MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F345.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F345.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 345 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 9 SEP 25 Station: -54.65,33.90 Latitude: -54.65 Longitude: 33.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -58 SFC 993 -0 -1.0 -4.8 75 3.8 -2.3 257 34 272.8 273.2 271.2 280.1 2.69 2 950 349 -4.9 -8.2 77 3.4 -6.0 255 46 272.2 272.6 270.0 278.2 2.16 3 900 771 -9.0 -9.9 93 1.0 -9.2 253 50 272.3 272.6 269.8 277.8 2.00 4 850 1210 -12.2 -15.2 78 3.0 -12.9 246 54 273.4 273.6 269.5 277.3 1.38 5 800 1671 -15.7 -18.2 81 2.6 -16.2 248 52 274.4 274.6 269.7 277.7 1.14 6 750 2155 -17.7 -34.4 22 16.7 -19.8 250 55 277.3 277.4 270.1 278.2 0.28 7 700 2670 -19.2 -41.4 12 22.2 -21.4 256 61 281.3 281.3 272.2 281.7 0.14 8 650 3219 -20.7 -51.1 5 30.4 -23.0 265 70 285.6 285.6 274.4 285.8 0.05 9 600 3809 -21.6 -59.0 2 37.4 -24.0 272 88 291.1 291.1 277.2 291.2 0.02 10 550 4449 -22.3 -59.5 2 37.2 -24.7 279 116 297.6 297.6 280.3 297.7 0.02 11 500 5145 -25.3 -61.6 2 36.3 -27.3 280 129 302.2 302.2 282.3 302.3 0.02 12 450 5905 -27.9 -62.7 2 34.9 -29.7 281 146 308.2 308.2 284.7 308.3 0.02 13 400 6743 -32.0 -55.7 8 23.7 -33.3 285 157 313.4 313.4 286.6 313.6 0.05 14 350 7677 -37.3 -45.6 42 8.3 -37.9 281 167 318.4 318.5 288.5 319.1 0.19 15 300 8722 -46.0 -49.6 66 3.7 -46.2 278 172 320.5 320.6 289.0 321.1 0.14 16 250 9911 -53.5 -65.0 23 11.5 -53.7 279 158 326.5 326.5 290.7 326.6 0.02 17 200 11339 -54.5 -76.2 5 21.7 -54.7 278 135 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.01 18 150 13180 -55.2 -83.5 2 28.2 -55.6 280 115 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.00 19 100 15759 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 278 105 420.2 420.2 307.7 420.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5202.63 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.10 % Est. max temperature: -0.16 C = 31.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.70 mb = 475.57 m = 1560.25 ft T: -6.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 2.46 C/km ThetaE index: 2.80 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.49 mb = 731.84 m = 2401.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.21 g/kg Conv temperature: -1.43 C = 29.42 F Cap Strength: 16.78 C Lifted Index: 19.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 29.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.65 C Showalter Index: 20.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 23.19 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 13.10 C Cross Totals Index: 10.09 C K Index: -24.31 Risk: None Sweat Index: 332.76 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 5.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 19.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.03 mb = 744.42 m = 2442.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 898.03 mb = 787.49 m = 2583.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 798.03 mb = 1689.04 m = 5541.40 ft B at Equ Level: 3.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 778.03 mb = 1879.52 m = 6166.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.4 at 82.1 knts Storm direction: 299.4 at 61.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 3.5 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 430.2 neg: -11.9 tot: 418.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 139.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 238.57 m/s