MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 12Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: -70.54,-52.50 Latitude: -70.54 Longitude: -52.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -172 SFC 979 0 2.7 -0.7 78 3.4 1.3 315 24 277.5 278.2 275.5 287.7 3.70 2 950 243 1.8 -1.5 79 3.3 0.4 311 39 279.0 279.6 276.2 289.1 3.61 3 900 678 1.8 -3.5 68 5.3 -0.4 296 61 283.3 283.9 278.0 292.6 3.28 4 850 1139 1.1 -5.8 60 6.9 -1.6 292 62 287.3 287.8 279.4 295.8 2.91 5 800 1625 -0.4 -8.7 54 8.2 -3.5 289 53 290.7 291.1 280.5 298.0 2.48 6 750 2139 -2.3 -12.9 44 10.6 -5.8 287 48 294.1 294.4 281.3 299.8 1.89 7 700 2685 -4.5 -15.7 41 11.2 -8.0 289 49 297.5 297.8 282.4 302.5 1.61 8 650 3264 -8.4 -18.0 46 9.6 -11.1 295 48 299.5 299.8 283.0 304.0 1.43 9 600 3880 -12.7 -20.3 53 7.6 -14.7 296 49 301.4 301.6 283.6 305.5 1.27 10 550 4537 -17.7 -22.1 68 4.4 -18.7 291 50 303.1 303.3 284.1 306.9 1.18 11 500 5243 -22.8 -24.6 85 1.8 -23.1 291 53 305.3 305.5 284.8 308.7 1.04 12 450 6007 -28.3 -28.9 94 0.6 -28.4 293 61 307.6 307.8 285.4 310.3 0.78 13 400 6841 -34.4 -34.5 100 0.0 -34.4 295 70 310.3 310.4 286.1 312.0 0.51 14 350 7759 -42.1 -42.1 100 0.0 -42.1 291 78 312.0 312.0 286.4 312.9 0.27 15 300 8782 -51.2 -51.2 100 0.0 -51.2 288 83 313.2 313.2 286.6 313.6 0.11 16 250 9940 -61.3 -61.4 98 0.1 -61.3 291 91 314.9 314.9 287.1 315.1 0.04 17 200 11285 -72.9 -73.3 94 0.4 -72.9 281 115 317.4 317.4 287.9 317.4 0.01 18 150 12920 -82.2 -83.5 80 1.3 -82.2 284 100 328.6 328.6 291.3 328.6 0.00 19 100 15141 -85.4 -95.2 16 9.7 -85.4 277 88 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5414.98 m Freezing level: 813.88 mb = 1490.34 m = 4889.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 923.80 mb = 468.03 m = 1535.50 ft Precipitable water: 0.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.44 % Est. max temperature: 13.82 C = 56.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.45 mb = 427.62 m = 1402.94 ft T: 1.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 979.0-9868188356753480989314477680259760128.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 670.70 mb = 3019.00 m = 9904.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.71 C = 74.68 F Cap Strength: 12.01 C Lifted Index: 12.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.67 C Showalter Index: 9.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.90 C Cross Totals Index: 16.97 C K Index: 6.89 Risk: None Sweat Index: 175.98 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10089.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.23 mb = 977.14 m = 3205.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.0 at 51.3 knts Storm direction: 323.0 at 38.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 5.1 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.5 neg: -128.0 tot: -49.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -16.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 39.21 m/s