MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 1011 79 23.3 16.5 65 6.8 18.8 236 11 295.6 297.7 291.5 329.3 11.73 1 1000 171 24.8 9.1 37 15.7 15.4 249 15 298.0 299.3 288.5 319.4 7.29 2 950 619 22.8 7.3 37 15.6 13.7 253 13 300.4 301.6 288.9 320.4 6.75 3 900 1087 19.3 6.3 43 12.9 11.7 250 8 301.4 302.6 289.1 321.3 6.67 4 850 1575 15.2 5.0 50 10.2 9.5 212 2 302.1 303.3 289.2 321.4 6.46 5 800 2084 10.7 5.0 68 5.8 7.5 107 2 302.6 303.8 289.7 323.0 6.83 6 750 2618 6.0 3.4 83 2.7 4.6 108 5 303.1 304.3 289.6 322.7 6.51 7 700 3180 3.6 -10.7 34 14.4 -2.1 181 4 306.5 306.9 286.8 314.1 2.41 8 650 3780 1.9 -20.9 17 22.7 -5.4 266 5 311.1 311.3 287.0 314.8 1.11 9 600 4420 -2.4 -25.1 16 22.7 -8.8 306 5 313.3 313.5 287.5 316.1 0.83 10 550 5104 -7.1 -31.0 13 23.8 -12.6 300 3 315.7 315.8 287.9 317.5 0.53 11 500 5839 -11.9 -38.1 9 26.2 -16.6 292 5 318.5 318.6 288.6 319.6 0.29 12 450 6636 -18.1 -40.3 12 22.2 -21.4 287 7 320.5 320.5 289.2 321.4 0.25 13 400 7503 -24.9 -42.3 18 17.3 -27.1 302 9 322.6 322.6 289.8 323.4 0.23 14 350 8461 -31.8 -51.2 13 19.3 -33.3 308 8 325.8 325.9 290.6 326.2 0.10 15 300 9530 -40.1 -57.4 14 17.4 -40.9 358 8 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.1 0.05 16 250 10748 -50.0 -57.0 43 7.0 -50.2 335 5 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.1 0.07 17 200 12187 -53.7 -67.6 17 13.9 -53.9 283 19 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.02 18 150 14022 -57.3 -79.3 4 22.1 -57.5 276 31 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 19 100 16564 -59.9 -85.1 2 25.2 -60.2 280 23 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.32 m Freezing level: 628.31 mb = 4057.50 m = 13311.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.94 mb = 2997.01 m = 9832.58 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.79 % Est. max temperature: 29.72 C = 85.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.13 mb = 951.99 m = 3123.29 ft T: 20.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 9.92 C Layer 1000.0- 950.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.54 mb = 3150.96 m = 10337.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.10 C = 93.38 F Cap Strength: 4.59 C Lifted Index: 4.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.90 C Showalter Index: 3.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.16 C Cross Totals Index: 16.95 C K Index: 17.83 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 69.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8479.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.61 mb = 2372.63 m = 7784.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.1 at 5.4 knts Storm direction: 288.1 at 4.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.9 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -76.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.8 neg: -16.3 tot: 4.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.48 Bulk Shear: 9.78 m/s