MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 42.42,-76.34 Latitude: 42.42 Longitude: -76.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 181 SFC 978 374 25.2 13.5 48 11.8 17.6 319 3 300.3 302.1 291.6 329.6 9.96 2 950 627 21.5 10.5 49 11.0 14.7 312 4 299.0 300.6 289.9 323.8 8.43 3 900 1092 17.0 9.4 61 7.6 12.4 306 3 299.0 300.5 289.8 323.3 8.27 4 850 1576 12.5 8.2 75 4.3 10.0 319 3 299.3 300.7 289.6 323.0 8.06 5 800 2083 9.4 4.5 72 4.8 6.7 17 5 301.1 302.4 289.0 320.9 6.62 6 750 2615 6.1 -1.6 58 7.8 2.3 43 6 303.2 304.0 287.8 317.0 4.52 7 700 3178 3.8 -13.3 27 17.1 -2.7 45 4 306.7 307.1 286.4 313.0 1.95 8 650 3776 1.3 -21.1 17 22.4 -5.8 295 4 310.5 310.7 286.8 314.1 1.09 9 600 4416 -2.0 -24.0 17 22.0 -8.4 281 8 313.8 314.0 287.7 316.9 0.91 10 550 5102 -6.2 -34.4 9 28.2 -12.3 290 7 316.8 316.9 288.1 318.1 0.38 11 500 5839 -11.5 -39.7 8 28.1 -16.4 288 5 319.0 319.0 288.7 319.9 0.24 12 450 6637 -17.8 -36.8 17 19.0 -21.0 317 2 320.9 321.0 289.5 322.2 0.36 13 400 7504 -25.3 -34.1 44 8.8 -26.7 21 6 322.1 322.2 290.0 324.1 0.53 14 350 8458 -33.1 -50.0 17 16.9 -34.4 26 4 324.1 324.1 290.1 324.5 0.11 15 300 9521 -41.2 -56.6 17 15.4 -41.9 22 0 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.5 0.06 16 250 10737 -49.1 -60.3 26 11.2 -49.4 273 18 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.3 0.05 17 200 12186 -53.2 -67.0 17 13.8 -53.5 264 36 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 14024 -57.2 -78.8 5 21.5 -57.5 263 40 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.01 19 100 16561 -60.1 -85.2 2 25.1 -60.4 271 30 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.94 m Freezing level: 630.09 mb = 4030.99 m = 13224.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 726.86 mb = 2870.54 m = 9417.65 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.81 % Est. max temperature: 25.04 C = 77.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.90 mb = 1847.00 m = 6059.64 ft T: 10.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 16.57 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.83 mb = 2357.05 m = 7733.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.16 C = 80.89 F Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lifted Index: 2.49 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.64 C Showalter Index: 3.26 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.84 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.08 C Cross Totals Index: 19.77 C K Index: 15.15 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 109.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6595.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.60 mb = 2003.83 m = 6574.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.0 at 5.0 knts Storm direction: 344.0 at 3.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -130.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: -1.1 tot: 2.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.19 Bulk Shear: 0.38 m/s