MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 44.14,-79.44 Latitude: 44.14 Longitude: -79.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 SFC 985 267 29.8 18.4 50 11.4 21.8 170 5 304.2 306.8 295.4 344.7 13.60 2 950 590 28.3 15.6 46 12.7 19.6 192 9 305.9 308.1 294.6 341.3 11.80 3 900 1067 23.9 14.5 56 9.3 17.6 218 10 306.1 308.3 294.6 341.1 11.64 4 850 1563 19.2 13.5 70 5.7 15.4 232 12 306.3 308.4 294.6 340.9 11.52 5 800 2081 14.3 12.4 88 1.9 13.1 240 13 306.4 308.6 294.5 340.7 11.39 6 750 2624 10.7 10.5 99 0.2 10.6 248 15 308.2 310.2 294.5 340.7 10.71 7 700 3197 7.2 6.8 98 0.3 7.0 260 15 310.4 312.1 293.8 337.8 8.92 8 650 3804 3.7 1.9 88 1.8 2.7 272 18 313.2 314.4 292.9 334.3 6.79 9 600 4451 0.5 -1.6 86 2.1 -0.6 275 20 316.7 317.8 293.0 334.8 5.69 10 550 5146 -2.8 -6.3 77 3.4 -4.5 270 17 320.7 321.6 293.0 334.9 4.35 11 500 5897 -6.6 -10.9 71 4.3 -8.4 262 17 325.0 325.6 293.3 336.1 3.32 12 450 6713 -11.1 -13.9 80 2.8 -12.2 268 22 329.2 329.8 294.1 339.1 2.89 13 400 7610 -15.6 -17.6 85 1.9 -16.3 275 31 334.7 335.2 295.1 343.1 2.41 14 350 8606 -21.5 -26.8 62 5.3 -22.8 274 34 339.8 340.1 295.4 344.4 1.22 15 300 9723 -30.2 -38.0 47 7.7 -31.4 268 37 342.8 342.9 295.4 344.7 0.48 16 250 10990 -41.5 -49.7 41 8.2 -42.0 250 30 344.4 344.5 295.6 345.1 0.16 17 200 12460 -54.2 -57.7 65 3.5 -54.3 295 30 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.3 0.08 18 150 14246 -67.2 -70.0 67 2.9 -67.2 219 23 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.5 0.02 19 100 16698 -63.5 -83.6 5 20.1 -63.7 246 26 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.77 m Freezing level: 592.60 mb = 4554.05 m = 14940.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.63 mb = 4335.83 m = 14224.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.22 % Est. max temperature: 31.86 C = 89.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.66 mb = 1718.82 m = 5639.10 ft T: 17.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.10 C/km ThetaE index: 10.39 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.81 mb = 2306.97 m = 7568.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.71 C = 90.89 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Showalter Index: -0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.80 C Cross Totals Index: 20.11 C K Index: 38.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 147.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.45 mb = 2129.10 m = 6985.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.45 mb = 2618.90 m = 8592.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 440.45 mb = 6876.51 m = 22560.45 ft B at Equ Level: 146.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 330.45 mb = 9022.59 m = 29601.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.6 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 286.6 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 56.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 5.61 Bulk Shear: 26.32 m/s