MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 27.39,-4.20 Latitude: 27.39 Longitude: -4.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 960 415 33.1 16.1 36 17.0 21.3 317 16 309.8 312.1 295.8 346.5 12.05 2 950 511 31.8 14.8 36 16.9 20.2 321 19 309.4 311.5 295.2 343.6 11.22 3 900 997 31.3 10.7 28 20.6 17.8 308 10 313.8 315.5 294.7 341.7 8.98 4 850 1507 28.5 8.7 29 19.7 15.8 246 2 316.0 317.6 294.8 342.2 8.35 5 800 2041 24.3 7.2 34 17.1 13.6 165 5 317.1 318.6 294.9 342.4 8.01 6 750 2601 19.6 5.8 40 13.8 11.1 162 9 317.8 319.3 294.9 342.3 7.73 7 700 3190 14.4 4.4 51 10.0 8.3 165 12 318.4 319.9 294.8 342.3 7.50 8 650 3811 8.8 2.7 66 6.1 5.2 168 15 318.9 320.3 294.7 341.8 7.18 9 600 4467 3.3 0.2 80 3.1 1.5 171 17 319.9 321.2 294.5 340.7 6.47 10 550 5167 -1.6 -4.4 81 2.8 -3.0 174 17 322.2 323.2 294.0 338.6 5.02 11 500 5920 -6.1 -9.6 76 3.5 -7.7 175 14 325.6 326.3 293.8 337.9 3.69 12 450 6738 -11.2 -15.4 71 4.2 -12.8 179 11 329.2 329.7 293.8 338.0 2.56 13 400 7629 -18.4 -19.9 88 1.5 -18.8 189 14 331.1 331.5 293.8 338.0 1.97 14 350 8613 -25.1 -26.2 90 1.1 -25.3 219 17 335.0 335.2 294.2 339.7 1.29 15 300 9718 -31.7 -32.4 93 0.7 -31.8 253 15 340.7 340.9 295.3 343.9 0.84 16 250 10982 -41.2 -41.7 95 0.5 -41.3 269 18 344.8 344.9 295.8 346.3 0.39 17 200 12458 -53.2 -54.1 89 0.9 -53.2 288 29 348.6 348.6 296.4 349.1 0.12 18 150 14249 -66.2 -70.2 57 4.0 -66.3 285 41 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.02 19 100 16651 -70.5 -81.8 18 11.2 -70.6 342 3 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5860.65 m Freezing level: 566.31 mb = 4939.05 m = 16204.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.01 mb = 4698.47 m = 15414.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.89 % Est. max temperature: 40.04 C = 104.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 751.28 mb = 2586.37 m = 8485.37 ft T: 19.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.51 C/km ThetaE index: 4.84 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 628.52 mb = 4086.36 m = 13406.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.51 C = 108.52 F Cap Strength: 5.33 C Lifted Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.25 C Showalter Index: -0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.56 C Cross Totals Index: 14.82 C K Index: 33.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 129.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 167.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 440.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 688.32 mb = 3330.95 m = 10928.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 543.32 mb = 5263.94 m = 17269.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 313.32 mb = 9406.65 m = 30861.34 ft B at Equ Level: 165.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 223.32 mb = 11728.42 m = 38478.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 177.7 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 207.7 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 4.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.3 neg: -0.7 tot: 38.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.85 Bulk Shear: 90.34 m/s