MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F222.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F222.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 222 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 6 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 1010 78 21.1 15.7 71 5.4 17.6 162 7 293.4 295.4 290.3 325.2 11.17 1 1000 167 19.6 15.0 75 4.6 16.7 166 8 292.7 294.6 289.8 323.4 10.78 2 950 606 17.0 12.4 74 4.6 14.1 193 9 294.4 296.1 289.3 321.9 9.57 3 900 1066 15.1 7.5 60 7.6 10.7 206 11 297.1 298.4 288.2 318.2 7.23 4 850 1550 14.8 -5.2 25 20.0 5.5 207 12 301.7 302.2 285.7 311.1 3.06 5 800 2060 13.6 -10.6 18 24.2 3.4 240 22 305.7 306.1 286.2 312.5 2.13 6 750 2601 10.9 -12.7 18 23.6 1.3 239 37 308.4 308.8 286.9 314.6 1.92 7 700 3170 6.2 -13.1 24 19.3 -1.4 235 47 309.4 309.7 287.3 315.8 1.99 8 650 3772 1.3 -14.8 29 16.1 -4.6 235 55 310.5 310.8 287.6 316.5 1.86 9 600 4410 -3.0 -19.2 27 16.2 -8.2 241 57 312.7 312.9 287.9 317.3 1.39 10 550 5096 -4.1 -33.8 8 29.7 -11.0 253 57 319.2 319.3 288.9 320.6 0.40 11 500 5844 -7.2 -43.1 4 35.9 -13.7 254 54 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.9 0.17 12 450 6655 -13.3 -45.6 5 32.4 -18.2 239 63 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.1 0.14 13 400 7539 -20.4 -45.5 9 25.1 -23.7 243 71 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.1 0.16 14 350 8512 -28.0 -48.6 12 20.7 -30.0 244 71 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.5 0.13 15 300 9599 -36.1 -54.0 14 17.9 -37.2 255 72 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.08 16 250 10844 -44.6 -48.2 67 3.6 -44.9 266 76 339.7 339.8 294.4 340.5 0.19 17 200 12295 -57.6 -58.9 85 1.3 -57.6 258 80 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.8 0.07 18 150 14050 -69.4 -71.3 76 1.9 -69.5 257 82 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.6 0.02 19 100 16479 -67.2 -84.3 7 17.1 -67.3 255 59 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.35 m Freezing level: 634.58 mb = 3968.60 m = 13020.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 725.72 mb = 2872.55 m = 9424.27 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.52 % Est. max temperature: 28.43 C = 83.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.20 mb = 758.04 m = 2486.99 ft T: 16.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.01 C/km ThetaE index: 14.16 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.85 mb = 2905.26 m = 9531.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.71 C = 98.08 F Cap Strength: 6.64 C Lifted Index: 8.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.96 C Showalter Index: 14.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 24.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.02 C Cross Totals Index: 2.04 C K Index: -2.45 Risk: None Sweat Index: 78.81 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.00 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7880.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.36 mb = 1157.12 m = 3796.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.4 at 37.7 knts Storm direction: 270.4 at 28.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 3.9 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 172.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 172.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 160.04 m/s