MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0000Z 27 AUG 25 Station: -2.69,-44.74 Latitude: -2.69 Longitude: -44.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 15 25.0 22.3 85 2.7 23.0 43 6 297.0 300.0 295.7 345.9 16.90 1 1000 135 24.7 21.9 84 2.9 22.7 45 13 297.9 300.9 295.8 346.4 16.72 2 950 584 22.6 19.4 82 3.2 20.4 52 21 300.1 302.8 295.3 344.3 15.11 3 900 1056 22.3 15.2 64 7.1 17.5 72 11 304.5 306.8 294.5 340.8 12.15 4 850 1552 19.9 12.3 62 7.5 15.0 141 13 307.0 308.9 294.1 339.1 10.66 5 800 2072 15.5 10.0 69 5.6 12.0 145 17 307.7 309.5 293.6 337.0 9.66 6 750 2616 11.0 7.0 76 4.0 8.6 128 18 308.5 310.1 292.8 334.1 8.40 7 700 3188 7.5 -0.1 59 7.6 3.5 108 21 310.8 311.8 291.0 327.7 5.43 8 650 3795 4.7 -14.6 23 19.3 -2.8 91 20 314.3 314.6 288.9 320.5 1.90 9 600 4444 2.8 -38.3 3 41.1 -6.8 98 19 319.4 319.4 288.8 320.2 0.23 10 550 5142 -1.4 -41.3 3 39.9 -9.7 113 28 322.4 322.5 289.7 323.2 0.19 11 500 5895 -4.6 -27.4 15 22.8 -11.1 117 33 327.4 327.6 291.8 330.3 0.81 12 450 6717 -8.9 -38.7 7 29.8 -15.1 90 41 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.2 0.30 13 400 7619 -14.3 -40.2 9 25.9 -19.1 84 20 336.4 336.5 293.7 337.5 0.29 14 350 8616 -22.3 -43.6 13 21.3 -25.4 79 21 338.7 338.7 294.2 339.6 0.23 15 300 9725 -32.3 -47.0 22 14.7 -33.7 89 15 339.8 339.9 294.4 340.6 0.19 16 250 10981 -43.0 -52.6 34 9.6 -43.6 51 16 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.5 0.12 17 200 12447 -53.5 -61.4 38 7.9 -53.7 290 12 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.2 0.05 18 150 14237 -66.7 -70.1 62 3.4 -66.7 207 15 355.2 355.2 297.8 355.3 0.02 19 100 16613 -74.9 -81.4 36 6.4 -75.0 62 7 383.0 383.0 302.7 383.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.49 m Freezing level: 566.48 mb = 4911.90 m = 16114.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.27 mb = 3519.02 m = 11545.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.57 % Est. max temperature: 34.32 C = 93.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.62 mb = 360.22 m = 1181.80 ft T: 23.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.48 C/km ThetaE index: 26.16 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.21 mb = 1858.01 m = 6095.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.46 C = 95.82 F Cap Strength: 3.84 C Lifted Index: 0.33 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.58 C Showalter Index: 2.50 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.49 C Cross Totals Index: 16.97 C K Index: 29.24 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 179.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 146.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.64 mb = 915.60 m = 3003.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.64 mb = 2508.04 m = 8228.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 509.64 mb = 5744.49 m = 18846.54 ft B at Equ Level: 111.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.64 mb = 12777.95 m = 41921.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 105.9 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 135.9 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.6 neg: -26.7 tot: 44.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 4.36 Bulk Shear: 41.23 m/s