MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F309.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F309.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 309 hour GFS valid 9Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 39.36,-72.31 Latitude: 39.36 Longitude: -72.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 1 24.7 21.9 84 2.9 22.7 7 12 296.6 299.5 295.3 344.1 16.46 1 1000 134 23.5 20.5 84 2.9 21.4 6 13 296.6 299.4 294.6 341.0 15.38 2 950 582 21.8 15.3 67 6.5 17.5 351 14 299.3 301.5 292.6 333.2 11.60 3 900 1049 18.8 11.9 64 6.9 14.4 346 15 300.9 302.7 291.6 329.7 9.76 4 850 1537 15.4 10.1 71 5.3 12.1 333 14 302.3 304.0 291.6 329.6 9.18 5 800 2049 12.3 7.3 71 5.1 9.3 305 14 304.3 305.8 291.3 328.4 8.03 6 750 2589 9.9 2.1 58 7.8 5.6 284 17 307.3 308.4 290.4 325.4 5.93 7 700 3159 7.3 -5.1 41 12.4 1.4 269 19 310.6 311.3 289.5 322.4 3.75 8 650 3766 4.3 -7.7 41 12.0 -1.2 261 19 313.8 314.4 290.1 324.4 3.30 9 600 4413 0.8 -10.8 41 11.6 -4.1 252 19 317.1 317.6 290.6 326.3 2.80 10 550 5107 -2.6 -19.1 27 16.5 -8.2 251 20 321.0 321.3 290.6 326.3 1.53 11 500 5856 -7.0 -23.8 25 16.8 -12.0 250 24 324.5 324.7 291.3 328.5 1.12 12 450 6671 -11.6 -28.5 23 16.9 -15.9 244 31 328.6 328.8 292.2 331.6 0.81 13 400 7562 -17.7 -30.8 31 13.1 -20.6 234 37 332.0 332.2 293.0 334.7 0.73 14 350 8548 -24.5 -38.1 27 13.6 -26.6 237 43 335.8 335.9 293.7 337.3 0.41 15 300 9653 -32.4 -41.8 39 9.4 -33.5 238 52 339.7 339.8 294.6 341.0 0.33 16 250 10911 -42.4 -48.1 54 5.7 -42.8 238 58 343.0 343.0 295.2 343.8 0.19 17 200 12379 -54.5 -57.9 66 3.4 -54.6 240 64 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.7 0.08 18 150 14168 -63.7 -71.7 33 8.0 -63.8 232 43 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.02 19 100 16643 -64.2 -83.1 6 19.0 -64.3 208 10 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.39 m Freezing level: 587.76 mb = 4582.82 m = 15035.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.34 mb = 3489.09 m = 11447.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.10 % Est. max temperature: 30.05 C = 86.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.24 mb = 361.74 m = 1186.80 ft T: 22.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 21.66 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.09 mb = 1576.36 m = 5171.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.64 C = 87.16 F Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lifted Index: 1.43 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.93 C Showalter Index: 4.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.43 C Cross Totals Index: 17.11 C K Index: 20.16 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4317.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.60 mb = 1081.43 m = 3547.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.7 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 309.7 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.9 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 154.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -22.7 tot: -22.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: -2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 54.71 m/s