MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 58.49,-78.15 Latitude: 58.49 Longitude: -78.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 31 8.8 7.0 88 1.8 7.9 176 19 281.7 282.8 280.9 299.0 6.28 1 1000 57 8.6 6.8 88 1.9 7.6 178 20 281.8 282.8 280.8 298.8 6.18 2 950 482 11.5 8.5 82 2.9 9.8 213 28 288.8 290.1 285.2 309.6 7.37 3 900 937 12.6 8.9 78 3.7 10.4 223 33 294.5 295.9 287.9 317.4 7.96 4 850 1415 10.0 8.5 91 1.5 9.2 231 37 296.6 298.1 288.9 320.6 8.24 5 800 1918 7.9 7.9 100 0.0 7.9 243 38 299.6 301.1 290.0 324.2 8.38 6 750 2450 6.2 6.0 99 0.1 6.1 260 38 303.3 304.7 290.8 326.8 7.87 7 700 3014 3.2 2.7 96 0.5 2.9 261 37 306.0 307.3 290.6 326.2 6.64 8 650 3612 0.2 -0.3 96 0.5 -0.0 258 43 309.2 310.3 290.9 327.0 5.77 9 600 4250 -3.4 -3.9 97 0.5 -3.6 257 45 312.2 313.1 290.9 327.2 4.79 10 550 4934 -6.7 -10.5 75 3.7 -8.2 256 44 316.1 316.7 290.6 326.3 3.14 11 500 5672 -11.4 -20.2 48 8.8 -14.0 257 48 319.1 319.4 290.1 324.4 1.54 12 450 6472 -16.7 -26.9 41 10.2 -19.1 255 46 322.2 322.4 290.5 325.6 0.94 13 400 7346 -22.8 -29.5 54 6.7 -24.1 257 48 325.3 325.5 291.2 328.3 0.83 14 350 8310 -30.7 -36.7 56 6.0 -31.5 256 51 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.1 0.47 15 300 9383 -39.8 -46.5 49 6.6 -40.3 259 55 329.2 329.3 291.7 330.0 0.20 16 250 10600 -50.3 -55.0 58 4.6 -50.5 262 54 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.09 17 200 12024 -58.0 -61.2 67 3.2 -58.0 268 69 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.05 18 150 13859 -52.7 -80.9 2 28.2 -53.2 262 55 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.2 0.00 19 100 16484 -53.4 -82.3 2 28.9 -54.1 269 38 424.5 424.5 308.2 424.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5615.21 m Freezing level: 647.17 mb = 3648.13 m = 11968.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.66 mb = 3603.73 m = 11823.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.50 % Est. max temperature: 23.61 C = 74.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.90 mb = 259.09 m = 850.02 ft T: 9.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 0.57 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 1000.00 mb = 57.04 m = 187.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.18 C = 48.52 F Cap Strength: 11.07 C Lifted Index: 11.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.10 C Showalter Index: 4.69 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.41 C Cross Totals Index: 19.94 C K Index: 29.43 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.04 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13551.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.54 mb = 820.43 m = 2691.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.1 at 39.4 knts Storm direction: 279.1 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 328.9 neg: -0.3 tot: 328.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 120.68 m/s