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: 72.29,-140.72 Latitude: 72.29 Longitude: -140.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -1.2 -1.9 95 0.8 -1.5 23 15 271.3 271.8 271.2 280.1 3.28 1 1000 69 -1.6 -2.3 95 0.7 -1.9 25 19 271.5 272.0 271.2 280.2 3.22 2 950 476 -3.2 -3.5 98 0.2 -3.3 46 22 273.9 274.4 272.5 282.4 3.11 3 900 905 -1.4 -2.2 94 0.9 -1.7 28 15 280.1 280.7 276.7 290.1 3.60 4 850 1360 -1.7 -2.5 95 0.7 -2.0 7 13 284.3 285.0 279.1 295.0 3.75 5 800 1843 -2.1 -2.7 95 0.6 -2.3 340 13 288.9 289.6 281.4 300.2 3.91 6 750 2354 -4.6 -7.3 81 2.7 -5.6 334 14 291.6 292.1 281.4 300.3 2.94 7 700 2895 -6.8 -7.7 94 0.8 -7.1 309 15 294.9 295.5 283.0 304.1 3.07 8 650 3472 -8.7 -9.3 96 0.5 -8.9 273 25 299.1 299.6 284.5 308.0 2.91 9 600 4088 -12.4 -13.0 95 0.6 -12.6 259 28 301.8 302.2 284.9 309.1 2.34 10 550 4747 -16.4 -19.7 76 3.3 -17.2 254 36 304.7 304.9 285.1 309.4 1.46 11 500 5458 -21.1 -29.1 49 8.0 -22.5 251 46 307.3 307.4 285.2 309.6 0.69 12 450 6228 -25.6 -40.8 23 15.2 -27.3 248 57 311.1 311.1 286.0 312.0 0.24 13 400 7072 -31.5 -46.9 20 15.4 -32.7 251 62 314.0 314.1 286.9 314.5 0.14 14 350 8003 -38.6 -48.3 35 9.8 -39.2 251 67 316.7 316.8 287.8 317.3 0.14 15 300 9045 -45.2 -51.7 48 6.5 -45.4 255 68 321.7 321.7 289.4 322.1 0.11 16 250 10256 -45.7 -63.8 11 18.0 -46.3 264 51 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.2 0.03 17 200 11751 -43.9 -75.1 2 31.2 -44.9 273 34 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.01 18 150 13680 -44.2 -75.3 2 31.1 -45.3 284 25 393.9 393.9 304.3 394.0 0.01 19 100 16393 -45.7 -76.4 2 30.7 -47.1 277 18 439.5 439.5 309.8 439.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5388.49 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.19 % Est. max temperature: 11.12 C = 52.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.86 mb = 93.95 m = 308.23 ft T: -1.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 1008.7- -0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 964.06 mb = 359.28 m = 1178.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 0.75 C = 33.35 F Cap Strength: 19.12 C Lifted Index: 20.48 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 27.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.62 C Showalter Index: 11.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.36 C Cross Totals Index: 18.64 C K Index: 16.06 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 72.62 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21645.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 20.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.60 mb = 479.13 m = 1571.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.8 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 308.8 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 5.2 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.2 neg: -24.5 tot: 17.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 198.20 m/s