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: 36.37,-73.43 Latitude: 36.37 Longitude: -73.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 -0 26.7 25.5 93 1.2 25.8 112 50 299.8 303.7 299.0 361.4 20.96 1 1000 3 26.4 25.0 92 1.4 25.4 115 50 299.6 303.3 298.5 359.3 20.38 2 950 454 22.5 22.4 99 0.2 22.4 122 70 300.1 303.4 297.4 353.4 18.19 3 900 925 20.0 20.0 100 0.0 20.1 129 72 302.1 305.2 296.9 351.2 16.60 4 850 1418 17.6 17.5 99 0.1 17.6 137 73 304.6 307.4 296.5 349.4 15.01 5 800 1936 15.5 15.2 98 0.3 15.3 142 73 307.7 310.2 296.4 349.1 13.72 6 750 2483 13.2 13.0 98 0.3 13.1 148 72 310.9 313.3 296.5 349.6 12.64 7 700 3063 10.7 10.5 99 0.2 10.6 151 68 314.3 316.5 296.6 349.9 11.46 8 650 3678 7.6 7.5 99 0.1 7.5 152 65 317.6 319.5 296.5 349.3 10.07 9 600 4334 3.9 3.9 100 0.0 3.9 153 64 320.7 322.3 296.1 347.8 8.48 10 550 5037 0.2 0.2 99 0.1 0.2 154 64 324.4 325.8 296.0 347.4 7.06 11 500 5797 -3.2 -3.5 98 0.3 -3.4 153 64 329.1 330.3 296.4 348.8 5.90 12 450 6624 -7.2 -7.7 97 0.5 -7.5 152 62 334.1 335.1 296.7 350.4 4.77 13 400 7532 -12.0 -12.6 95 0.6 -12.2 151 59 339.4 340.2 297.1 352.2 3.64 14 350 8542 -17.8 -18.0 98 0.3 -17.9 145 54 344.8 345.4 297.5 354.4 2.65 15 300 9676 -25.5 -25.7 99 0.1 -25.6 139 49 349.4 349.7 297.8 355.4 1.58 16 250 10971 -35.5 -36.3 93 0.8 -35.7 143 48 353.2 353.4 297.9 356.0 0.69 17 200 12479 -49.2 -50.2 89 1.1 -49.2 146 45 354.9 355.0 297.8 355.7 0.19 18 150 14296 -64.6 -65.6 87 1.0 -64.6 136 11 358.9 358.9 298.5 359.0 0.04 19 100 16744 -68.9 -81.7 14 12.8 -68.9 167 5 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.53 m Freezing level: 546.59 mb = 5089.20 m = 16696.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 547.26 mb = 5077.09 m = 16656.92 ft Precipitable water: 2.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.75 % Est. max temperature: 31.48 C = 88.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.31 mb = 151.21 m = 496.09 ft T: 25.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 12.29 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 949.22 mb = 461.63 m = 1514.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.96 C = 80.53 F Cap Strength: -0.18 C Lifted Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Showalter Index: -0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.84 C Cross Totals Index: 20.75 C K Index: 38.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 420.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 355.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.44 mb = 505.59 m = 1658.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 939.44 mb = 551.78 m = 1810.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 349.44 mb = 8553.56 m = 28062.53 ft B at Equ Level: 355.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.44 mb = 14736.82 m = 48348.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 144.4 at 67.3 knts Storm direction: 174.4 at 50.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 620.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 620.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 206.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.29 Bulk Rich Number: 3.27 Bulk Shear: 108.80 m/s