MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 41.66,-73.06 Latitude: 41.66 Longitude: -73.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 189 SFC 998 206 18.0 14.6 80 3.4 15.8 348 0 291.3 293.2 289.0 321.1 10.51 2 950 631 18.0 11.5 66 6.5 14.0 54 2 295.4 297.1 289.2 321.4 8.99 3 900 1091 14.3 9.0 70 5.4 11.2 18 4 296.3 297.7 288.6 319.6 8.01 4 850 1571 10.6 6.6 77 3.9 8.3 352 8 297.2 298.5 288.2 318.3 7.22 5 800 2073 6.6 5.1 90 1.5 5.8 350 10 298.2 299.5 288.2 318.5 6.91 6 750 2600 3.6 -0.0 77 3.6 1.8 334 12 300.4 301.4 287.3 315.7 5.10 7 700 3160 4.3 -24.7 10 28.9 -4.3 306 16 307.2 307.3 285.2 309.7 0.74 8 650 3760 1.9 -31.5 6 33.4 -6.5 288 23 311.1 311.2 286.2 312.6 0.42 9 600 4400 -2.2 -31.9 8 29.6 -9.3 273 28 313.6 313.6 287.1 315.1 0.44 10 550 5084 -6.6 -37.1 7 30.5 -12.8 269 32 316.2 316.3 287.9 317.3 0.29 11 500 5824 -9.9 -49.8 2 39.8 -15.7 270 39 320.9 321.0 289.1 321.3 0.08 12 450 6629 -14.5 -38.7 11 24.2 -18.7 268 47 325.1 325.1 290.6 326.2 0.30 13 400 7510 -20.6 -32.8 33 12.2 -22.9 268 56 328.2 328.3 291.8 330.4 0.60 14 350 8486 -25.8 -44.6 15 18.8 -28.1 260 72 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.8 0.21 15 300 9587 -33.0 -51.0 15 18.0 -34.5 253 81 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.3 0.12 16 250 10844 -41.9 -45.6 67 3.7 -42.2 246 95 343.7 343.8 295.4 344.8 0.26 17 200 12321 -51.5 -66.7 15 15.2 -51.8 247 98 351.2 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.02 18 150 14139 -62.1 -76.4 13 14.2 -62.3 246 85 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16637 -63.2 -83.8 5 20.6 -63.4 254 37 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5634.65 m Freezing level: 626.98 mb = 4054.88 m = 13303.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 735.27 mb = 2760.99 m = 9058.27 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.39 % Est. max temperature: 23.94 C = 75.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.58 mb = 643.34 m = 2110.66 ft T: 17.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 8.84 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.65 mb = 1672.26 m = 5486.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.10 C = 75.39 F Cap Strength: 4.56 C Lifted Index: 6.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.47 C Showalter Index: 7.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.48 C Cross Totals Index: 16.55 C K Index: -1.81 Risk: None Sweat Index: 135.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.72 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.34 mb = 1343.29 m = 4407.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.34 mb = 2089.80 m = 6856.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 738.34 mb = 2727.15 m = 8947.24 ft B at Equ Level: 20.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 708.34 mb = 3064.10 m = 10052.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.9 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 315.9 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -30.8 tot: -30.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: -2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 53.38 m/s