MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 38.23,-74.17 Latitude: 38.23 Longitude: -74.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 23.0 13.6 56 9.4 17.1 54 16 294.3 296.0 289.3 322.0 9.64 1 1000 189 20.8 10.3 51 10.5 14.5 54 18 294.0 295.4 287.7 316.8 7.90 2 950 630 16.6 9.4 62 7.2 12.3 53 18 294.0 295.4 287.6 316.5 7.80 3 900 1087 12.2 8.2 77 4.0 9.9 52 18 294.1 295.5 287.5 316.1 7.61 4 850 1563 10.3 -4.8 34 15.1 3.5 42 18 297.0 297.5 284.0 306.4 3.14 5 800 2066 9.5 -12.0 21 21.4 1.0 34 13 301.2 301.6 284.2 307.2 1.90 6 750 2602 10.4 -31.7 3 42.1 -1.2 14 7 307.9 308.0 285.0 309.1 0.36 7 700 3172 7.3 -29.0 5 36.2 -3.0 334 6 310.6 310.7 286.1 312.3 0.50 8 650 3777 4.0 -33.6 4 37.5 -5.5 307 6 313.5 313.5 287.0 314.7 0.35 9 600 4422 0.3 -43.9 2 44.2 -8.4 304 8 316.5 316.5 287.8 317.0 0.13 10 550 5113 -3.7 -44.2 3 40.4 -11.2 298 14 319.7 319.7 288.8 320.2 0.14 11 500 5859 -8.1 -30.2 15 22.1 -13.5 293 24 323.2 323.3 290.4 325.4 0.62 12 450 6670 -12.2 -35.2 13 23.0 -17.0 280 37 327.9 328.0 291.6 329.5 0.43 13 400 7559 -18.4 -34.2 24 15.8 -21.5 267 44 331.1 331.2 292.5 333.0 0.53 14 350 8547 -23.1 -43.4 14 20.3 -25.9 254 53 337.7 337.7 294.0 338.6 0.23 15 300 9657 -31.7 -44.3 28 12.6 -33.1 254 61 340.6 340.7 294.7 341.6 0.25 16 250 10920 -41.3 -51.2 33 9.9 -41.9 252 65 344.7 344.7 295.6 345.3 0.14 17 200 12396 -52.9 -60.9 37 8.0 -53.1 248 71 349.0 349.0 296.5 349.2 0.05 18 150 14196 -63.9 -74.8 21 10.9 -64.0 267 66 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16658 -67.4 -83.3 9 15.8 -67.5 271 34 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.45 m Freezing level: 596.10 mb = 4475.72 m = 14683.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 776.57 mb = 2312.71 m = 7587.54 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.54 % Est. max temperature: 24.38 C = 75.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.42 mb = 1175.90 m = 3857.90 ft T: 11.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 15.58 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 655.66 mb = 3705.75 m = 12157.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.94 C = 107.49 F Cap Strength: 9.08 C Lifted Index: 9.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.09 C Showalter Index: 16.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 21.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.39 C Cross Totals Index: 3.25 C K Index: -22.67 Risk: None Sweat Index: 59.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10291.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.86 mb = 1486.58 m = 4877.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 358.1 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 28.1 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 163.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: -13.4 tot: -13.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: -1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 29.26 m/s