MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 29 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 1005 77 23.4 19.2 78 4.1 20.5 68 8 296.1 298.6 293.5 336.7 14.11 1 1000 118 22.7 18.6 78 4.0 19.9 62 9 295.8 298.3 293.0 335.0 13.64 2 950 564 21.0 15.7 72 5.3 17.5 40 10 298.5 300.7 292.6 333.2 11.92 3 900 1032 21.7 10.6 49 11.1 14.7 354 11 303.9 305.6 291.9 330.7 8.97 4 850 1529 22.7 -0.1 22 22.7 10.3 327 19 309.9 310.7 289.9 323.9 4.48 5 800 2052 18.8 -4.5 20 23.3 7.1 317 24 311.1 311.8 289.3 322.0 3.42 6 750 2599 13.8 -6.7 23 20.6 4.1 312 27 311.6 312.2 289.2 321.4 3.07 7 700 3175 8.6 -9.0 28 17.7 0.8 302 24 312.1 312.6 289.0 320.9 2.76 8 650 3781 3.7 -12.3 30 16.0 -2.7 288 17 313.2 313.6 288.9 320.6 2.29 9 600 4425 -1.8 -12.9 43 11.1 -6.1 289 19 314.0 314.4 289.3 321.7 2.36 10 550 5109 -7.4 -13.2 63 5.8 -9.6 291 27 315.3 315.8 289.8 323.5 2.51 11 500 5844 -12.7 -15.7 78 3.0 -13.7 295 35 317.6 318.0 290.3 325.0 2.26 12 450 6639 -18.3 -19.6 89 1.3 -18.7 288 39 320.3 320.6 290.7 326.3 1.80 13 400 7508 -24.4 -25.4 92 1.0 -24.6 280 39 323.3 323.5 291.0 327.5 1.22 14 350 8466 -32.5 -32.6 99 0.1 -32.5 281 44 324.9 325.1 291.0 327.5 0.70 15 300 9540 -36.3 -52.2 18 15.9 -37.4 239 47 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.10 16 250 10777 -46.7 -60.0 20 13.3 -47.1 242 47 336.7 336.7 293.6 336.9 0.05 17 200 12224 -55.8 -69.1 17 13.3 -56.0 261 51 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.5 0.02 18 150 14023 -63.9 -76.2 17 12.3 -64.0 257 48 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16457 -70.4 -82.5 15 12.1 -70.4 265 37 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.58 m Freezing level: 616.57 mb = 4211.42 m = 13816.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.25 mb = 3313.29 m = 10870.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.50 % Est. max temperature: 36.56 C = 97.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.24 mb = 597.94 m = 1961.72 ft T: 21.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.99 C/km ThetaE index: 16.11 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.15 mb = 2857.44 m = 9374.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.07 C = 102.33 F Cap Strength: 9.39 C Lifted Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.17 C Showalter Index: 1.58 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.99 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.35 C Cross Totals Index: 12.64 C K Index: 17.63 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 72.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 523.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 574.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.75 mb = 1299.13 m = 4262.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 607.75 mb = 4321.41 m = 14177.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 307.75 mb = 9362.23 m = 30715.61 ft B at Equ Level: 514.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 197.75 mb = 12294.88 m = 40337.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.5 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 335.5 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.1 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: -37.8 tot: -36.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -12.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: -2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 6.07 Bulk Shear: 86.32 m/s