MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 42.69,-77.36 Latitude: 42.69 Longitude: -77.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 204 SFC 982 359 23.6 16.7 65 6.9 18.9 159 5 298.2 300.5 292.7 333.8 12.25 2 950 653 24.4 13.8 52 10.6 17.4 169 11 301.9 303.8 292.5 332.9 10.47 3 900 1123 20.5 11.7 57 8.8 14.9 180 11 302.6 304.4 292.0 331.2 9.62 4 850 1614 16.3 9.8 65 6.5 12.3 197 9 303.2 304.9 291.7 329.9 8.96 5 800 2126 12.0 7.3 73 4.8 9.2 220 8 304.0 305.5 291.2 328.0 8.02 6 750 2663 7.6 4.7 82 2.9 5.9 233 8 304.8 306.1 290.7 326.4 7.14 7 700 3228 3.9 0.3 77 3.6 2.1 206 5 306.8 307.9 290.0 324.0 5.60 8 650 3827 0.5 -4.6 68 5.1 -1.9 127 1 309.5 310.3 289.6 322.6 4.18 9 600 4467 -1.5 -7.8 62 6.3 -4.3 358 3 314.4 315.0 290.5 325.7 3.54 10 550 5157 -4.4 -13.0 51 8.6 -7.8 329 8 318.8 319.3 290.9 327.2 2.55 11 500 5901 -8.6 -19.3 42 10.7 -12.1 314 9 322.5 322.9 291.2 328.2 1.66 12 450 6711 -13.3 -21.8 49 8.5 -15.8 311 17 326.5 326.8 292.2 331.7 1.48 13 400 7597 -19.5 -27.9 47 8.4 -21.4 305 20 329.7 329.9 292.6 333.1 0.96 14 350 8574 -27.2 -35.6 44 8.5 -28.5 299 22 332.1 332.2 292.8 334.1 0.52 15 300 9665 -35.6 -46.3 32 10.7 -36.5 306 18 335.2 335.3 293.3 336.0 0.20 16 250 10905 -45.5 -54.5 35 9.1 -45.9 297 21 338.4 338.5 294.0 338.8 0.09 17 200 12360 -53.9 -61.4 39 7.6 -54.1 275 34 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.7 0.05 18 150 14187 -58.0 -76.6 8 18.6 -58.2 268 26 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.01 19 100 16705 -63.5 -84.1 5 20.5 -63.7 279 11 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.63 m Freezing level: 637.40 mb = 3988.31 m = 13084.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.63 mb = 3538.56 m = 11609.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.68 % Est. max temperature: 28.78 C = 83.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.01 mb = 1238.49 m = 4063.25 ft T: 19.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.69 C/km ThetaE index: 11.21 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.77 mb = 2286.25 m = 7500.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.53 C = 85.16 F Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lifted Index: 1.56 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.19 C Showalter Index: 2.67 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.89 C Cross Totals Index: 18.37 C K Index: 31.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 144.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 76.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.87 mb = 1981.03 m = 6499.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.87 mb = 2565.38 m = 8416.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 598.87 mb = 4481.68 m = 14703.50 ft B at Equ Level: 76.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 468.87 mb = 6395.17 m = 20981.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.2 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 271.2 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 9.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.4 neg: -9.1 tot: 22.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.88 Bulk Shear: 13.08 m/s