MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 1009 78 20.3 17.3 83 2.9 18.3 223 7 292.7 294.9 291.1 327.9 12.42 1 1000 153 19.3 17.1 87 2.3 17.8 217 8 292.5 294.7 291.0 327.5 12.34 2 950 593 17.1 15.9 92 1.3 16.3 216 9 294.6 296.7 291.5 329.0 12.02 3 900 1057 19.4 10.2 55 9.2 13.7 279 8 301.5 303.1 290.9 327.3 8.70 4 850 1549 19.4 2.2 32 17.2 9.9 309 21 306.5 307.5 289.6 322.6 5.27 5 800 2068 17.7 -7.1 18 24.8 6.0 310 27 310.0 310.6 288.4 319.0 2.81 6 750 2614 13.5 -10.5 18 24.0 2.9 315 22 311.2 311.6 288.3 318.6 2.29 7 700 3189 8.5 -14.1 19 22.6 -0.4 319 21 311.9 312.2 288.1 317.9 1.83 8 650 3795 3.2 -17.6 20 20.8 -4.2 315 20 312.5 312.8 287.9 317.4 1.47 9 600 4436 -2.1 -21.9 20 19.8 -8.2 303 22 313.6 313.9 287.9 317.4 1.10 10 550 5120 -7.3 -25.7 21 18.4 -12.2 301 30 315.4 315.6 288.2 318.4 0.86 11 500 5855 -12.4 -32.0 18 19.6 -16.6 306 40 317.9 318.0 288.6 319.7 0.52 12 450 6651 -18.0 -33.6 24 15.7 -20.8 301 48 320.7 320.8 289.5 322.4 0.50 13 400 7520 -24.2 -33.2 43 9.0 -25.7 296 51 323.5 323.6 290.5 325.6 0.58 14 350 8478 -32.2 -35.9 69 3.8 -32.7 297 55 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.2 0.51 15 300 9544 -41.5 -42.9 87 1.3 -41.6 297 58 326.8 326.9 291.1 327.9 0.29 16 250 10757 -49.1 -54.9 51 5.8 -49.3 297 72 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.09 17 200 12209 -53.4 -69.3 13 15.9 -53.7 282 58 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 14020 -63.3 -75.8 17 12.5 -63.4 278 47 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16462 -70.0 -82.5 14 12.5 -70.1 288 36 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.01 m Freezing level: 620.17 mb = 4177.44 m = 13705.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.61 mb = 3110.79 m = 10205.88 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.96 % Est. max temperature: 33.20 C = 91.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.99 mb = 449.87 m = 1475.94 ft T: 17.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.85 C/km ThetaE index: 11.64 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.98 mb = 2885.58 m = 9467.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.17 C = 102.51 F Cap Strength: 8.43 C Lifted Index: -0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.85 C Showalter Index: 2.51 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.86 C Cross Totals Index: 14.62 C K Index: 11.45 Risk: None Sweat Index: 107.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 62.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 685.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.92 mb = 897.26 m = 2943.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 541.92 mb = 5234.29 m = 17172.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 291.92 mb = 9725.71 m = 31908.12 ft B at Equ Level: 58.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 261.92 mb = 10447.26 m = 34275.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.1 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 335.1 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.3 neg: -2.8 tot: 71.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.87 Bulk Shear: 72.40 m/s