MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 4 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 24.7 17.3 63 7.5 19.6 248 8 297.0 299.3 292.4 332.8 12.36 1 1000 163 26.6 9.8 35 16.8 16.3 236 11 299.8 301.2 289.5 322.3 7.62 2 950 613 23.9 7.3 34 16.6 14.0 234 8 301.4 302.6 289.2 321.5 6.74 3 900 1082 20.1 5.7 39 14.4 11.8 199 3 302.2 303.4 289.2 321.4 6.41 4 850 1571 15.8 5.6 51 10.2 10.0 339 3 302.7 304.0 289.6 322.9 6.74 5 800 2082 11.3 4.6 63 6.7 7.5 359 5 303.2 304.5 289.8 323.2 6.66 6 750 2617 6.5 3.2 80 3.3 4.7 6 6 303.6 304.8 289.7 323.1 6.45 7 700 3179 2.5 -4.2 61 6.6 -0.6 9 3 305.2 306.0 287.9 317.6 4.01 8 650 3776 1.0 -19.5 20 20.5 -5.7 232 4 310.1 310.3 286.8 314.2 1.25 9 600 4416 -2.3 -25.2 15 22.9 -8.7 258 5 313.5 313.7 287.5 316.3 0.82 10 550 5100 -6.5 -33.6 10 27.0 -12.5 291 7 316.3 316.4 288.0 317.8 0.41 11 500 5838 -11.4 -39.6 8 28.1 -16.4 292 8 319.1 319.2 288.8 320.0 0.25 12 450 6635 -18.0 -38.3 15 20.3 -21.2 290 8 320.6 320.7 289.3 321.7 0.31 13 400 7502 -25.3 -41.1 21 15.8 -27.3 307 9 322.0 322.1 289.7 323.0 0.26 14 350 8457 -32.2 -50.0 15 17.8 -33.6 315 7 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.8 0.11 15 300 9524 -40.7 -56.4 17 15.7 -41.4 341 7 328.0 328.1 291.2 328.3 0.06 16 250 10742 -49.7 -57.9 38 8.2 -49.9 340 6 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.06 17 200 12184 -53.2 -69.1 13 15.9 -53.5 282 25 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 14021 -56.9 -79.1 4 22.2 -57.2 271 28 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.01 19 100 16567 -59.4 -85.1 2 25.6 -59.7 273 23 412.9 412.9 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.35 m Freezing level: 634.75 mb = 3971.26 m = 13028.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.86 mb = 3111.39 m = 10207.85 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.08 % Est. max temperature: 30.32 C = 86.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.35 mb = 1030.95 m = 3382.36 ft T: 20.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 11.33 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.29 mb = 2935.19 m = 9629.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.23 C = 90.02 F Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lifted Index: 3.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.10 C Showalter Index: 3.38 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.25 C Cross Totals Index: 17.06 C K Index: 26.23 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 80.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7129.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.71 mb = 2510.54 m = 8236.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.8 at 5.4 knts Storm direction: 314.8 at 4.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -133.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: -17.4 tot: -13.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: -1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.58 Bulk Shear: 6.95 m/s