MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 12Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 42.21,-76.66 Latitude: 42.21 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 195 SFC 979 381 19.6 14.9 74 4.7 16.6 182 4 294.6 296.6 290.6 326.0 10.97 2 950 636 20.7 11.8 57 8.9 15.1 215 11 298.2 299.9 290.3 325.0 9.18 3 900 1104 20.5 10.1 51 10.4 14.0 242 10 302.6 304.2 291.3 328.5 8.67 4 850 1595 16.9 9.6 62 7.3 12.4 259 6 303.9 305.5 291.8 330.4 8.86 5 800 2109 12.6 8.3 75 4.4 10.0 278 5 304.6 306.2 291.8 330.4 8.60 6 750 2647 8.4 4.8 78 3.6 6.3 283 4 305.7 307.0 291.0 327.5 7.21 7 700 3215 6.6 -5.4 42 12.0 1.0 255 2 309.8 310.5 289.1 321.3 3.65 8 650 3821 4.2 -9.2 37 13.3 -1.7 284 2 313.7 314.2 289.7 323.1 2.94 9 600 4468 0.8 -11.4 40 12.2 -4.3 288 2 317.1 317.6 290.5 325.9 2.67 10 550 5163 -2.4 -16.6 33 14.2 -7.6 4 2 321.2 321.6 291.0 327.7 1.90 11 500 5914 -6.2 -27.0 17 20.8 -12.0 333 3 325.5 325.6 291.3 328.5 0.84 12 450 6729 -11.4 -35.5 12 24.1 -16.4 110 2 328.9 329.0 291.9 330.5 0.41 13 400 7623 -16.3 -45.0 6 28.7 -20.7 48 3 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.4 0.17 14 350 8612 -24.1 -46.3 11 22.2 -26.9 98 5 336.2 336.3 293.6 336.9 0.17 15 300 9715 -33.2 -49.5 18 16.3 -34.6 95 14 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.2 0.14 16 250 10967 -44.2 -53.3 36 9.0 -44.7 105 18 340.3 340.4 294.5 340.8 0.11 17 200 12421 -56.0 -58.8 71 2.8 -56.1 1 7 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.4 0.07 18 150 14207 -64.7 -68.7 58 3.9 -64.8 324 13 358.5 358.6 298.4 358.7 0.02 19 100 16705 -64.2 -83.8 5 19.6 -64.3 357 7 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.97 m Freezing level: 587.17 mb = 4646.12 m = 15242.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.85 mb = 3430.13 m = 11253.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.94 % Est. max temperature: 29.17 C = 84.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.71 mb = 982.79 m = 3224.33 ft T: 20.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.74 C/km ThetaE index: 9.16 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.19 mb = 2733.44 m = 8967.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.27 C = 88.29 F Cap Strength: 5.55 C Lifted Index: 6.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.40 C Showalter Index: 4.85 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.13 C Cross Totals Index: 15.80 C K Index: 20.74 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 129.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7362.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.06 mb = 1971.77 m = 6468.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.1 at 4.0 knts Storm direction: 295.1 at 3.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 5.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.6 neg: -0.9 tot: 26.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.43 Bulk Shear: 6.62 m/s