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: 4.77,-77.94 Latitude: 4.77 Longitude: -77.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 1 23.6 22.6 94 1.0 22.9 186 3 295.7 298.8 295.6 345.3 17.25 1 1000 111 22.5 21.9 96 0.6 22.1 196 4 295.7 298.7 295.3 343.9 16.79 2 950 558 20.4 19.6 96 0.7 19.9 230 6 297.8 300.6 294.8 342.2 15.31 3 900 1025 18.4 17.6 95 0.8 17.9 231 9 300.5 303.1 294.8 342.2 14.25 4 850 1514 16.0 15.0 94 1.0 15.4 229 9 303.0 305.3 294.5 340.7 12.75 5 800 2029 13.3 12.3 93 1.1 12.6 215 8 305.4 307.5 294.1 339.1 11.27 6 750 2571 10.7 9.7 93 1.0 10.0 173 10 308.2 310.1 294.0 338.9 10.11 7 700 3144 7.6 6.8 94 0.9 7.1 156 11 310.9 312.6 293.9 338.2 8.87 8 650 3753 4.0 3.6 97 0.4 3.8 143 9 313.5 315.0 293.7 337.4 7.65 9 600 4401 0.9 0.6 98 0.3 0.7 136 8 317.1 318.4 293.9 338.3 6.66 10 550 5098 -1.9 -2.5 96 0.6 -2.2 130 11 321.8 323.0 294.5 340.7 5.80 11 500 5853 -5.5 -6.3 94 0.7 -5.9 115 11 326.3 327.2 294.8 342.2 4.79 12 450 6673 -9.8 -10.5 94 0.7 -10.1 82 8 331.0 331.7 295.3 344.0 3.83 13 400 7574 -14.9 -15.4 96 0.5 -15.1 35 5 335.6 336.2 295.7 345.7 2.88 14 350 8572 -21.4 -21.5 100 0.0 -21.4 359 4 339.9 340.3 296.0 347.0 1.97 15 300 9690 -29.6 -29.6 100 -0.0 -29.6 334 4 343.6 343.9 296.1 347.8 1.09 16 250 10961 -40.1 -40.0 100 -0.0 -40.1 352 7 346.5 346.6 296.3 348.4 0.47 17 200 12441 -53.0 -53.1 99 0.1 -53.0 359 11 348.8 348.8 296.5 349.4 0.14 18 150 14227 -68.6 -69.7 85 1.1 -68.6 340 16 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.02 19 100 16610 -73.5 -83.1 22 9.6 -73.5 148 29 385.7 385.7 303.2 385.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.23 m Freezing level: 584.13 mb = 4622.32 m = 15164.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.66 mb = 4567.57 m = 14985.27 ft Precipitable water: 2.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.20 % Est. max temperature: 30.25 C = 86.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 997.81 mb = 130.38 m = 427.74 ft T: 22.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.87 C/km ThetaE index: 7.95 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 936.72 mb = 679.24 m = 2228.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.46 C = 79.63 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: 0.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: 0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.57 C Cross Totals Index: 20.57 C K Index: 35.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 140.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 952.28 mb = 536.73 m = 1760.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.28 mb = 1642.32 m = 5388.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 497.28 mb = 5894.94 m = 19340.13 ft B at Equ Level: 140.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 337.28 mb = 8840.08 m = 29002.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 164.1 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 194.1 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -13.6 tot: -13.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: -2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 22.93 Bulk Shear: 6.12 m/s