MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F171.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F171.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 171 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 34.43,-72.49 Latitude: 34.43 Longitude: -72.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 1 27.8 23.7 79 4.1 24.8 195 18 299.5 302.8 297.4 353.5 18.46 1 1000 154 26.2 22.1 78 4.1 23.2 196 21 299.3 302.4 296.4 348.8 16.94 2 950 605 22.0 21.0 94 1.0 21.3 198 21 299.5 302.5 296.3 348.3 16.70 3 900 1074 19.4 17.3 88 2.0 18.0 204 23 301.5 304.0 295.0 342.6 13.98 4 850 1565 17.3 13.1 76 4.2 14.6 208 23 304.2 306.3 293.7 337.6 11.19 5 800 2081 14.7 10.0 74 4.7 11.8 210 25 306.8 308.6 293.3 336.2 9.72 6 750 2625 11.9 6.7 70 5.2 8.8 210 27 309.5 311.0 293.0 334.6 8.21 7 700 3200 8.9 3.3 68 5.5 5.7 208 28 312.3 313.6 292.8 334.0 6.96 8 650 3811 5.6 -0.1 67 5.7 2.5 207 28 315.3 316.4 292.7 333.7 5.83 9 600 4462 2.0 -4.8 60 6.9 -1.3 210 27 318.5 319.3 292.5 332.8 4.45 10 550 5159 -1.9 -10.5 52 8.6 -5.6 218 26 321.8 322.4 292.3 332.2 3.12 11 500 5911 -6.1 -11.6 65 5.5 -8.4 229 25 325.6 326.2 293.4 336.2 3.15 12 450 6730 -10.2 -14.4 71 4.2 -11.8 236 23 330.4 331.0 294.3 340.0 2.78 13 400 7629 -15.2 -19.5 70 4.3 -16.6 240 22 335.2 335.7 294.9 342.5 2.04 14 350 8625 -21.9 -24.8 77 2.9 -22.7 236 23 339.3 339.6 295.4 344.7 1.47 15 300 9742 -30.1 -39.9 38 9.8 -31.5 237 21 342.9 343.0 295.4 344.5 0.39 16 250 11011 -40.7 -53.4 24 12.7 -41.5 251 23 345.5 345.5 295.7 346.0 0.11 17 200 12487 -53.6 -61.2 39 7.6 -53.8 257 19 347.9 348.0 296.2 348.2 0.05 18 150 14272 -67.5 -68.3 90 0.8 -67.5 266 9 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.03 19 100 16695 -68.7 -82.1 13 13.5 -68.7 120 4 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.39 m Freezing level: 574.23 mb = 4821.25 m = 15817.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.43 mb = 4228.90 m = 13874.19 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.19 % Est. max temperature: 31.62 C = 88.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.38 mb = 518.39 m = 1700.74 ft T: 22.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 21.25 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.92 mb = 883.76 m = 2899.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.01 C = 84.23 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -2.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.23 C Showalter Index: 1.69 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.52 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.36 C Cross Totals Index: 19.15 C K Index: 30.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 512.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.06 mb = 751.51 m = 2465.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 889.06 mb = 1178.85 m = 3867.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.06 mb = 12516.13 m = 41062.93 ft B at Equ Level: 508.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.06 mb = 15170.90 m = 49772.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.0 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 240.0 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 36.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 78.70 Bulk Shear: 6.51 m/s