MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 1013 78 22.1 18.5 80 3.6 19.6 203 23 294.2 296.6 292.3 332.2 13.31 1 1000 187 20.5 17.8 84 2.7 18.7 204 31 293.7 296.0 291.9 330.6 12.93 2 950 629 17.5 16.3 93 1.2 16.7 198 33 294.9 297.1 291.8 330.3 12.35 3 900 1090 14.7 13.9 95 0.7 14.2 199 31 296.6 298.7 291.5 329.0 11.19 4 850 1572 12.2 11.4 95 0.8 11.7 209 26 298.9 300.7 291.2 328.1 9.99 5 800 2084 14.8 -2.0 31 16.8 6.2 246 11 306.9 307.7 288.6 319.7 4.12 6 750 2627 12.2 -5.6 28 17.8 3.7 281 17 309.9 310.5 288.9 320.5 3.37 7 700 3199 7.4 -6.5 36 13.9 1.0 299 19 310.7 311.3 289.2 321.3 3.35 8 650 3803 1.9 -7.7 49 9.6 -2.4 296 22 311.1 311.7 289.2 321.5 3.29 9 600 4444 -1.6 -20.6 22 19.0 -7.7 273 36 314.3 314.5 288.2 318.4 1.23 10 550 5132 -4.3 -39.0 5 34.7 -11.4 271 32 319.0 319.0 288.7 319.9 0.24 11 500 5876 -9.1 -44.8 4 35.8 -15.0 276 31 322.0 322.0 289.5 322.5 0.14 12 450 6681 -15.1 -44.9 6 29.8 -19.5 280 33 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.9 0.15 13 400 7559 -21.8 -43.5 12 21.7 -24.6 288 30 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.4 0.20 14 350 8528 -28.6 -49.3 12 20.7 -30.5 294 32 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.7 0.12 15 300 9615 -36.2 -53.8 14 17.7 -37.3 281 41 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.7 0.08 16 250 10854 -45.6 -56.7 27 11.1 -46.1 280 47 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.5 0.07 17 200 12306 -55.3 -64.6 31 9.3 -55.5 265 59 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.03 18 150 14094 -64.9 -74.1 27 9.1 -65.0 266 48 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16511 -72.1 -83.0 18 10.8 -72.2 277 32 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.71 m Freezing level: 623.01 mb = 4148.85 m = 13611.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.54 mb = 3369.44 m = 11054.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.84 % Est. max temperature: 26.24 C = 79.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.42 mb = 534.77 m = 1754.48 ft T: 18.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 12.51 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.68 mb = 886.64 m = 2908.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.81 C = 74.86 F Cap Strength: 4.89 C Lifted Index: 1.99 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.94 C Showalter Index: 3.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.23 C Cross Totals Index: 20.44 C K Index: 18.70 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.06 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.49 mb = 741.67 m = 2433.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 882.49 mb = 1255.50 m = 4119.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 842.49 mb = 1647.10 m = 5403.79 ft B at Equ Level: 8.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 822.49 mb = 1849.74 m = 6068.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.5 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 285.5 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 1.8 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -115.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.1 neg: -56.0 tot: -1.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 90.22 m/s