MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z SAT 13 SEP 25 Station: 0.12,-17.91 Latitude: 0.12 Longitude: -17.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1019 1 23.8 18.6 73 5.2 20.2 154 8 295.4 297.8 292.7 333.7 13.37 1 1000 161 22.1 17.3 74 4.8 18.9 153 8 295.3 297.5 292.1 331.3 12.54 2 950 605 18.3 15.6 84 2.7 16.5 145 6 295.7 297.9 291.6 329.6 11.78 3 900 1067 15.4 12.9 85 2.5 13.8 143 2 297.4 299.3 291.1 327.8 10.47 4 850 1554 17.4 7.2 51 10.3 11.3 47 3 304.4 305.8 290.9 326.9 7.50 5 800 2070 15.8 2.4 40 13.4 8.3 49 6 308.0 309.1 290.4 325.5 5.69 6 750 2615 13.5 -3.1 31 16.7 5.1 61 7 311.3 312.0 290.0 324.1 4.05 7 700 3192 10.3 -6.3 30 16.6 2.4 63 9 313.9 314.6 290.2 324.8 3.41 8 650 3804 6.0 -7.9 36 13.9 -0.4 66 12 315.7 316.4 290.6 326.2 3.23 9 600 4454 1.2 -8.3 49 9.6 -3.1 69 16 317.5 318.2 291.3 328.6 3.40 10 550 5148 -3.3 -9.9 60 6.6 -6.1 66 22 320.2 320.8 292.0 331.0 3.29 11 500 5895 -8.1 -14.6 60 6.4 -10.6 64 28 323.1 323.6 292.1 331.4 2.47 12 450 6707 -11.0 -33.9 13 22.8 -16.1 94 27 329.4 329.5 292.0 331.2 0.48 13 400 7604 -16.9 -40.3 11 23.4 -20.9 117 16 333.1 333.1 292.9 334.2 0.29 14 350 8588 -25.6 -45.1 14 19.5 -27.9 115 30 334.3 334.3 293.1 335.1 0.20 15 300 9684 -34.5 -49.4 21 14.9 -35.7 96 45 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.3 0.14 16 250 10942 -40.4 -63.2 7 22.8 -41.4 91 19 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.1 0.03 17 200 12421 -53.3 -64.3 25 10.9 -53.6 298 19 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.03 18 150 14214 -66.8 -73.4 39 6.6 -66.8 289 37 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.1 0.01 19 100 16596 -75.8 -81.5 41 5.6 -75.9 31 4 381.2 381.2 302.5 381.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.32 m Freezing level: 586.56 mb = 4640.20 m = 15223.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.09 mb = 3714.47 m = 12186.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.61 % Est. max temperature: 30.18 C = 86.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.50 mb = 654.20 m = 2146.31 ft T: 17.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 9.68 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.31 mb = 2953.18 m = 9688.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.32 C = 106.38 F Cap Strength: 6.20 C Lifted Index: 2.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.84 C Showalter Index: 4.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.56 C Cross Totals Index: 15.31 C K Index: 16.11 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 119.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.98 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5572.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.63 mb = 900.89 m = 2955.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 70.2 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 100.2 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.2 neg: -0.4 tot: 23.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 21.52 m/s