MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 78 21.1 17.9 82 3.3 18.9 55 4 293.9 296.3 292.0 330.9 12.95 1 1000 114 21.6 17.4 77 4.3 18.8 45 4 294.8 297.1 291.9 330.8 12.58 2 950 561 26.1 10.0 36 16.1 16.0 350 13 303.7 305.2 291.2 328.0 8.12 3 900 1038 26.7 1.3 19 25.4 12.5 352 25 309.0 309.9 289.8 323.5 4.66 4 850 1538 23.4 -2.0 18 25.4 10.0 308 20 310.7 311.4 289.6 322.9 3.89 5 800 2062 19.8 -4.9 18 24.7 7.4 279 23 312.3 312.9 289.6 322.9 3.33 6 750 2612 14.8 -6.3 23 21.1 4.6 280 24 312.6 313.2 289.6 322.8 3.17 7 700 3189 9.3 -7.4 30 16.7 1.6 285 24 312.8 313.4 289.6 322.8 3.13 8 650 3797 3.5 -8.4 41 12.0 -1.7 290 26 313.0 313.6 289.6 323.0 3.12 9 600 4439 -2.3 -9.7 57 7.4 -5.4 288 29 313.5 314.0 289.8 323.3 3.04 10 550 5123 -7.6 -14.5 58 6.9 -10.1 279 31 315.1 315.5 289.5 322.5 2.26 11 500 5860 -10.7 -25.1 30 14.4 -14.6 273 34 319.9 320.1 289.8 323.4 1.00 12 450 6663 -15.0 -36.5 14 21.6 -19.0 272 33 324.4 324.5 290.5 325.8 0.37 13 400 7544 -20.8 -38.6 19 17.8 -23.7 265 31 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.2 0.34 14 350 8517 -27.9 -41.5 26 13.6 -29.6 264 29 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.3 0.29 15 300 9603 -37.0 -46.6 36 9.6 -37.8 263 36 333.2 333.2 292.8 334.0 0.19 16 250 10835 -47.6 -54.1 47 6.5 -47.9 258 39 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.7 0.10 17 200 12272 -57.4 -65.3 36 7.8 -57.6 249 43 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.03 18 150 14060 -64.5 -75.5 21 11.0 -64.6 253 50 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16478 -72.8 -81.9 24 9.1 -72.9 247 44 387.1 387.1 303.3 387.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.89 m Freezing level: 619.66 mb = 4186.59 m = 13735.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.02 mb = 3475.00 m = 11400.77 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.89 % Est. max temperature: 37.77 C = 99.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.30 mb = 494.17 m = 1621.27 ft T: 25.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 8.12 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 668.26 mb = 3569.62 m = 11711.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.14 C = 104.25 F Cap Strength: 9.44 C Lifted Index: 1.49 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.70 C Showalter Index: 4.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 34.17 C Cross Totals Index: 8.75 C K Index: 15.50 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 74.02 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 54.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5603.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.70 mb = 2336.16 m = 7664.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.7 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 320.7 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 4.5 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: -86.2 tot: -79.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -26.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: -5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.74 Bulk Shear: 73.41 m/s