MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 5 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 1015 78 16.8 14.6 87 2.2 15.5 159 6 288.7 290.5 288.0 317.7 10.37 1 1000 208 15.3 14.1 93 1.2 14.5 161 7 288.4 290.2 287.6 316.7 10.13 2 950 641 12.2 12.0 98 0.3 12.0 173 7 289.6 291.2 287.3 315.7 9.28 3 900 1093 10.0 9.8 99 0.1 9.9 174 8 291.8 293.3 287.4 315.9 8.49 4 850 1566 7.5 7.4 99 0.1 7.5 169 6 294.0 295.4 287.4 316.0 7.62 5 800 2065 5.5 5.4 100 0.1 5.5 4 2 297.0 298.3 288.0 317.6 7.06 6 750 2591 2.9 2.0 94 0.8 2.4 272 14 299.7 300.8 287.9 317.3 5.92 7 700 3152 4.8 -7.8 39 12.6 -0.7 262 41 307.8 308.4 287.9 317.4 3.03 8 650 3752 0.9 -12.9 35 13.9 -4.4 264 52 310.0 310.4 287.8 317.0 2.17 9 600 4390 -3.4 -23.0 20 19.6 -9.1 254 65 312.2 312.4 287.3 315.6 1.00 10 550 5073 -6.4 -47.1 2 40.7 -12.9 247 71 316.5 316.6 287.7 316.9 0.10 11 500 5812 -10.2 -48.2 3 38.1 -15.9 253 74 320.6 320.7 289.0 321.0 0.10 12 450 6618 -13.2 -45.2 5 32.0 -18.2 249 79 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.2 0.15 13 400 7507 -18.5 -41.9 11 23.5 -22.1 240 93 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.9 0.24 14 350 8487 -26.2 -39.8 27 13.6 -28.1 241 93 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.8 0.34 15 300 9580 -35.7 -41.4 56 5.7 -36.2 243 93 335.1 335.2 293.4 336.4 0.34 16 250 10822 -45.6 -49.0 69 3.4 -45.9 249 92 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.9 0.18 17 200 12265 -58.9 -60.0 87 1.1 -58.9 249 94 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.06 18 150 14027 -65.8 -74.0 31 8.2 -65.8 253 88 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16469 -67.8 -83.7 9 15.9 -67.9 250 59 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5604.30 m Freezing level: 639.26 mb = 3889.05 m = 12759.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.00 mb = 3025.28 m = 9925.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.93 % Est. max temperature: 21.46 C = 70.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.19 mb = 350.71 m = 1150.62 ft T: 14.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 2.04 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 953.32 mb = 611.09 m = 2004.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.61 C = 63.71 F Cap Strength: 6.98 C Lifted Index: 8.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.02 C Showalter Index: 8.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.71 C Cross Totals Index: 17.58 C K Index: 12.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 175.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 954.76 mb = 598.34 m = 1963.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 939.76 mb = 731.14 m = 2398.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 849.76 mb = 1568.78 m = 5146.86 ft B at Equ Level: 10.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 769.76 mb = 2378.98 m = 7804.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.9 at 37.0 knts Storm direction: 281.9 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 6.6 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.1 neg: -116.7 tot: -24.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 183.22 m/s