MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 35.81,-74.51 Latitude: 35.81 Longitude: -74.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1016 1 28.5 23.3 73 5.2 24.7 329 6 300.3 303.6 297.3 353.0 17.99 1 1000 144 27.4 21.6 71 5.8 23.2 331 6 300.5 303.6 296.4 348.8 16.46 2 950 597 24.1 19.0 73 5.1 20.5 325 6 301.6 304.3 295.5 344.9 14.68 3 900 1068 20.8 17.2 80 3.6 18.3 301 5 302.9 305.5 295.3 343.9 13.82 4 850 1562 17.9 15.0 83 2.9 16.0 277 7 304.9 307.3 295.0 342.9 12.72 5 800 2079 15.3 12.4 83 2.8 13.4 277 8 307.4 309.6 294.8 341.9 11.42 6 750 2625 12.5 9.3 81 3.2 10.4 282 10 310.1 312.0 294.4 340.2 9.83 7 700 3202 9.4 5.2 75 4.2 6.9 285 12 312.9 314.4 293.7 337.5 7.94 8 650 3813 5.6 2.1 78 3.5 3.6 282 14 315.3 316.6 293.6 336.9 6.85 9 600 4465 2.1 -1.9 75 4.0 0.0 281 17 318.6 319.6 293.4 336.4 5.56 10 550 5163 -1.8 -7.5 65 5.7 -4.4 279 19 322.0 322.8 293.0 335.0 3.96 11 500 5915 -6.2 -8.4 84 2.2 -7.2 276 20 325.5 326.3 294.1 339.0 4.05 12 450 6734 -9.9 -12.4 82 2.5 -10.9 269 17 330.8 331.4 294.8 342.1 3.29 13 400 7635 -14.3 -17.1 79 2.8 -15.3 260 14 336.4 336.9 295.6 345.2 2.50 14 350 8637 -20.2 -22.6 81 2.4 -20.9 249 14 341.5 341.9 296.2 348.0 1.78 15 300 9761 -28.3 -29.1 93 0.8 -28.5 234 16 345.5 345.7 296.6 349.8 1.15 16 250 11040 -38.9 -39.3 96 0.4 -38.9 224 18 348.2 348.4 296.7 350.2 0.50 17 200 12528 -51.7 -52.3 93 0.6 -51.7 229 22 350.9 351.0 297.0 351.6 0.15 18 150 14328 -66.8 -68.1 84 1.2 -66.8 241 19 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.1 0.03 19 100 16725 -72.2 -81.4 24 9.2 -72.2 215 25 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.05 m Freezing level: 572.83 mb = 4843.93 m = 15891.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.78 mb = 4467.47 m = 14656.87 ft Precipitable water: 2.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.56 % Est. max temperature: 32.54 C = 90.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.40 mb = 666.85 m = 2187.79 ft T: 23.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 18.04 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.59 mb = 1555.70 m = 5103.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.19 C = 91.74 F Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lifted Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: -0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.16 C Cross Totals Index: 21.22 C K Index: 34.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 210.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.78 mb = 1108.98 m = 3638.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.78 mb = 2842.08 m = 9324.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 400.78 mb = 7620.36 m = 25000.89 ft B at Equ Level: 208.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 250.78 mb = 11018.38 m = 36149.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.7 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 313.7 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.6 neg: -0.2 tot: 12.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 19.81 Bulk Shear: 10.62 m/s