MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 20.6 17.9 85 2.7 18.8 187 17 292.6 294.9 291.5 329.0 12.84 1 1000 191 19.2 16.9 87 2.3 17.7 186 22 292.4 294.5 290.9 327.0 12.23 2 950 630 15.6 15.0 96 0.6 15.2 185 27 293.0 295.0 290.3 325.3 11.33 3 900 1088 13.1 12.9 99 0.2 13.0 192 27 295.0 296.9 290.3 325.0 10.43 4 850 1568 11.2 10.8 97 0.4 10.9 197 21 297.9 299.6 290.5 325.8 9.58 5 800 2073 10.1 6.4 78 3.7 7.9 219 9 301.9 303.3 290.1 324.4 7.54 6 750 2614 12.3 -5.2 29 17.5 3.9 318 12 309.9 310.6 289.0 320.8 3.45 7 700 3188 8.1 -5.7 37 13.8 1.5 301 22 311.4 312.1 289.6 322.7 3.56 8 650 3793 3.0 -7.6 46 10.5 -1.7 287 30 312.3 312.9 289.6 322.9 3.32 9 600 4435 -2.1 -11.6 48 9.4 -5.9 279 37 313.6 314.1 289.4 322.2 2.63 10 550 5124 -3.7 -37.9 5 34.2 -11.0 268 31 319.6 319.7 288.9 320.6 0.26 11 500 5869 -8.7 -45.9 3 37.2 -14.9 276 31 322.4 322.4 289.6 322.9 0.12 12 450 6675 -15.2 -46.6 5 31.4 -19.6 281 33 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.7 0.13 13 400 7552 -22.3 -44.4 12 22.1 -25.1 285 32 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.7 0.18 14 350 8517 -29.7 -47.8 16 18.1 -31.3 292 34 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.3 0.15 15 300 9602 -36.0 -54.7 13 18.7 -37.1 277 40 334.7 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.08 16 250 10845 -44.4 -58.6 19 14.2 -45.0 282 49 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.06 17 200 12305 -54.9 -65.2 27 10.3 -55.1 274 57 345.8 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.03 18 150 14094 -64.8 -74.7 25 9.8 -64.9 275 48 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16508 -73.1 -82.7 22 9.6 -73.2 278 36 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.67 m Freezing level: 621.01 mb = 4165.40 m = 13665.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.48 mb = 3466.89 m = 11374.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.73 % Est. max temperature: 25.06 C = 77.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.57 mb = 411.73 m = 1350.80 ft T: 17.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 4.94 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 941.41 mb = 707.12 m = 2319.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.30 C = 70.34 F Cap Strength: 6.48 C Lifted Index: 4.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.25 C Showalter Index: 4.60 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.93 C Cross Totals Index: 19.49 C K Index: 16.87 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 349.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.66 mb = 668.99 m = 2194.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 930.66 mb = 804.35 m = 2638.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 870.66 mb = 1366.33 m = 4482.67 ft B at Equ Level: 9.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 810.66 mb = 1963.10 m = 6440.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.5 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 288.5 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -129.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.0 neg: -86.7 tot: -13.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: -2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 110.42 m/s