MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 6Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 47.98,-74.98 Latitude: 47.98 Longitude: -74.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 953 479 20.6 19.9 96 0.7 20.1 189 10 297.8 300.6 295.0 342.8 15.50 2 950 507 20.8 19.7 93 1.1 20.1 193 12 298.3 301.1 295.0 343.0 15.39 3 900 975 19.9 18.2 90 1.7 18.7 212 37 302.0 304.8 295.7 345.6 14.76 4 850 1470 19.3 14.0 71 5.3 15.7 228 34 306.3 308.6 294.8 342.0 11.87 5 800 1989 16.1 10.9 71 5.2 12.7 228 33 308.3 310.2 294.2 339.5 10.28 6 750 2536 12.8 8.2 73 4.7 9.9 229 32 310.5 312.2 293.9 338.5 9.12 7 700 3112 9.0 5.8 81 3.1 7.1 231 31 312.4 314.0 293.9 338.2 8.31 8 650 3723 4.5 3.8 95 0.8 4.1 236 28 314.1 315.6 293.9 338.3 7.75 9 600 4371 0.8 0.8 100 0.0 0.8 245 26 317.0 318.3 293.9 338.4 6.76 10 550 5067 -2.8 -3.0 99 0.2 -2.9 253 25 320.8 321.9 294.0 338.9 5.60 11 500 5817 -7.1 -7.3 98 0.3 -7.2 245 23 324.4 325.3 294.1 339.0 4.41 12 450 6633 -11.2 -14.4 78 3.1 -12.5 243 21 329.1 329.7 294.0 338.7 2.79 13 400 7528 -16.4 -23.4 55 6.9 -18.4 252 20 333.6 333.9 294.0 338.9 1.46 14 350 8519 -23.4 -25.3 84 1.9 -23.9 252 22 337.2 337.5 294.8 342.2 1.39 15 300 9629 -31.4 -31.4 100 -0.0 -31.4 245 34 341.1 341.3 295.4 344.6 0.92 16 250 10890 -42.1 -42.1 100 -0.0 -42.1 247 38 343.4 343.5 295.5 344.9 0.38 17 200 12359 -54.6 -54.7 99 0.1 -54.6 243 44 346.3 346.3 295.9 346.7 0.11 18 150 14151 -63.7 -68.3 53 4.6 -63.7 244 33 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.5 0.03 19 100 16647 -60.6 -83.7 3 23.0 -60.9 210 18 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.19 m Freezing level: 589.03 mb = 4524.02 m = 14842.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.41 mb = 4513.69 m = 14808.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.53 % Est. max temperature: 30.79 C = 87.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.29 mb = 568.14 m = 1863.97 ft T: 20.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 7.45 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.73 mb = 2045.05 m = 6709.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.13 C = 88.04 F Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lifted Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: -1.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.35 C Cross Totals Index: 21.03 C K Index: 37.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.70 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 299.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 117.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.63 mb = 1251.94 m = 4107.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 696.63 mb = 3152.20 m = 10341.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 306.63 mb = 9471.38 m = 31073.69 ft B at Equ Level: 298.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.63 mb = 13495.79 m = 44276.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.1 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 264.1 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 211.5 neg: -4.2 tot: 207.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 13.73 Bulk Shear: 21.82 m/s