MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z TUE 19 AUG 25 Station: 68.96,-30.62 Latitude: 68.96 Longitude: -30.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 1 950 521 2 900 961 3 850 1420 SFC 818 1729 -2.7 -6.2 77 3.4 -4.0 348 3 286.5 287.0 279.1 295.0 2.95 5 800 1903 -1.5 -8.0 61 6.5 -3.9 303 3 289.6 290.0 280.1 297.3 2.62 6 750 2418 -1.2 -7.1 64 5.9 -3.6 281 10 295.2 295.8 283.1 304.2 2.98 7 700 2967 -2.5 -8.0 66 5.5 -4.7 282 13 299.7 300.3 284.9 308.9 2.99 8 650 3552 -5.4 -8.9 77 3.5 -6.8 265 14 302.8 303.4 286.1 312.1 3.00 9 600 4176 -8.6 -13.6 67 5.1 -10.3 261 23 306.2 306.6 286.5 313.3 2.22 10 550 4848 -10.8 -30.1 19 19.3 -15.0 264 34 311.2 311.3 286.5 313.2 0.57 11 500 5574 -15.3 -37.8 13 22.5 -19.0 264 30 314.4 314.5 287.2 315.5 0.30 12 450 6361 -20.4 -42.4 12 22.0 -23.3 265 34 317.6 317.6 288.2 318.4 0.20 13 400 7223 -25.8 -40.0 25 14.2 -27.6 270 41 321.4 321.5 289.5 322.5 0.29 14 350 8176 -32.9 -42.3 39 9.3 -33.8 276 51 324.3 324.4 290.4 325.3 0.26 15 300 9242 -41.1 -43.3 80 2.1 -41.3 282 75 327.4 327.4 291.3 328.4 0.28 16 250 10453 -51.4 -52.5 87 1.2 -51.4 277 85 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.1 0.12 17 200 11896 -50.3 -69.2 9 18.8 -50.8 270 75 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.02 18 150 13785 -48.5 -78.5 2 30.0 -49.2 255 46 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.6 0.01 19 100 16451 -50.1 -79.7 2 29.7 -51.0 255 23 431.0 431.0 309.0 431.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5473.38 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.42 % Est. max temperature: 11.67 C = 53.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 774.55 mb = 2160.94 m = 7089.60 ft T: -1.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.92 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 537.60 mb = 5021.34 m = 16474.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.38 C = 70.48 F Cap Strength: 11.23 C Lifted Index: 12.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.98 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14565.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 698.53 mb = 2983.60 m = 9788.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.4 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 297.4 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 4.2 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 85.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.67 Bulk Shear: 63.93 m/s