MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 43.48,-78.87 Latitude: 43.48 Longitude: -78.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 79 25.3 15.3 54 9.9 18.7 203 8 297.6 299.6 291.5 329.3 10.92 1 1000 165 26.9 8.2 31 18.7 15.7 207 9 300.0 301.3 288.8 320.3 6.83 2 950 615 23.5 7.7 36 15.8 14.1 200 8 301.1 302.3 289.3 321.8 6.96 3 900 1084 19.6 6.3 42 13.4 11.9 193 3 301.7 303.0 289.2 321.6 6.65 4 850 1572 15.5 5.4 51 10.1 9.7 338 4 302.4 303.6 289.5 322.3 6.64 5 800 2082 11.0 4.4 64 6.6 7.3 349 9 302.8 304.1 289.5 322.5 6.56 6 750 2617 6.3 1.9 73 4.4 4.0 355 9 303.4 304.5 289.1 321.1 5.87 7 700 3178 2.5 -6.6 51 9.1 -1.5 3 3 305.3 305.9 287.3 315.6 3.33 8 650 3775 0.2 -17.8 24 18.1 -5.8 246 3 309.2 309.5 286.7 314.0 1.45 9 600 4412 -2.7 -22.7 20 20.0 -8.7 257 5 313.0 313.2 287.6 316.5 1.03 10 550 5096 -6.7 -32.8 11 26.1 -12.5 273 7 316.1 316.2 288.0 317.7 0.44 11 500 5833 -11.5 -39.0 8 27.5 -16.4 275 7 319.1 319.1 288.8 320.0 0.26 12 450 6631 -18.0 -38.7 15 20.7 -21.2 299 6 320.7 320.7 289.3 321.8 0.30 13 400 7497 -25.4 -40.6 23 15.2 -27.3 286 8 321.9 322.0 289.6 322.9 0.27 14 350 8452 -32.4 -51.2 14 18.8 -33.8 293 4 325.1 325.1 290.4 325.4 0.10 15 300 9518 -41.2 -54.0 24 12.8 -41.8 354 6 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.6 0.08 16 250 10732 -49.5 -60.5 27 11.0 -49.8 327 6 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.7 0.04 17 200 12176 -53.8 -68.5 15 14.8 -54.0 271 26 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 14013 -56.8 -79.1 4 22.3 -57.1 265 29 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.2 0.01 19 100 16556 -59.4 -85.2 2 25.8 -59.7 274 19 412.9 412.9 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.86 m Freezing level: 646.18 mb = 3823.31 m = 12543.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.65 mb = 3021.21 m = 9911.99 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.77 % Est. max temperature: 29.97 C = 85.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.16 mb = 1342.50 m = 4404.49 ft T: 17.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 9.03 C Layer 1000.0- 950.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.38 mb = 2978.73 m = 9772.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.33 C = 90.19 F Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lifted Index: 4.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.38 C Showalter Index: 3.69 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.98 C Cross Totals Index: 16.91 C K Index: 23.28 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 80.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7397.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 758.05 mb = 2528.27 m = 8294.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.3 at 5.8 knts Storm direction: 316.3 at 4.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -106.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.4 neg: -12.7 tot: -0.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.63 Bulk Shear: 12.52 m/s