MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 1018 79 19.9 15.9 77 4.1 17.3 169 7 291.6 293.6 289.8 323.3 11.20 1 1000 229 18.6 14.2 76 4.3 15.8 167 9 291.7 293.5 289.0 320.8 10.25 2 950 666 14.5 12.9 90 1.6 13.6 170 10 291.9 293.7 288.8 320.0 9.90 3 900 1122 12.4 9.7 83 2.7 10.8 168 10 294.3 295.8 288.2 318.5 8.41 4 850 1600 9.3 8.6 95 0.7 8.9 168 7 295.9 297.3 288.6 319.8 8.26 5 800 2102 9.7 5.3 74 4.3 7.2 302 3 301.4 302.7 289.5 322.3 7.00 6 750 2639 10.6 -0.2 47 10.8 4.9 316 8 308.0 309.0 289.8 323.5 5.01 7 700 3213 9.1 -5.1 36 14.2 2.2 300 22 312.6 313.3 290.1 324.4 3.73 8 650 3821 3.7 -6.9 46 10.5 -1.2 298 25 313.1 313.8 290.0 324.3 3.51 9 600 4463 -2.4 -8.6 63 6.1 -5.0 296 25 313.3 314.0 290.0 324.0 3.34 10 550 5146 -8.6 -11.0 83 2.4 -9.6 293 27 313.8 314.4 289.8 323.5 3.00 11 500 5884 -9.2 -41.5 5 32.3 -15.0 276 30 321.8 321.8 289.5 322.6 0.20 12 450 6690 -15.0 -45.3 6 30.3 -19.4 277 32 324.3 324.4 290.2 324.9 0.15 13 400 7567 -22.6 -45.7 10 23.1 -25.4 279 32 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.2 0.16 14 350 8531 -30.0 -50.5 12 20.5 -31.7 282 32 328.3 328.4 291.3 328.8 0.11 15 300 9613 -36.5 -56.1 11 19.6 -37.7 287 36 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.06 16 250 10856 -43.8 -60.6 14 16.8 -44.5 286 47 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.04 17 200 12320 -54.6 -64.7 28 10.1 -54.8 287 53 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.03 18 150 14116 -64.4 -74.5 24 10.1 -64.5 283 46 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16524 -73.6 -82.8 23 9.1 -73.6 256 35 385.5 385.5 303.1 385.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.23 m Freezing level: 619.92 mb = 4207.31 m = 13803.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.95 mb = 3609.49 m = 11842.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.67 % Est. max temperature: 23.63 C = 74.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.09 mb = 594.15 m = 1949.29 ft T: 15.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 4.83 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.31 mb = 1165.61 m = 3824.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.76 C = 72.98 F Cap Strength: 8.51 C Lifted Index: 6.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.51 C Showalter Index: 7.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.49 C Cross Totals Index: 17.78 C K Index: 12.83 Risk: None Sweat Index: 147.45 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7726.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.87 mb = 874.14 m = 2867.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.1 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 314.1 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.9 neg: -17.8 tot: 6.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 71.17 m/s