MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 1015 79 20.1 17.0 82 3.1 18.0 181 14 292.0 294.2 290.6 326.2 12.07 1 1000 204 18.9 15.7 82 3.2 16.8 178 19 292.0 294.0 290.0 324.0 11.29 2 950 642 15.1 13.9 93 1.2 14.3 175 22 292.5 294.3 289.5 322.4 10.53 3 900 1098 12.4 11.8 96 0.6 12.0 181 21 294.3 296.0 289.4 322.1 9.71 4 850 1577 10.2 9.8 97 0.4 10.0 192 17 296.8 298.5 289.6 322.9 8.97 5 800 2081 10.1 5.0 70 5.2 7.2 218 8 302.0 303.2 289.5 322.4 6.83 6 750 2621 12.6 -3.3 33 15.9 4.6 325 16 310.3 311.0 289.6 322.9 4.01 7 700 3196 8.4 -5.4 37 13.8 1.8 313 23 311.8 312.5 289.8 323.4 3.64 8 650 3802 3.4 -7.5 45 10.9 -1.5 292 26 312.9 313.5 289.8 323.6 3.35 9 600 4445 -1.8 -12.1 45 10.3 -5.8 276 31 314.1 314.6 289.5 322.3 2.53 10 550 5130 -6.6 -20.2 33 13.6 -10.8 274 32 316.3 316.5 289.0 321.0 1.40 11 500 5872 -8.4 -45.2 3 36.8 -14.6 275 33 322.8 322.8 289.8 323.3 0.14 12 450 6679 -14.9 -46.2 5 31.3 -19.4 278 34 324.5 324.5 290.3 325.0 0.13 13 400 7556 -22.5 -44.9 11 22.4 -25.2 283 31 325.8 325.8 290.7 326.4 0.17 14 350 8520 -30.4 -46.5 19 16.1 -31.9 288 30 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.4 0.17 15 300 9602 -36.4 -55.6 12 19.2 -37.5 283 38 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.07 16 250 10846 -44.1 -59.5 17 15.4 -44.7 285 50 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.05 17 200 12307 -54.5 -65.6 24 11.1 -54.7 281 55 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.03 18 150 14106 -63.9 -75.4 19 11.5 -64.0 278 41 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16510 -74.1 -82.5 26 8.4 -74.1 268 39 384.6 384.6 303.0 384.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.78 m Freezing level: 616.89 mb = 4228.05 m = 13871.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.91 mb = 3518.61 m = 11543.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.91 % Est. max temperature: 24.16 C = 75.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.84 mb = 474.16 m = 1555.62 ft T: 16.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 4.08 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.56 mb = 852.79 m = 2797.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.38 C = 70.48 F Cap Strength: 7.86 C Lifted Index: 6.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.69 C Showalter Index: 6.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.63 C Cross Totals Index: 18.20 C K Index: 14.57 Risk: None Sweat Index: 333.54 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6872.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.34 mb = 755.11 m = 2477.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.5 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 295.5 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -140.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.6 neg: -47.8 tot: 3.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: -2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 116.59 m/s