MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 30 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 20.3 17.4 83 2.9 18.4 214 16 293.1 295.3 291.3 328.6 12.51 1 1000 116 20.2 17.4 84 2.8 18.3 211 21 293.4 295.6 291.5 329.2 12.59 2 950 558 19.8 14.4 71 5.3 16.3 204 27 297.2 299.2 291.4 329.0 10.95 3 900 1028 24.9 1.0 21 24.0 11.7 251 7 307.2 308.1 289.2 321.3 4.56 4 850 1528 24.2 -5.8 13 29.9 9.2 298 9 311.5 312.0 289.0 320.8 2.92 5 800 2053 19.5 -6.9 16 26.5 6.8 287 14 312.0 312.5 289.1 321.1 2.84 6 750 2602 14.2 -7.8 21 22.0 4.0 283 17 312.0 312.6 289.1 321.1 2.84 7 700 3177 8.7 -8.5 29 17.1 1.0 281 21 312.1 312.6 289.2 321.3 2.88 8 650 3784 3.1 -9.5 39 12.6 -2.3 283 29 312.4 313.0 289.2 321.6 2.86 9 600 4425 -2.3 -12.3 46 10.0 -6.2 280 31 313.5 313.9 289.2 321.5 2.48 10 550 5110 -6.2 -19.6 34 13.4 -10.5 278 29 316.7 317.0 289.3 321.7 1.47 11 500 5852 -8.8 -36.0 9 27.2 -14.5 268 34 322.3 322.4 289.9 323.6 0.35 12 450 6659 -14.3 -41.1 8 26.8 -18.8 276 36 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.1 0.23 13 400 7542 -20.3 -40.7 14 20.4 -23.4 280 35 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.7 0.27 14 350 8515 -28.3 -43.1 23 14.9 -30.0 276 38 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.6 0.24 15 300 9600 -37.2 -48.5 30 11.3 -38.0 275 41 332.9 333.0 292.7 333.6 0.16 16 250 10837 -45.8 -56.3 30 10.5 -46.3 271 34 337.9 338.0 293.9 338.3 0.07 17 200 12282 -56.9 -62.4 50 5.4 -57.1 245 47 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.04 18 150 14065 -66.2 -72.8 39 6.6 -66.2 260 56 356.0 356.1 297.9 356.1 0.01 19 100 16469 -71.4 -82.6 18 11.1 -71.5 254 40 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.97 m Freezing level: 621.47 mb = 4149.68 m = 13614.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.41 mb = 3349.61 m = 10989.41 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.06 % Est. max temperature: 38.33 C = 100.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.15 mb = 448.65 m = 1471.94 ft T: 19.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 8.36 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.34 mb = 3196.79 m = 10488.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.33 C = 102.79 F Cap Strength: 12.65 C Lifted Index: 3.67 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.30 C Showalter Index: 7.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 32.97 C Cross Totals Index: 3.03 C K Index: 10.08 Risk: None Sweat Index: 51.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5672.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.52 mb = 1543.37 m = 5063.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.2 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 301.2 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 3.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.7 neg: -46.7 tot: 3.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.61 Bulk Shear: 81.91 m/s