MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F231.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F231.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 231 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 58.49,-83.98 Latitude: 58.49 Longitude: -83.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 0 9.6 5.8 77 3.9 7.7 199 18 282.1 283.1 280.4 297.9 5.73 1 1000 73 12.5 5.0 60 7.5 8.6 205 27 285.7 286.6 281.7 301.0 5.46 2 950 513 19.4 5.2 39 14.2 11.5 225 33 296.9 298.0 286.8 314.1 5.86 3 900 975 16.3 6.7 53 9.7 10.7 240 26 298.3 299.6 288.2 318.4 6.83 4 850 1459 13.2 4.6 56 8.7 8.4 246 22 300.0 301.1 288.3 318.5 6.24 5 800 1966 9.8 1.9 58 7.9 5.6 252 20 301.6 302.6 288.1 318.0 5.48 6 750 2498 5.5 1.7 77 3.7 3.5 261 20 302.5 303.6 288.7 319.9 5.79 7 700 3057 0.3 -0.3 96 0.6 0.0 268 22 302.8 303.8 288.4 319.0 5.35 8 650 3647 -4.5 -4.6 99 0.1 -4.6 271 21 303.9 304.7 287.6 316.7 4.18 9 600 4274 -7.0 -13.8 59 6.8 -9.4 275 22 308.0 308.4 287.1 315.0 2.20 10 550 4948 -10.8 -21.8 40 11.0 -13.8 281 19 311.3 311.5 287.2 315.3 1.22 11 500 5674 -15.5 -19.0 75 3.4 -16.5 282 17 314.1 314.4 288.6 319.7 1.71 12 450 6461 -20.9 -24.5 73 3.6 -21.7 286 18 316.9 317.2 289.0 320.9 1.17 13 400 7320 -27.6 -31.4 70 3.8 -28.2 296 17 319.1 319.2 289.2 321.5 0.69 14 350 8268 -33.4 -43.2 37 9.8 -34.3 311 23 323.7 323.7 290.2 324.6 0.24 15 300 9330 -41.9 -42.0 99 0.1 -41.9 310 25 326.3 326.3 291.0 327.5 0.32 16 250 10536 -52.3 -52.5 98 0.2 -52.3 316 29 328.3 328.4 291.4 328.8 0.12 17 200 11960 -55.2 -66.0 25 10.8 -55.4 326 37 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.03 18 150 13824 -49.9 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.5 318 28 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.00 19 100 16466 -50.6 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.5 321 22 430.0 430.0 308.9 430.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5601.61 m Freezing level: 696.86 mb = 3094.26 m = 10151.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.78 mb = 3059.69 m = 10038.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.19 % Est. max temperature: 27.29 C = 81.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.33 mb = 500.54 m = 1642.18 ft T: 19.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 4.90 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.40 mb = 2960.53 m = 9712.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.38 C = 86.68 F Cap Strength: 7.44 C Lifted Index: 6.53 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.21 C Showalter Index: 1.67 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.75 C Cross Totals Index: 20.10 C K Index: 32.72 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.31 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 54.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12623.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.95 mb = 1851.94 m = 6075.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.1 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 288.1 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 170.1 neg: -3.7 tot: 166.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 1.02 Bulk Shear: 53.27 m/s