40.82 C Cross Totals Index: 9.92 C K Index: 26.41 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 89.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 539.69 mb = 5351.61 m = 17557.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 494.69 mb = 6033.80 m = 19795.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 484.69 mb = 6191.01 m = 20311.48 ft B at Equ Level: 37.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 394.69 mb = 7750.39 m = 25427.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 98.4 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 128.4 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -3.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: -3.6 tot: -2.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.0 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 79.71 Bulk Shear: 0.47 m/s