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: 35.99,-73.96 Latitude: 35.99 Longitude: -73.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -213 SFC 976 -0 27.6 25.9 91 1.7 26.3 138 45 302.8 306.8 300.3 368.4 22.05 2 950 243 25.0 24.1 95 0.9 24.3 148 54 302.5 306.3 299.2 362.8 20.30 3 900 717 22.1 22.0 100 0.1 22.1 151 53 304.3 307.8 298.8 360.5 18.85 4 850 1214 19.6 19.5 99 0.1 19.6 151 53 306.7 309.9 298.3 358.0 17.03 5 800 1737 17.4 17.1 98 0.3 17.2 151 53 309.7 312.7 298.1 357.0 15.52 6 750 2288 15.0 14.6 97 0.5 14.7 153 50 312.9 315.6 298.0 356.2 14.06 7 700 2872 12.6 11.8 95 0.8 12.1 151 46 316.5 318.9 297.8 355.6 12.51 8 650 3493 9.8 9.0 94 0.9 9.3 149 45 320.1 322.2 297.8 355.4 11.14 9 600 4157 6.7 5.9 94 0.9 6.2 149 44 323.9 325.8 297.8 355.4 9.74 10 550 4869 3.3 2.3 93 1.0 2.7 150 41 328.0 329.6 297.7 355.1 8.25 11 500 5638 -0.1 -1.6 89 1.5 -0.9 149 37 333.0 334.3 297.9 355.9 6.83 12 450 6478 -3.6 -6.1 83 2.5 -4.9 145 34 338.8 339.9 298.2 357.5 5.41 13 400 7404 -7.1 -12.1 67 5.0 -9.4 133 31 345.8 346.6 298.6 359.4 3.78 14 350 8437 -11.9 -21.2 46 9.3 -15.3 122 28 352.8 353.2 298.8 360.4 2.02 15 300 9599 -20.4 -32.0 35 11.6 -23.2 116 25 356.7 356.9 298.7 360.2 0.87 16 250 10918 -31.9 -43.5 31 11.5 -33.4 103 21 358.6 358.6 298.7 359.9 0.33 17 200 12447 -45.9 -51.6 52 5.8 -46.2 112 17 360.1 360.1 298.8 360.8 0.16 18 150 14298 -60.7 -66.7 45 5.9 -60.9 179 20 365.4 365.4 299.8 365.6 0.03 19 100 16740 -68.9 -81.8 14 12.9 -69.0 146 9 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5851.21 m Freezing level: 500.95 mb = 5623.80 m = 18450.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 512.84 mb = 5433.73 m = 17826.97 ft Precipitable water: 2.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.26 % Est. max temperature: 32.87 C = 91.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.83 mb = 207.24 m = 679.90 ft T: 25.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.58 C/km ThetaE index: 13.34 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.41 mb = 558.91 m = 1833.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.49 C = 83.28 F Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lifted Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.12 C Showalter Index: 0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 39.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.70 C Cross Totals Index: 19.57 C K Index: 38.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 376.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 250.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.57 mb = 538.18 m = 1765.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 913.57 mb = 586.09 m = 1922.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 433.57 mb = 6770.74 m = 22213.45 ft B at Equ Level: 229.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.57 mb = 13741.01 m = 45081.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 150.1 at 46.4 knts Storm direction: 180.1 at 34.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 15.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.2 neg: -34.3 tot: 78.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 53.54 Bulk Shear: 4.68 m/s