MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: -29.95,30.98 Latitude: -29.95 Longitude: 30.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 79 19.8 15.0 74 4.8 16.7 25 13 292.4 294.3 289.6 322.7 10.68 1 1000 137 20.0 14.1 69 5.9 16.3 27 17 293.1 294.9 289.4 322.1 10.15 2 950 580 22.3 0.4 23 21.9 10.9 19 22 299.8 300.6 286.2 312.3 4.15 3 900 1049 22.2 -5.5 15 27.7 8.8 15 15 304.3 304.9 286.4 313.1 2.81 4 850 1542 19.6 -8.4 14 28.0 6.8 336 22 306.7 307.1 286.8 314.2 2.38 5 800 2058 15.4 -10.6 16 26.0 4.2 321 26 307.6 308.0 286.9 314.4 2.13 6 750 2601 12.0 -17.0 12 28.9 1.1 321 18 309.6 309.8 286.8 314.0 1.35 7 700 3174 9.1 -32.1 4 41.2 -2.3 332 16 312.6 312.6 286.7 313.9 0.37 8 650 3782 5.1 -34.8 4 39.9 -4.9 330 17 314.8 314.8 287.3 315.9 0.31 9 600 4429 0.7 -33.5 6 34.2 -7.8 331 19 316.9 317.0 288.2 318.2 0.38 10 550 5121 -3.5 -32.1 9 28.7 -10.5 327 24 320.0 320.1 289.3 321.7 0.47 11 500 5868 -7.1 -34.1 10 27.0 -13.2 324 31 324.4 324.4 290.5 325.9 0.42 12 450 6680 -13.0 -42.3 7 29.3 -17.9 319 31 326.9 327.0 291.0 327.7 0.21 13 400 7565 -20.2 -44.4 10 24.2 -23.5 311 30 328.7 328.8 291.6 329.5 0.18 14 350 8537 -28.4 -43.1 23 14.7 -30.1 301 30 330.5 330.5 292.1 331.4 0.24 15 300 9622 -37.6 -47.7 34 10.1 -38.3 306 28 332.4 332.5 292.6 333.1 0.17 16 250 10850 -48.3 -54.8 47 6.5 -48.5 290 39 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.09 17 200 12292 -56.2 -62.8 43 6.7 -56.3 283 32 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.04 18 150 14099 -60.6 -78.0 8 17.4 -60.7 260 55 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16560 -71.6 -83.1 17 11.5 -71.7 289 49 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.89 m Freezing level: 592.03 mb = 4539.09 m = 14891.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 733.91 mb = 2780.64 m = 9122.71 ft Precipitable water: 0.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 13.13 % Est. max temperature: 33.80 C = 92.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.67 mb = 693.09 m = 2273.90 ft T: 22.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 10.34 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 564.65 mb = 4911.77 m = 16114.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.52 C = 115.73 F Cap Strength: 10.55 C Lifted Index: 11.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.55 C Showalter Index: 12.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 25.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.71 C Cross Totals Index: -1.30 C K Index: -22.89 Risk: None Sweat Index: 74.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10083.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 748.10 mb = 2621.65 m = 8601.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.4 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 5.4 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 4.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: -55.1 tot: -50.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -16.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: -3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.23 Bulk Shear: 34.70 m/s