MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F183.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F183.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 183 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 35.97,-73.94 Latitude: 35.97 Longitude: -73.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 -202 SFC 978 -0 27.6 25.9 91 1.6 26.3 142 44 302.7 306.7 300.2 368.1 22.01 2 950 253 24.9 24.0 95 0.8 24.3 152 53 302.4 306.1 299.1 362.3 20.20 3 900 728 22.0 21.9 99 0.1 22.0 155 52 304.2 307.7 298.7 360.1 18.74 4 850 1224 19.6 19.4 99 0.2 19.5 155 52 306.7 309.8 298.2 357.6 16.93 5 800 1747 17.4 17.0 97 0.4 17.1 155 52 309.7 312.6 298.0 356.6 15.40 6 750 2298 15.0 14.5 97 0.5 14.7 157 50 312.9 315.5 297.9 355.9 13.96 7 700 2882 12.5 11.7 95 0.8 12.0 156 45 316.3 318.7 297.7 355.2 12.42 8 650 3503 9.7 8.8 94 0.9 9.2 154 44 319.9 322.1 297.7 355.0 11.05 9 600 4166 6.6 5.7 94 0.9 6.1 155 44 323.8 325.7 297.7 354.9 9.66 10 550 4877 3.1 2.2 94 0.9 2.5 156 41 327.7 329.4 297.6 354.6 8.18 11 500 5646 -0.2 -1.7 90 1.4 -1.0 156 37 332.7 334.1 297.8 355.5 6.79 12 450 6486 -3.8 -6.1 84 2.3 -5.0 154 33 338.5 339.6 298.1 357.1 5.39 13 400 7410 -7.4 -12.0 69 4.6 -9.5 143 29 345.4 346.2 298.5 359.0 3.81 14 350 8442 -12.2 -20.5 50 8.3 -15.3 131 25 352.3 352.7 298.8 360.3 2.14 15 300 9602 -20.6 -30.8 40 10.2 -23.2 122 22 356.3 356.6 298.7 360.2 0.98 16 250 10920 -32.1 -42.5 35 10.4 -33.5 107 19 358.4 358.4 298.7 359.9 0.36 17 200 12449 -46.0 -51.5 53 5.5 -46.3 119 16 360.0 360.0 298.8 360.7 0.17 18 150 14299 -60.8 -66.5 47 5.7 -60.9 180 19 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.4 0.03 19 100 16740 -69.0 -81.8 14 12.8 -69.1 146 9 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.74 m Freezing level: 503.71 mb = 5589.33 m = 18337.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 514.48 mb = 5416.08 m = 17769.06 ft Precipitable water: 2.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.30 % Est. max temperature: 32.86 C = 91.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.01 mb = 206.51 m = 677.51 ft T: 25.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.62 C/km ThetaE index: 13.52 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.38 mb = 559.72 m = 1836.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.47 C = 83.24 F Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lifted Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.09 C Showalter Index: 0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 39.49 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.83 C Cross Totals Index: 19.66 C K Index: 38.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 372.66 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 256.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.58 mb = 538.73 m = 1767.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 914.58 mb = 586.57 m = 1924.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 424.58 mb = 6942.11 m = 22775.68 ft B at Equ Level: 240.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.58 mb = 14105.29 m = 46276.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 154.9 at 45.7 knts Storm direction: 184.9 at 34.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 18.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.4 neg: -27.6 tot: 87.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 51.19 Bulk Shear: 5.01 m/s