MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 40.9,-72.86 Latitude: 40.90 Longitude: -72.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1022 9 24.7 16.0 58 8.7 18.9 155 9 296.0 298.1 291.3 328.5 11.25 1 1000 196 23.4 12.8 52 10.5 16.7 164 12 296.5 298.2 289.9 323.6 9.35 2 950 641 20.5 10.3 52 10.2 14.3 167 7 298.0 299.5 289.5 322.3 8.30 3 900 1106 17.3 9.6 61 7.6 12.6 250 1 299.3 300.8 289.9 323.9 8.38 4 850 1591 14.1 8.0 67 6.1 10.4 1 7 300.9 302.3 290.0 324.3 7.91 5 800 2100 10.7 3.5 61 7.2 6.7 22 13 302.5 303.7 289.0 321.0 6.14 6 750 2635 8.0 -3.3 45 11.3 2.5 28 14 305.2 306.0 287.9 317.5 3.98 7 700 3202 6.1 -9.2 32 15.3 -0.4 14 12 309.3 309.8 288.1 318.0 2.72 8 650 3806 3.8 -16.9 20 20.7 -3.7 5 9 313.3 313.6 288.2 318.5 1.57 9 600 4453 1.5 -30.5 7 31.9 -7.1 1 6 317.8 317.9 288.6 319.6 0.50 10 550 5149 -1.5 -39.1 4 37.7 -9.7 11 6 322.3 322.4 289.8 323.2 0.23 11 500 5901 -5.8 -23.5 23 17.7 -11.2 355 10 326.0 326.2 291.7 330.0 1.15 12 450 6717 -11.6 -29.3 21 17.7 -16.0 321 10 328.7 328.8 292.1 331.4 0.75 13 400 7609 -17.5 -38.4 14 20.8 -21.2 314 12 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.5 0.35 14 350 8594 -24.9 -32.4 50 7.5 -26.3 304 21 335.2 335.3 293.8 337.9 0.72 15 300 9694 -33.8 -35.1 88 1.3 -34.0 291 29 337.8 337.9 294.4 340.2 0.64 16 250 10945 -43.8 -46.1 78 2.3 -43.9 287 40 341.0 341.1 294.8 342.0 0.25 17 200 12404 -55.4 -57.9 73 2.6 -55.4 277 46 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.4 0.08 18 150 14205 -61.4 -73.2 20 11.7 -61.6 268 30 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16692 -64.9 -83.7 6 18.8 -65.1 323 17 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.21 m Freezing level: 575.19 mb = 4798.01 m = 15741.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.51 mb = 3114.36 m = 10217.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.36 % Est. max temperature: 28.89 C = 84.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.28 mb = 1112.67 m = 3650.45 ft T: 17.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.42 C/km ThetaE index: 6.81 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.44 mb = 2652.17 m = 8701.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.09 C = 93.36 F Cap Strength: 8.06 C Lifted Index: 8.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.24 C Showalter Index: 8.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.85 C Cross Totals Index: 13.75 C K Index: 12.49 Risk: None Sweat Index: 119.52 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8133.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.20 mb = 1708.55 m = 5605.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 16.4 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 46.4 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 172.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.7 neg: -4.5 tot: 56.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 42.90 m/s