MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 12Z SUN 7 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 1012 77 21.3 14.7 66 6.7 17.0 90 7 293.4 295.3 289.7 323.1 10.40 1 1000 184 19.7 13.8 69 5.8 16.0 87 6 292.8 294.6 289.1 321.2 9.97 2 950 624 18.4 9.6 56 8.8 13.1 122 2 295.8 297.3 288.3 318.7 7.89 3 900 1087 17.9 -0.3 29 18.2 8.6 197 7 300.0 300.8 286.2 312.5 4.16 4 850 1573 15.3 -4.5 25 19.8 5.9 218 15 302.2 302.7 286.1 312.0 3.21 5 800 2084 13.5 -7.9 22 21.4 3.9 236 25 305.6 306.1 286.7 313.8 2.63 6 750 2624 10.3 -15.5 15 25.8 0.5 226 40 307.8 308.1 286.3 312.7 1.53 7 700 3193 6.7 -20.3 12 27.0 -2.4 219 48 309.9 310.1 286.6 313.5 1.08 8 650 3795 2.0 -23.2 13 25.2 -5.7 216 51 311.3 311.4 286.9 314.3 0.91 9 600 4435 -2.5 -25.7 15 23.2 -8.9 217 49 313.2 313.4 287.4 315.9 0.79 10 550 5120 -5.6 -34.2 8 28.5 -11.9 229 49 317.4 317.5 288.3 318.8 0.39 11 500 5862 -8.6 -41.0 5 32.4 -14.6 251 52 322.5 322.6 289.8 323.3 0.21 12 450 6671 -13.5 -48.1 4 34.6 -18.5 256 54 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.7 0.11 13 400 7554 -20.8 -48.6 6 27.8 -24.1 257 54 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.5 0.12 14 350 8525 -28.8 -51.7 9 23.0 -30.7 258 54 329.9 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.09 15 300 9610 -36.2 -58.0 9 21.8 -37.4 263 50 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.6 0.05 16 250 10851 -45.1 -61.5 14 16.4 -45.7 270 49 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.1 0.04 17 200 12302 -56.5 -64.1 38 7.6 -56.6 262 48 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.03 18 150 14079 -67.1 -72.7 45 5.6 -67.1 268 60 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.01 19 100 16512 -67.2 -87.4 4 20.2 -67.4 253 46 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.55 m Freezing level: 627.58 mb = 4081.87 m = 13391.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 741.66 mb = 2715.81 m = 8910.04 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.57 % Est. max temperature: 29.52 C = 85.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.61 mb = 921.17 m = 3022.18 ft T: 18.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 11.11 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 682.52 mb = 3398.35 m = 11149.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.31 C = 100.96 F Cap Strength: 7.61 C Lifted Index: 8.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.78 C Showalter Index: 12.45 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 27.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.90 C Cross Totals Index: 4.09 C K Index: -7.63 Risk: None Sweat Index: 176.06 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8831.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.45 mb = 1638.12 m = 5374.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.5 at 35.1 knts Storm direction: 255.5 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 3.9 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.9 neg: -7.3 tot: 131.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 196.98 m/s