MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 12Z SUN 31 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 1008 77 22.8 17.9 74 4.9 19.5 78 9 295.3 297.6 292.3 332.3 12.91 1 1000 146 21.7 17.0 75 4.6 18.6 73 11 294.8 297.0 291.7 330.1 12.30 2 950 590 20.8 13.4 63 7.3 16.1 75 6 298.3 300.1 291.2 328.2 10.25 3 900 1059 23.8 7.9 36 15.9 14.1 334 6 306.1 307.5 291.3 328.7 7.46 4 850 1558 23.3 0.5 22 22.8 10.7 320 13 310.6 311.5 290.3 325.2 4.67 5 800 2082 19.1 -2.5 23 21.5 7.9 280 9 311.5 312.2 290.0 324.1 3.99 6 750 2631 14.1 -4.2 28 18.3 5.0 269 10 311.9 312.6 289.9 323.8 3.74 7 700 3207 8.9 -5.3 36 14.2 2.1 269 13 312.3 313.0 290.0 324.0 3.67 8 650 3814 3.5 -7.1 46 10.6 -1.3 265 19 312.9 313.6 290.0 324.0 3.46 9 600 4457 -2.1 -9.4 57 7.3 -5.2 264 27 313.7 314.3 289.9 323.7 3.12 10 550 5141 -7.8 -12.8 67 5.0 -9.7 265 39 314.8 315.3 289.8 323.3 2.60 11 500 5875 -10.8 -27.0 25 16.2 -14.9 269 38 319.8 320.0 289.6 322.7 0.83 12 450 6680 -15.0 -44.6 6 29.6 -19.4 280 34 324.4 324.4 290.3 325.0 0.16 13 400 7558 -21.8 -46.5 9 24.7 -24.8 284 36 326.6 326.7 290.9 327.2 0.15 14 350 8527 -28.8 -47.0 16 18.2 -30.6 271 43 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.5 0.16 15 300 9611 -37.1 -47.9 32 10.7 -37.9 251 54 333.0 333.1 292.7 333.7 0.17 16 250 10848 -45.6 -56.6 28 11.0 -46.0 254 62 338.3 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.07 17 200 12305 -53.8 -67.6 17 13.7 -54.1 247 60 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 14110 -63.6 -75.6 18 12.0 -63.7 271 35 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16532 -70.4 -82.9 14 12.4 -70.5 273 31 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.40 m Freezing level: 618.93 mb = 4213.54 m = 13823.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.54 mb = 3571.45 m = 11717.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.76 % Est. max temperature: 37.39 C = 99.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.49 mb = 695.56 m = 2281.98 ft T: 21.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.40 C/km ThetaE index: 4.90 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.15 mb = 3181.29 m = 10437.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.88 C = 103.78 F Cap Strength: 11.35 C Lifted Index: 0.86 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.95 C Showalter Index: 2.79 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.17 C Cross Totals Index: 11.37 C K Index: 20.45 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 70.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 793.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.68 mb = 1541.08 m = 5055.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 576.68 mb = 4768.61 m = 15644.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 516.68 mb = 5622.52 m = 18446.36 ft B at Equ Level: 47.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 456.68 mb = 6567.40 m = 21546.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.2 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 302.2 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.7 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.3 neg: -33.5 tot: -2.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 103.05 m/s