MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F210.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F210.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 210 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 40.66,-79.41 Latitude: 40.66 Longitude: -79.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 158 SFC 974 390 26.6 23.6 84 3.0 24.4 230 8 302.0 305.5 298.5 358.8 19.18 2 950 609 24.4 19.6 75 4.8 21.0 232 15 301.9 304.7 296.0 346.9 15.27 3 900 1080 20.3 18.1 87 2.2 18.8 236 17 302.4 305.1 295.7 345.7 14.63 4 850 1572 17.3 15.2 87 2.1 15.8 245 18 304.2 306.6 294.9 342.5 12.85 5 800 2089 14.9 11.1 78 3.7 12.4 255 20 307.0 308.9 294.0 338.6 10.46 6 750 2633 11.8 8.4 80 3.4 9.7 256 22 309.4 311.1 293.7 337.7 9.28 7 700 3209 8.5 5.5 82 2.9 6.8 255 24 311.9 313.4 293.6 337.1 8.15 8 650 3818 4.8 2.3 84 2.5 3.4 251 24 314.4 315.8 293.4 336.3 6.98 9 600 4467 0.9 -0.8 88 1.7 -0.0 249 24 317.1 318.3 293.4 336.3 6.01 10 550 5163 -2.6 -4.9 84 2.3 -3.7 249 24 321.0 322.0 293.5 336.8 4.85 11 500 5914 -6.6 -9.1 82 2.5 -7.7 248 27 325.0 325.8 293.8 337.8 3.85 12 450 6730 -11.4 -13.3 86 1.9 -12.2 247 30 328.9 329.5 294.1 339.3 3.04 13 400 7624 -17.1 -19.1 84 2.0 -17.8 248 31 332.7 333.2 294.4 340.1 2.11 14 350 8612 -23.9 -25.9 84 1.9 -24.4 247 31 336.5 336.8 294.6 341.3 1.33 15 300 9718 -32.2 -33.8 86 1.6 -32.5 250 32 339.9 340.1 295.0 342.7 0.73 16 250 10978 -42.3 -43.4 89 1.1 -42.4 269 20 343.2 343.3 295.4 344.5 0.33 17 200 12445 -54.5 -55.6 88 1.1 -54.6 262 17 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.8 0.10 18 150 14233 -64.7 -70.4 45 5.7 -64.8 257 11 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.02 19 100 16720 -63.8 -83.5 5 19.7 -64.0 191 10 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.68 m Freezing level: 587.23 mb = 4644.67 m = 15238.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.56 mb = 4459.49 m = 14630.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.23 % Est. max temperature: 30.20 C = 86.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.15 mb = 764.62 m = 2508.58 ft T: 23.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 22.50 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.70 mb = 1444.74 m = 4739.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.33 C = 83.00 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.39 C Showalter Index: -0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.86 C Cross Totals Index: 21.75 C K Index: 36.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 276.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 856.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.05 mb = 1263.44 m = 4145.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 806.05 mb = 2024.94 m = 6643.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.05 mb = 12569.09 m = 41236.66 ft B at Equ Level: 853.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.05 mb = 15299.68 m = 50195.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.0 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 279.0 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.9 neg: -0.9 tot: 51.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 68.02 Bulk Shear: 12.60 m/s