MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 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 1004 77 22.9 18.1 75 4.7 19.6 77 5 295.6 298.0 292.6 333.4 13.13 1 1000 116 22.2 17.6 75 4.7 19.1 71 5 295.4 297.7 292.2 332.0 12.73 2 950 561 22.0 13.6 59 8.3 16.5 42 6 299.5 301.4 291.7 329.8 10.38 3 900 1031 23.3 6.0 33 17.3 13.1 354 7 305.5 306.8 290.4 325.4 6.53 4 850 1529 22.3 -2.2 19 24.4 9.5 337 12 309.5 310.2 289.2 321.5 3.84 5 800 2050 18.0 -4.6 21 22.6 6.8 332 10 310.3 311.0 289.1 321.1 3.40 6 750 2597 13.1 -7.4 23 20.5 3.6 324 10 310.8 311.3 288.8 320.1 2.92 7 700 3171 8.1 -10.6 25 18.7 0.1 319 16 311.4 311.9 288.5 319.3 2.44 8 650 3776 3.0 -10.8 36 13.7 -2.7 304 25 312.3 312.8 288.9 320.7 2.59 9 600 4417 -2.6 -11.3 51 8.7 -6.1 298 31 313.1 313.6 289.3 321.8 2.69 10 550 5101 -7.4 -12.5 67 5.1 -9.4 283 40 315.3 315.8 289.9 323.9 2.66 11 500 5836 -12.6 -16.7 71 4.1 -13.9 280 39 317.7 318.1 290.2 324.6 2.07 12 450 6631 -18.6 -20.5 85 1.9 -19.1 297 37 319.9 320.2 290.4 325.5 1.66 13 400 7500 -23.1 -34.3 35 11.2 -25.0 276 39 325.0 325.1 290.8 326.9 0.52 14 350 8473 -27.2 -45.4 16 18.2 -29.3 239 50 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.8 0.19 15 300 9561 -36.7 -51.3 21 14.6 -37.7 246 43 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.11 16 250 10793 -47.8 -56.9 34 9.1 -48.1 243 45 334.9 335.0 293.1 335.2 0.07 17 200 12230 -57.5 -66.8 30 9.2 -57.7 266 52 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.02 18 150 14025 -61.9 -77.4 11 15.5 -62.1 260 44 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16466 -70.9 -82.3 17 11.4 -70.9 283 38 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.10 m Freezing level: 623.35 mb = 4118.02 m = 13510.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.61 mb = 3198.47 m = 10493.55 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.36 % Est. max temperature: 36.36 C = 97.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.03 mb = 680.65 m = 2233.09 ft T: 22.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.76 C/km ThetaE index: 14.03 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.89 mb = 3065.68 m = 10057.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.58 C = 101.45 F Cap Strength: 9.61 C Lifted Index: -1.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.92 C Showalter Index: 2.98 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.85 C Cross Totals Index: 10.43 C K Index: 14.04 Risk: None Sweat Index: 62.99 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 139.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 646.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.12 mb = 1670.40 m = 5480.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 591.12 mb = 4534.56 m = 14876.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 401.12 mb = 7479.18 m = 24537.69 ft B at Equ Level: 137.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 331.12 mb = 8864.27 m = 29081.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.7 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 330.7 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.8 neg: -9.9 tot: 0.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.88 Bulk Shear: 74.28 m/s