MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F366.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F366.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 366 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 12 SEP 25 Station: 26.90,-55.76 Latitude: 26.90 Longitude: -55.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 1 27.3 24.9 87 2.4 25.5 141 37 299.5 303.1 298.3 357.9 19.93 1 1000 98 25.9 23.1 85 2.8 23.9 144 45 299.0 302.3 297.0 351.7 18.05 2 950 548 21.9 20.5 92 1.3 20.9 150 52 299.4 302.3 295.9 346.7 16.21 3 900 1017 19.1 15.4 79 3.8 16.6 158 56 301.2 303.5 293.7 337.4 12.28 4 850 1507 16.7 11.6 72 5.1 13.4 158 60 303.6 305.5 292.7 333.9 10.16 5 800 2022 14.2 9.7 74 4.5 11.4 160 62 306.3 308.1 293.0 334.9 9.50 6 750 2566 11.6 8.1 79 3.5 9.5 163 62 309.2 310.9 293.5 336.8 9.06 7 700 3141 8.9 6.8 87 2.1 7.6 166 58 312.3 314.0 294.3 339.7 8.88 8 650 3753 5.7 4.5 92 1.2 5.0 165 52 315.4 317.0 294.6 341.0 8.16 9 600 4404 1.6 1.3 98 0.3 1.5 165 50 318.0 319.4 294.4 340.4 7.04 10 550 5103 -1.3 -1.8 96 0.5 -1.6 165 48 322.6 323.8 294.9 342.5 6.12 11 500 5859 -4.8 -5.6 94 0.8 -5.2 159 47 327.2 328.2 295.3 344.0 5.05 12 450 6682 -9.0 -9.8 94 0.9 -9.4 154 46 331.9 332.8 295.7 345.7 4.03 13 400 7586 -14.2 -15.0 93 0.8 -14.5 153 45 336.6 337.2 296.0 347.0 2.98 14 350 8587 -20.9 -21.6 95 0.6 -21.1 162 47 340.5 340.9 296.1 347.6 1.95 15 300 9706 -29.3 -29.3 100 0.0 -29.3 172 48 344.1 344.3 296.3 348.3 1.12 16 250 10982 -39.4 -39.8 96 0.4 -39.5 174 43 347.5 347.6 296.5 349.4 0.48 17 200 12468 -51.6 -52.5 90 0.9 -51.6 188 40 351.1 351.1 297.0 351.7 0.15 18 150 14272 -65.9 -66.1 97 0.2 -65.9 224 48 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.7 0.03 19 100 16636 -75.7 -80.7 45 5.0 -75.7 188 1 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.41 m Freezing level: 571.83 mb = 4797.74 m = 15740.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 575.64 mb = 4737.01 m = 15541.17 ft Precipitable water: 2.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.95 % Est. max temperature: 30.89 C = 87.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.29 mb = 308.44 m = 1011.93 ft T: 24.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.01 C/km ThetaE index: 24.01 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.58 mb = 849.00 m = 2785.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.36 C = 83.04 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.99 C Showalter Index: 4.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.45 C Cross Totals Index: 16.38 C K Index: 30.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 1.94 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 215.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.13 mb = 721.96 m = 2368.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.13 mb = 1053.60 m = 3456.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 406.13 mb = 7469.38 m = 24505.53 ft B at Equ Level: 214.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.13 mb = 12590.70 m = 41307.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 160.7 at 53.7 knts Storm direction: 190.7 at 40.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 291.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 291.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 7.30 Bulk Shear: 29.54 m/s