MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 42.15,-76.81 Latitude: 42.15 Longitude: -76.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 966 410 20.6 19.9 95 0.8 20.1 209 3 296.7 299.4 294.5 340.7 15.27 2 950 558 23.3 19.2 78 4.1 20.5 252 9 300.8 303.6 295.4 344.7 14.94 3 900 1031 22.0 17.1 74 4.9 18.6 266 22 304.1 306.7 295.5 345.1 13.76 4 850 1526 18.5 15.1 81 3.3 16.3 266 22 305.5 307.9 295.3 343.9 12.84 5 800 2044 15.2 12.2 82 3.1 13.3 267 21 307.4 309.5 294.6 341.3 11.23 6 750 2590 12.3 8.8 79 3.5 10.1 262 20 309.9 311.7 294.1 339.0 9.52 7 700 3166 9.0 5.5 79 3.5 6.9 254 22 312.5 314.0 293.7 337.7 8.13 8 650 3777 5.3 2.2 80 3.1 3.5 248 26 314.9 316.3 293.5 336.7 6.91 9 600 4427 1.3 -1.9 79 3.2 -0.3 246 27 317.7 318.7 293.2 335.5 5.57 10 550 5123 -2.4 -7.0 71 4.6 -4.6 246 29 321.2 322.0 293.0 334.7 4.10 11 500 5875 -5.8 -11.8 63 6.0 -8.2 240 27 326.0 326.6 293.4 336.5 3.11 12 450 6694 -10.2 -15.7 64 5.5 -12.3 244 24 330.4 330.9 294.1 339.0 2.49 13 400 7592 -16.0 -21.9 61 5.8 -17.8 243 23 334.1 334.5 294.3 340.1 1.66 14 350 8585 -22.7 -27.0 68 4.3 -23.8 235 18 338.1 338.4 294.9 342.5 1.19 15 300 9696 -31.0 -35.7 63 4.7 -31.8 233 21 341.6 341.7 295.3 344.0 0.60 16 250 10960 -41.7 -43.7 81 2.0 -41.9 227 20 344.0 344.1 295.6 345.3 0.32 17 200 12431 -53.7 -57.2 66 3.5 -53.9 231 22 347.7 347.7 296.2 348.0 0.08 18 150 14225 -63.9 -70.9 37 7.1 -64.0 232 23 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.1 0.02 19 100 16697 -64.0 -83.4 5 19.5 -64.1 251 15 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.05 m Freezing level: 582.18 mb = 4674.89 m = 15337.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.29 mb = 4368.94 m = 14333.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.00 % Est. max temperature: 30.63 C = 87.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.68 mb = 506.45 m = 1661.56 ft T: 22.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 10.43 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.57 mb = 1942.72 m = 6373.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.90 C = 87.62 F Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lifted Index: -0.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.00 C Showalter Index: -0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.23 C Cross Totals Index: 20.91 C K Index: 35.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 174.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.91 mb = 1405.68 m = 4611.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 696.91 mb = 3202.41 m = 10506.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 336.91 mb = 8859.57 m = 29066.46 ft B at Equ Level: 174.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.91 mb = 12853.49 m = 42169.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.8 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 281.8 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.7 neg: -4.4 tot: 36.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 9.10 Bulk Shear: 19.17 m/s