MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F201.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F201.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 201 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 27.3 19.5 62 7.8 21.8 174 6 301.7 304.4 295.4 344.7 14.60 2 950 587 25.7 17.4 60 8.2 19.9 184 15 303.2 305.7 295.0 342.6 13.28 3 900 1061 22.8 15.5 63 7.3 17.8 201 18 305.0 307.3 294.8 342.0 12.40 4 850 1557 19.1 13.7 71 5.4 15.5 220 18 306.2 308.3 294.6 341.2 11.66 5 800 2075 15.3 11.8 80 3.5 13.0 236 21 307.5 309.5 294.4 340.5 10.92 6 750 2620 11.0 9.9 93 1.1 10.3 244 24 308.5 310.5 294.3 339.7 10.26 7 700 3192 6.8 6.1 95 0.7 6.4 243 24 310.0 311.6 293.3 336.1 8.50 8 650 3800 4.7 2.1 83 2.6 3.2 240 16 314.2 315.6 293.3 335.8 6.87 9 600 4449 1.4 -2.7 74 4.1 -0.7 238 14 317.7 318.8 292.9 334.5 5.22 10 550 5145 -2.2 -7.2 68 5.0 -4.6 236 16 321.5 322.3 293.0 334.8 4.04 11 500 5898 -5.8 -11.5 64 5.6 -8.2 255 16 325.9 326.6 293.5 336.6 3.18 12 450 6717 -10.2 -14.8 69 4.6 -11.9 270 21 330.4 331.0 294.3 339.8 2.70 13 400 7616 -15.6 -16.1 96 0.5 -15.7 273 32 334.8 335.3 295.4 344.3 2.73 14 350 8612 -21.7 -26.2 67 4.5 -22.8 272 35 339.5 339.8 295.3 344.2 1.28 15 300 9730 -29.9 -42.5 28 12.6 -31.5 270 31 343.3 343.3 295.4 344.5 0.30 16 250 10998 -41.1 -44.8 68 3.6 -41.4 276 31 344.9 345.0 295.7 346.1 0.28 17 200 12469 -54.3 -56.6 76 2.3 -54.4 283 30 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.2 0.09 18 150 14256 -67.2 -70.0 67 2.8 -67.2 236 36 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.02 19 100 16700 -63.1 -83.6 5 20.4 -63.3 249 29 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.52 m Freezing level: 580.41 mb = 4721.93 m = 15491.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.70 mb = 4332.28 m = 14213.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.87 % Est. max temperature: 32.08 C = 89.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.21 mb = 1263.65 m = 4145.79 ft T: 21.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.68 C/km ThetaE index: 10.27 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.28 mb = 2199.78 m = 7217.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.25 C = 91.85 F Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lifted Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.70 C Showalter Index: 0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.94 C Cross Totals Index: 19.52 C K Index: 37.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 115.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.25 mb = 1716.67 m = 5632.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.25 mb = 2627.96 m = 8621.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 479.25 mb = 6227.56 m = 20431.38 ft B at Equ Level: 115.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 329.25 mb = 9054.96 m = 29707.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.3 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 264.3 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.1 neg: -2.8 tot: 107.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 4.69 Bulk Shear: 24.69 m/s