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: 44.48,-76.51 Latitude: 44.48 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 1000 147 29.1 18.2 52 10.9 21.5 199 8 302.3 304.7 294.7 341.5 13.28 1 1000 150 29.2 17.9 51 11.3 21.3 202 8 302.3 304.7 294.5 340.7 13.00 2 950 604 24.7 16.5 60 8.2 19.1 213 17 302.2 304.5 294.1 339.2 12.52 3 900 1076 21.0 15.5 71 5.4 17.3 229 18 303.1 305.4 294.3 339.9 12.42 4 850 1568 17.1 13.8 81 3.3 14.9 238 21 304.1 306.3 294.1 339.1 11.74 5 800 2084 14.7 9.6 71 5.1 11.5 245 22 306.8 308.5 293.1 335.2 9.40 6 750 2628 11.4 7.2 75 4.2 8.8 254 19 308.9 310.5 293.0 334.9 8.51 7 700 3201 7.7 1.6 65 6.1 4.4 265 17 311.0 312.2 291.7 330.1 6.15 8 650 3808 3.7 -3.0 62 6.7 0.4 269 14 313.2 314.1 291.2 328.1 4.74 9 600 4454 -0.3 -4.8 72 4.5 -2.4 274 10 315.8 316.7 291.7 330.1 4.48 10 550 5145 -4.4 -7.8 77 3.5 -5.9 281 15 318.9 319.6 292.1 331.4 3.85 11 500 5891 -8.9 -13.7 68 4.8 -10.7 278 17 322.2 322.7 292.0 331.1 2.65 12 450 6698 -13.9 -23.4 44 9.5 -16.6 282 18 325.8 326.0 291.8 330.3 1.28 13 400 7584 -19.4 -33.2 28 13.8 -22.1 286 23 329.8 330.0 292.3 332.0 0.58 14 350 8561 -26.6 -28.0 87 1.5 -26.9 274 21 332.9 333.2 293.6 336.9 1.09 15 300 9657 -34.4 -34.4 100 -0.0 -34.4 252 41 336.9 337.1 294.2 339.5 0.69 16 250 10902 -45.4 -46.1 92 0.7 -45.4 251 41 338.6 338.7 294.2 339.6 0.25 17 200 12358 -53.4 -62.9 31 9.5 -53.7 255 49 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.04 18 150 14172 -58.9 -70.5 21 11.6 -59.1 276 22 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.7 0.02 19 100 16698 -62.0 -83.8 4 21.8 -62.3 266 11 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.50 m Freezing level: 603.18 mb = 4412.88 m = 14477.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.40 mb = 3890.44 m = 12763.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.70 % Est. max temperature: 30.96 C = 87.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.71 mb = 1530.35 m = 5020.77 ft T: 17.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 11.82 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.98 mb = 2254.53 m = 7396.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.34 C = 93.81 F Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lifted Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.02 C Cross Totals Index: 22.69 C K Index: 33.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.36 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 354.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.43 mb = 1654.15 m = 5426.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.43 mb = 3361.56 m = 11028.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.43 mb = 10995.68 m = 36074.63 ft B at Equ Level: 350.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.43 mb = 12801.31 m = 41998.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.5 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 285.5 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 89.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 19.48 Bulk Shear: 18.18 m/s