MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 30 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 1013 78 21.1 17.1 78 4.0 18.5 186 18 293.2 295.4 291.2 328.0 12.23 1 1000 189 19.4 16.2 82 3.2 17.4 188 24 292.6 294.7 290.5 325.8 11.69 2 950 628 16.1 13.8 86 2.3 14.6 190 27 293.5 295.3 289.8 323.4 10.46 3 900 1086 13.4 11.2 86 2.2 12.0 195 26 295.3 297.0 289.4 322.1 9.30 4 850 1565 10.5 8.7 89 1.8 9.5 202 21 297.1 298.6 289.2 321.5 8.35 5 800 2072 12.8 0.3 42 12.5 6.2 251 8 304.8 305.7 288.6 319.7 4.89 6 750 2614 12.2 -6.2 27 18.4 3.5 308 11 309.8 310.4 288.8 320.0 3.21 7 700 3187 8.1 -6.6 35 14.7 1.3 294 20 311.5 312.1 289.4 322.1 3.33 8 650 3793 3.1 -7.8 45 10.9 -1.8 284 29 312.5 313.1 289.6 322.9 3.26 9 600 4435 -2.4 -10.0 56 7.6 -5.5 279 37 313.4 313.9 289.7 323.0 2.98 10 550 5122 -4.8 -29.6 12 24.8 -11.1 267 31 318.4 318.6 288.9 320.6 0.60 11 500 5864 -10.0 -36.8 9 26.7 -15.3 271 31 320.8 320.9 289.4 322.0 0.33 12 450 6667 -15.7 -42.5 8 26.8 -19.8 280 33 323.5 323.5 290.0 324.3 0.20 13 400 7544 -21.8 -45.9 9 24.1 -24.8 281 37 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.3 0.16 14 350 8513 -29.1 -45.2 20 16.1 -30.8 281 40 329.5 329.6 291.8 330.3 0.19 15 300 9596 -37.2 -49.3 27 12.2 -38.1 270 41 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.5 0.14 16 250 10834 -44.8 -58.2 21 13.3 -45.4 275 55 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.7 0.06 17 200 12290 -55.4 -64.6 31 9.2 -55.6 266 64 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.03 18 150 14083 -64.0 -75.7 19 11.7 -64.1 255 47 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16501 -72.1 -82.7 19 10.6 -72.1 279 37 388.4 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.35 m Freezing level: 621.71 mb = 4156.32 m = 13636.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.73 mb = 3439.44 m = 11284.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.59 % Est. max temperature: 24.60 C = 76.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.55 mb = 577.98 m = 1896.25 ft T: 16.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 8.29 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.20 mb = 1084.23 m = 3557.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.24 C = 73.82 F Cap Strength: 7.04 C Lifted Index: 4.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.99 C Showalter Index: 5.55 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.25 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.51 C Cross Totals Index: 18.75 C K Index: 14.52 Risk: None Sweat Index: 319.95 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6718.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.19 mb = 852.05 m = 2795.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.0 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 288.0 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -121.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.9 neg: -58.6 tot: 7.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: -2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 101.84 m/s