MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F195.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F195.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 195 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 44.41,-76.51 Latitude: 44.41 Longitude: -76.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 136 28.4 18.7 56 9.7 21.6 205 7 301.4 303.9 294.7 341.6 13.66 1 1000 151 28.8 17.8 51 11.0 21.2 207 8 302.0 304.3 294.4 340.2 12.94 2 950 605 24.7 16.5 60 8.3 19.1 212 17 302.3 304.6 294.1 339.2 12.49 3 900 1076 21.0 15.5 71 5.5 17.2 227 18 303.1 305.4 294.3 339.8 12.37 4 850 1569 17.3 13.6 79 3.7 14.8 238 21 304.2 306.4 294.0 338.8 11.59 5 800 2085 14.6 9.6 72 5.1 11.4 245 22 306.7 308.5 293.1 335.1 9.40 6 750 2629 11.3 7.2 76 4.1 8.8 254 18 308.9 310.5 293.0 334.8 8.51 7 700 3202 7.7 1.9 67 5.8 4.5 265 16 311.0 312.2 291.9 330.5 6.29 8 650 3809 3.6 -2.3 65 6.0 0.6 270 13 313.1 314.0 291.3 328.7 4.97 9 600 4454 -0.4 -4.4 74 4.0 -2.3 277 10 315.6 316.5 291.8 330.3 4.60 10 550 5146 -4.4 -7.6 79 3.1 -5.8 283 14 318.8 319.6 292.2 331.6 3.94 11 500 5891 -8.8 -13.6 68 4.8 -10.6 280 16 322.3 322.8 292.0 331.2 2.67 12 450 6699 -13.9 -22.6 48 8.7 -16.3 288 18 325.8 326.1 291.9 330.7 1.39 13 400 7584 -19.3 -30.0 38 10.7 -21.6 284 23 329.9 330.1 292.4 332.8 0.79 14 350 8563 -26.4 -27.7 89 1.2 -26.7 271 23 333.1 333.4 293.6 337.2 1.13 15 300 9659 -34.4 -34.4 100 -0.0 -34.4 253 40 336.9 337.1 294.2 339.5 0.69 16 250 10904 -45.3 -45.9 93 0.6 -45.4 252 41 338.7 338.7 294.2 339.7 0.25 17 200 12360 -53.6 -62.5 33 9.0 -53.8 256 49 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.1 0.04 18 150 14173 -59.1 -70.2 22 11.1 -59.3 276 22 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.3 0.02 19 100 16698 -62.1 -83.8 4 21.7 -62.3 266 11 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.98 m Freezing level: 605.06 mb = 4389.09 m = 14399.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.66 mb = 3938.14 m = 12920.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.72 % Est. max temperature: 31.20 C = 88.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.98 mb = 1368.63 m = 4490.20 ft T: 18.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 11.08 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.18 mb = 2253.40 m = 7392.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.40 C = 93.92 F Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lifted Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Showalter Index: -1.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.12 C Cross Totals Index: 22.44 C K Index: 33.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 326.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 98.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.00 mb = 1649.40 m = 5411.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 687.00 mb = 3355.61 m = 11009.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 257.00 mb = 10715.25 m = 35154.60 ft B at Equ Level: 325.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.00 mb = 12783.82 m = 41941.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.3 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 285.3 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 85.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 19.83 Bulk Shear: 16.45 m/s