MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 38.65,-27.21 Latitude: 38.65 Longitude: -27.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1028 2 22.0 15.9 68 6.1 18.0 356 12 292.8 294.8 290.1 324.4 11.10 1 1000 238 19.6 13.9 70 5.7 16.0 356 13 292.7 294.5 289.2 321.3 10.03 2 950 677 15.4 13.0 86 2.4 13.9 356 13 292.8 294.6 289.1 321.2 9.96 3 900 1133 12.3 9.0 80 3.3 10.3 2 14 294.1 295.6 287.8 317.2 8.02 4 850 1614 13.6 -7.8 22 21.4 4.2 0 18 300.4 300.8 284.6 308.1 2.50 5 800 2122 12.6 -14.4 14 27.0 2.1 360 19 304.6 304.8 285.2 309.6 1.57 6 750 2661 11.2 -21.3 8 32.6 0.1 358 20 308.8 309.0 286.0 311.9 0.93 7 700 3234 9.5 -9.0 26 18.5 1.3 349 21 313.1 313.6 289.3 322.0 2.77 8 650 3846 6.2 -1.4 58 7.6 2.2 346 24 316.0 317.1 292.5 333.0 5.32 9 600 4499 3.3 -4.6 56 7.9 -0.6 351 26 319.9 320.8 293.0 334.7 4.54 10 550 5201 0.1 -12.2 39 12.3 -5.1 353 26 324.2 324.8 292.6 333.4 2.73 11 500 5960 -2.8 -25.8 15 23.0 -9.8 350 26 329.7 329.8 292.5 333.0 0.93 12 450 6788 -7.6 -28.2 17 20.6 -13.3 352 25 333.7 333.9 293.5 336.8 0.83 13 400 7690 -15.4 -29.9 28 14.5 -18.9 360 27 335.0 335.1 293.8 337.9 0.80 14 350 8683 -22.8 -40.3 19 17.6 -25.5 342 21 338.0 338.1 294.1 339.3 0.32 15 300 9793 -32.0 -45.8 24 13.9 -33.4 338 22 340.3 340.4 294.6 341.2 0.21 16 250 11050 -43.1 -50.6 44 7.5 -43.6 348 21 342.0 342.0 294.9 342.6 0.15 17 200 12515 -54.6 -59.4 55 4.8 -54.8 331 18 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.06 18 150 14296 -67.6 -70.3 69 2.6 -67.7 322 15 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.02 19 100 16714 -68.0 -82.0 12 14.0 -68.1 351 15 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.76 m Freezing level: 548.10 mb = 5229.44 m = 17156.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.88 mb = 4352.38 m = 14279.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.61 % Est. max temperature: 26.03 C = 78.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.30 mb = 772.63 m = 2534.85 ft T: 14.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.52 C/km ThetaE index: 16.38 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.98 mb = 1124.07 m = 3687.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.28 C = 73.91 F Cap Strength: 10.70 C Lifted Index: 12.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.53 C Showalter Index: 20.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 11.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.34 C Cross Totals Index: -5.02 C K Index: -9.96 Risk: None Sweat Index: 62.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8964.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.09 mb = 965.29 m = 3166.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 353.5 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 23.5 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.1 neg: -1.7 tot: 10.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 8.27 m/s