MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0000Z 28 AUG 25 Station: 25.68,-12.25 Latitude: 25.68 Longitude: -12.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 SFC 973 360 24.5 14.6 54 10.0 17.9 17 13 300.0 301.9 292.2 331.5 10.77 2 950 572 23.2 13.8 55 9.4 17.0 23 18 300.7 302.6 292.1 331.5 10.47 3 900 1047 26.5 7.7 30 18.8 14.9 40 4 308.8 310.2 292.0 331.2 7.32 4 850 1549 24.3 5.8 30 18.4 13.1 189 11 311.6 312.9 292.4 332.8 6.83 5 800 2076 21.5 4.6 33 16.9 11.4 207 17 314.0 315.3 293.0 334.9 6.65 6 750 2631 17.4 3.6 40 13.9 9.3 212 19 315.5 316.8 293.4 336.4 6.61 7 700 3216 13.1 2.7 49 10.4 7.1 212 18 316.9 318.2 293.9 338.0 6.65 8 650 3835 8.9 -1.2 49 10.1 3.5 204 16 319.0 320.1 293.4 336.4 5.40 9 600 4491 3.7 -3.8 58 7.5 -0.1 199 15 320.4 321.3 293.3 336.1 4.83 10 550 5192 -1.5 -6.3 70 4.7 -3.8 207 10 322.3 323.1 293.4 336.6 4.36 11 500 5944 -6.4 -11.2 69 4.8 -8.4 227 7 325.2 325.9 293.3 336.2 3.25 12 450 6760 -11.5 -17.3 62 5.8 -13.5 214 9 328.8 329.2 293.4 336.4 2.20 13 400 7653 -17.7 -24.9 53 7.2 -19.6 194 17 332.0 332.3 293.4 336.6 1.27 14 350 8641 -22.6 -43.1 14 20.5 -25.5 219 22 338.3 338.4 294.1 339.3 0.24 15 300 9758 -29.6 -54.4 7 24.7 -31.8 246 22 343.6 343.6 295.3 344.0 0.08 16 250 11032 -39.8 -56.5 15 16.7 -40.8 238 30 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.2 0.07 17 200 12513 -52.0 -60.9 34 8.9 -52.2 253 22 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.7 0.05 18 150 14319 -65.4 -71.3 44 5.9 -65.5 247 23 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.02 19 100 16693 -77.1 -80.1 61 3.1 -77.1 152 1 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.91 m Freezing level: 564.48 mb = 4988.71 m = 16366.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.36 mb = 4472.79 m = 14674.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.30 % Est. max temperature: 37.31 C = 99.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.10 mb = 1640.38 m = 5381.75 ft T: 23.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 0.32 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 608.79 mb = 4372.08 m = 14343.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.55 C = 112.19 F Cap Strength: 9.65 C Lifted Index: 4.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.17 C Showalter Index: 3.55 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.67 C Cross Totals Index: 12.22 C K Index: 26.12 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 99.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.75 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6137.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 748.21 mb = 2651.47 m = 8698.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.3 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 237.3 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 148.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.7 neg: -3.5 tot: 123.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 101.27 m/s