MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 34.97,151.72 Latitude: 34.97 Longitude: 151.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 28.1 23.8 77 4.4 24.9 287 15 300.2 303.6 297.7 354.7 18.61 1 1000 117 27.0 22.2 75 4.8 23.5 287 17 300.1 303.2 296.7 350.2 17.09 2 950 569 22.7 21.1 91 1.5 21.6 285 17 300.2 303.3 296.5 349.6 16.86 3 900 1039 21.2 13.1 60 8.1 16.0 282 20 303.4 305.4 293.0 334.9 10.60 4 850 1533 19.0 8.7 51 10.2 12.6 282 19 306.0 307.6 292.0 331.2 8.35 5 800 2051 16.2 8.2 59 8.0 11.3 283 18 308.4 310.1 293.0 334.6 8.59 6 750 2598 13.2 9.2 76 4.0 10.7 282 18 310.9 312.8 294.6 340.9 9.77 7 700 3177 10.2 6.7 79 3.5 8.1 281 19 313.8 315.5 294.6 341.3 8.86 8 650 3791 6.9 3.3 78 3.6 4.8 282 20 316.8 318.3 294.4 340.5 7.50 9 600 4446 3.8 -1.4 69 5.2 1.0 292 20 320.5 321.6 294.1 339.1 5.77 10 550 5149 0.1 -6.1 63 6.3 -2.9 306 19 324.2 325.1 294.0 338.8 4.40 11 500 5907 -3.8 -11.2 57 7.4 -7.0 318 20 328.4 329.0 294.2 339.4 3.26 12 450 6732 -8.7 -17.8 48 9.1 -12.0 322 17 332.3 332.7 294.3 339.7 2.10 13 400 7635 -14.0 -24.6 40 10.6 -17.1 326 20 336.8 337.0 294.7 341.5 1.30 14 350 8635 -21.0 -30.3 43 9.2 -23.1 328 20 340.4 340.6 295.2 343.7 0.88 15 300 9754 -29.8 -40.1 36 10.3 -31.2 328 26 343.4 343.5 295.5 344.9 0.39 16 250 11026 -39.8 -46.5 48 6.8 -40.4 332 33 346.9 347.0 296.1 347.9 0.23 17 200 12514 -51.3 -59.4 38 8.1 -51.6 326 33 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.7 0.06 18 150 14319 -65.9 -68.2 73 2.3 -66.0 323 36 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.7 0.03 19 100 16714 -73.3 -81.7 26 8.5 -73.3 338 14 386.1 386.1 303.2 386.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.29 m Freezing level: 548.26 mb = 5175.09 m = 16978.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.06 mb = 4621.87 m = 15163.42 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.96 % Est. max temperature: 33.30 C = 91.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.57 mb = 554.28 m = 1818.49 ft T: 22.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 23.53 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.80 mb = 1615.62 m = 5300.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.40 C = 93.92 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: -0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: 6.83 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.78 C Cross Totals Index: 12.54 C K Index: 28.04 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 162.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.69 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 57.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 95.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.51 mb = 900.10 m = 2953.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.51 mb = 3545.65 m = 11632.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 269.51 mb = 10502.08 m = 34455.23 ft B at Equ Level: 56.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 219.51 mb = 11893.66 m = 39020.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.7 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 319.7 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 14.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: -3.8 tot: 5.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 85.02 Bulk Shear: 0.68 m/s