MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 41.81,-76.66 Latitude: 41.81 Longitude: -76.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 201 SFC 971 453 22.9 6.7 35 16.3 13.5 22 6 298.6 299.7 287.9 317.3 6.34 2 950 643 19.7 4.5 37 15.2 11.3 20 9 297.1 298.2 286.5 313.5 5.54 3 900 1104 15.0 3.3 45 11.7 8.8 18 9 297.0 298.0 286.4 312.9 5.40 4 850 1584 10.5 2.3 57 8.2 6.2 16 8 297.1 298.1 286.3 312.8 5.31 5 800 2085 5.8 1.1 72 4.7 3.4 14 8 297.3 298.3 286.2 312.6 5.17 6 750 2610 4.5 -12.0 29 16.5 -1.8 4 9 301.5 301.9 284.5 307.8 2.03 7 700 3170 3.2 -23.8 12 27.0 -4.8 341 11 306.0 306.2 284.8 308.7 0.80 8 650 3768 1.0 -25.0 12 26.0 -6.4 327 13 310.1 310.3 286.3 312.8 0.77 9 600 4406 -3.0 -27.6 13 24.6 -9.4 305 17 312.6 312.8 287.1 314.9 0.66 10 550 5089 -7.4 -31.5 13 24.2 -12.8 292 21 315.4 315.5 287.8 317.1 0.50 11 500 5823 -12.7 -33.8 15 21.1 -16.9 285 24 317.6 317.7 288.5 319.2 0.44 12 450 6617 -19.1 -38.5 16 19.5 -22.1 280 32 319.3 319.3 288.9 320.4 0.30 13 400 7483 -25.1 -48.7 9 23.6 -27.5 278 38 322.3 322.4 289.6 322.8 0.11 14 350 8438 -32.2 -55.0 9 22.8 -33.7 276 45 325.3 325.3 290.4 325.5 0.06 15 300 9511 -38.2 -43.2 59 5.0 -38.6 266 75 331.6 331.6 292.4 332.6 0.28 16 250 10739 -47.8 -51.2 68 3.3 -48.0 260 84 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.14 17 200 12186 -53.6 -65.4 22 11.9 -53.8 258 84 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.03 18 150 14026 -56.7 -78.7 5 22.0 -57.0 267 63 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.01 19 100 16566 -59.9 -85.0 2 25.1 -60.2 261 44 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5622.61 m Freezing level: 637.09 mb = 3933.00 m = 12903.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 767.04 mb = 2427.36 m = 7963.67 ft Precipitable water: 0.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.32 % Est. max temperature: 21.62 C = 70.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 763.41 mb = 2466.04 m = 8090.59 ft T: 4.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 9.47 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 617.19 mb = 4181.15 m = 13717.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.02 C = 96.83 F Cap Strength: 7.45 C Lifted Index: 7.48 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.64 C Showalter Index: 7.95 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.05 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.11 C Cross Totals Index: 14.94 C K Index: -1.62 Risk: None Sweat Index: 68.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10494.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 755.83 mb = 2547.28 m = 8357.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.4 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 344.4 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: -6.5 tot: -4.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 24.60 m/s