MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F174.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F174.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 174 hour GFS valid 12Z THU 4 SEP 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 19.5 15.9 80 3.6 17.2 153 13 291.6 293.6 289.8 323.5 11.29 1 1000 190 17.7 15.2 85 2.5 16.1 154 15 290.9 292.8 289.2 321.6 10.90 2 950 626 14.1 13.2 95 0.9 13.6 161 14 291.5 293.3 288.8 320.1 10.10 3 900 1081 11.7 10.6 93 1.1 11.0 181 12 293.6 295.2 288.5 319.2 8.96 4 850 1558 9.3 8.0 92 1.3 8.5 198 7 295.9 297.3 288.3 318.9 7.93 5 800 2059 6.8 5.2 89 1.6 5.9 266 9 298.4 299.6 288.3 318.7 6.93 6 750 2596 12.5 -6.6 26 19.1 3.5 278 26 310.2 310.8 288.8 320.0 3.10 7 700 3171 9.0 -10.7 24 19.6 0.5 269 37 312.4 312.9 288.8 320.3 2.42 8 650 3778 3.9 -13.9 26 17.9 -3.0 268 45 313.4 313.8 288.7 320.0 2.00 9 600 4421 -1.8 -16.0 33 14.2 -6.9 270 49 314.0 314.4 288.8 320.1 1.83 10 550 5106 -6.1 -25.1 21 18.9 -11.3 263 52 316.8 317.0 288.7 319.9 0.91 11 500 5848 -8.6 -39.7 6 31.1 -14.5 252 51 322.5 322.6 289.8 323.4 0.24 12 450 6657 -13.0 -40.6 8 27.5 -17.9 252 58 326.8 326.9 291.1 327.8 0.25 13 400 7545 -18.7 -41.6 11 22.9 -22.2 255 66 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.6 0.25 14 350 8526 -25.4 -43.6 17 18.2 -27.8 253 70 334.5 334.5 293.2 335.4 0.23 15 300 9623 -34.6 -48.1 24 13.5 -35.7 255 74 336.6 336.7 293.6 337.3 0.16 16 250 10867 -45.6 -55.3 33 9.6 -46.0 247 74 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.6 0.08 17 200 12317 -57.3 -58.7 84 1.4 -57.3 271 72 342.0 342.1 294.9 342.3 0.07 18 150 14084 -66.3 -73.3 37 7.0 -66.3 252 69 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.01 19 100 16495 -72.1 -82.2 20 10.1 -72.1 253 58 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.42 m Freezing level: 615.75 mb = 4218.40 m = 13839.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.35 mb = 3260.65 m = 10697.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.19 % Est. max temperature: 23.20 C = 73.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.48 mb = 532.66 m = 1747.54 ft T: 14.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 4.81 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.08 mb = 804.37 m = 2638.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.24 C = 68.43 F Cap Strength: 8.70 C Lifted Index: 7.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.26 C Showalter Index: 8.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.48 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.88 C Cross Totals Index: 16.60 C K Index: 6.23 Risk: None Sweat Index: 161.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7487.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.00 mb = 715.05 m = 2345.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.8 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 288.8 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.5 neg: -27.9 tot: 49.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 192.27 m/s