MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 39.00,-59.57 Latitude: 39.00 Longitude: -59.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 1 23.9 23.0 95 0.9 23.3 86 19 295.5 298.7 295.8 346.3 17.66 1 1000 152 22.1 21.8 98 0.3 21.9 89 21 295.2 298.2 295.0 343.0 16.67 2 950 597 19.4 19.3 100 0.0 19.4 105 19 296.9 299.6 294.4 340.3 15.03 3 900 1063 17.8 17.8 100 0.0 17.8 153 19 299.9 302.5 294.8 341.9 14.39 4 850 1551 15.4 15.4 100 0.0 15.4 188 22 302.3 304.7 294.6 340.9 13.07 5 800 2065 13.3 13.3 100 0.0 13.3 208 26 305.4 307.6 294.7 341.6 12.10 6 750 2608 11.1 11.0 100 0.1 11.0 218 29 308.6 310.7 294.8 342.2 11.07 7 700 3182 8.3 8.2 100 0.1 8.2 227 26 311.6 313.5 294.7 341.8 9.79 8 650 3792 5.3 5.1 99 0.1 5.2 238 21 314.9 316.5 294.7 341.5 8.52 9 600 4443 1.6 1.5 100 0.1 1.5 244 24 317.9 319.3 294.4 340.6 7.13 10 550 5141 -1.9 -2.1 98 0.2 -2.0 247 27 321.9 323.0 294.6 341.2 5.97 11 500 5894 -5.5 -6.0 96 0.5 -5.8 247 28 326.3 327.3 294.9 342.5 4.88 12 450 6715 -9.9 -10.4 96 0.5 -10.1 243 29 330.8 331.6 295.3 344.0 3.86 13 400 7615 -15.2 -15.6 97 0.4 -15.4 252 35 335.2 335.8 295.6 345.1 2.83 14 350 8611 -21.9 -23.9 84 2.0 -22.5 251 36 339.2 339.5 295.5 345.0 1.58 15 300 9727 -30.3 -36.3 56 5.9 -31.3 253 40 342.6 342.8 295.5 344.9 0.57 16 250 10994 -41.3 -43.1 83 1.8 -41.5 262 37 344.7 344.7 295.7 346.0 0.34 17 200 12467 -53.9 -54.1 98 0.2 -53.9 269 40 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.9 0.12 18 150 14257 -65.7 -72.0 41 6.4 -65.7 250 41 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.02 19 100 16692 -66.9 -82.8 9 15.9 -67.0 256 19 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.41 m Freezing level: 577.23 mb = 4760.65 m = 15618.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 578.41 mb = 4736.81 m = 15540.51 ft Precipitable water: 2.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 99.08 % Est. max temperature: 29.79 C = 85.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1005.36 mb = 105.62 m = 346.52 ft T: 22.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 6.06 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 968.36 mb = 431.01 m = 1414.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.57 C = 76.22 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: 0.49 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: 0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.96 C Cross Totals Index: 20.94 C K Index: 36.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 388.91 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.19 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 964.76 mb = 463.33 m = 1520.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 959.76 mb = 508.42 m = 1668.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 769.76 mb = 2389.15 m = 7838.31 ft B at Equ Level: 23.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 439.76 mb = 6890.95 m = 22607.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.9 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 248.9 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 321.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 321.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 107.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 209.29 m/s