MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 0Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 55.78,-65.31 Latitude: 55.78 Longitude: -65.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 96 SFC 953 489 5.5 2.9 83 2.6 4.2 271 7 282.5 283.3 279.7 296.3 4.95 2 950 518 6.1 2.5 78 3.6 4.4 274 9 283.4 284.3 280.0 296.9 4.83 3 900 960 3.2 0.1 80 3.1 1.8 282 18 284.8 285.5 279.9 296.8 4.27 4 850 1420 -0.6 -2.6 87 1.9 -1.4 279 20 285.5 286.1 279.6 296.1 3.72 5 800 1901 -4.0 -5.6 89 1.6 -4.7 275 21 286.9 287.4 279.5 295.9 3.14 6 750 2408 -7.3 -8.6 91 1.3 -7.8 271 21 288.6 289.1 279.7 296.4 2.66 7 700 2941 -11.1 -11.4 98 0.2 -11.2 267 21 290.1 290.5 280.0 296.9 2.28 8 650 3509 -12.7 -14.0 90 1.3 -13.1 265 20 294.6 294.9 281.6 300.6 1.99 9 600 4116 -15.8 -19.3 74 3.5 -16.7 254 20 297.8 298.1 282.3 302.1 1.38 10 550 4767 -19.4 -26.4 54 7.0 -20.8 244 22 301.0 301.2 282.8 303.6 0.80 11 500 5469 -24.0 -31.3 51 7.3 -25.1 242 25 303.8 303.9 283.7 305.7 0.56 12 450 6230 -28.9 -36.2 50 7.3 -29.7 242 29 306.9 307.0 284.7 308.3 0.39 13 400 7064 -33.9 -42.8 40 8.9 -34.6 243 32 311.0 311.0 285.9 311.7 0.22 14 350 7989 -38.8 -49.8 30 11.0 -39.5 238 31 316.4 316.4 287.7 316.8 0.11 15 300 9041 -40.1 -63.4 6 23.3 -41.0 227 26 328.8 328.9 291.4 329.0 0.03 16 250 10288 -39.4 -71.8 2 32.4 -40.5 211 21 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.01 17 200 11811 -40.9 -72.9 2 32.0 -42.1 205 17 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.1 0.01 18 150 13758 -43.4 -74.7 2 31.3 -44.6 187 11 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.4 0.01 19 100 16456 -48.4 -78.5 2 30.1 -49.5 213 6 434.2 434.2 309.3 434.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5372.93 m Freezing level: 858.14 mb = 1344.93 m = 4412.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 872.42 mb = 1210.26 m = 3970.63 ft Precipitable water: 0.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.09 % Est. max temperature: 9.73 C = 49.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.12 mb = 814.78 m = 2673.13 ft T: 4.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 1.02 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.00 mb = 1419.86 m = 4658.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.48 C = 47.27 F Cap Strength: 5.97 C Lifted Index: 7.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.20 C Showalter Index: 7.73 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.37 C Cross Totals Index: 21.43 C K Index: 20.57 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 65.64 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.94 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17715.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.12 mb = 1305.89 m = 4284.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.2 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 288.2 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: -7.9 tot: -0.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.61 Bulk Shear: 14.05 m/s