MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 12Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 10.78,-153.59 Latitude: 10.78 Longitude: -153.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 26.7 22.6 78 4.1 23.7 64 14 298.8 301.9 296.4 349.1 17.27 1 1000 109 25.5 21.2 77 4.3 22.5 64 15 298.7 301.6 295.6 345.4 16.05 2 950 559 21.5 20.1 92 1.4 20.5 66 15 299.0 301.8 295.4 344.8 15.73 3 900 1027 18.7 18.1 96 0.6 18.3 76 13 300.8 303.5 295.3 344.0 14.70 4 850 1518 17.0 14.9 88 2.0 15.6 88 11 303.9 306.3 294.7 341.6 12.67 5 800 2034 14.3 12.7 90 1.6 13.3 82 11 306.4 308.5 294.6 341.3 11.60 6 750 2578 11.5 10.4 93 1.1 10.8 75 10 309.1 311.1 294.7 341.5 10.64 7 700 3153 8.8 7.7 93 1.1 8.2 71 8 312.3 314.1 294.7 341.5 9.48 8 650 3765 5.9 4.4 90 1.5 5.0 72 7 315.6 317.2 294.6 341.0 8.09 9 600 4418 2.5 0.0 83 2.5 1.1 79 8 319.0 320.3 294.2 339.5 6.39 10 550 5117 -1.3 -2.4 92 1.2 -1.9 92 10 322.6 323.7 294.7 341.5 5.83 11 500 5873 -5.4 -7.0 89 1.5 -6.2 101 13 326.4 327.3 294.7 341.5 4.53 12 450 6693 -9.7 -14.8 66 5.1 -11.6 117 18 331.1 331.6 294.4 340.4 2.71 13 400 7593 -15.4 -30.2 27 14.7 -19.0 103 28 334.9 335.1 293.8 337.8 0.78 14 350 8587 -22.6 -35.9 29 13.3 -25.0 94 24 338.3 338.4 294.4 340.2 0.51 15 300 9698 -31.1 -43.3 29 12.2 -32.6 65 15 341.5 341.5 295.0 342.6 0.28 16 250 10962 -41.4 -50.3 38 8.9 -42.0 33 15 344.5 344.5 295.6 345.1 0.15 17 200 12434 -54.3 -60.3 47 6.1 -54.4 95 14 346.8 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.06 18 150 14216 -67.7 -71.7 56 4.0 -67.8 85 29 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.02 19 100 16588 -77.2 -82.7 41 5.5 -77.2 155 8 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.09 m Freezing level: 566.70 mb = 4883.77 m = 16022.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 581.04 mb = 4675.91 m = 15340.73 ft Precipitable water: 2.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.69 % Est. max temperature: 31.06 C = 87.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.49 mb = 526.77 m = 1728.24 ft T: 21.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 7.85 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.67 mb = 896.42 m = 2940.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.21 C = 82.77 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.39 C Showalter Index: 0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.42 C Cross Totals Index: 20.38 C K Index: 36.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 110.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.53 mb = 747.51 m = 2452.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.53 mb = 2091.74 m = 6862.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 284.53 mb = 10065.15 m = 33021.75 ft B at Equ Level: 109.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.53 mb = 12932.51 m = 42428.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 79.8 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 109.8 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -21.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: -5.6 tot: 1.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 25.87 Bulk Shear: 4.26 m/s