MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 36.49,-74.17 Latitude: 36.49 Longitude: -74.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -221 SFC 975 -0 26.9 25.7 93 1.3 26.0 114 23 302.2 306.2 299.9 366.7 21.72 2 950 234 24.6 24.1 97 0.5 24.3 127 28 302.2 305.9 299.1 362.2 20.27 3 900 708 22.0 21.9 99 0.1 21.9 133 28 304.2 307.6 298.7 359.9 18.68 4 850 1205 19.7 19.4 98 0.2 19.5 134 26 306.8 309.9 298.2 357.9 16.97 5 800 1728 17.7 17.0 96 0.7 17.2 136 24 310.0 312.9 298.1 357.0 15.41 6 750 2280 15.7 14.5 93 1.2 14.9 139 23 313.6 316.3 298.1 356.9 14.00 7 700 2866 13.5 11.8 89 1.7 12.4 143 22 317.5 319.9 298.1 356.8 12.53 8 650 3490 10.9 8.8 87 2.1 9.5 146 21 321.3 323.4 298.0 356.4 11.01 9 600 4156 7.7 5.5 86 2.2 6.3 147 17 325.1 327.0 297.9 356.0 9.52 10 550 4870 4.0 2.1 88 1.9 2.8 144 15 328.8 330.4 297.8 355.7 8.14 11 500 5642 0.6 -1.4 87 2.0 -0.6 139 14 333.7 335.1 298.1 357.1 6.93 12 450 6484 -2.9 -5.9 80 2.9 -4.5 128 13 339.5 340.7 298.4 358.6 5.50 13 400 7413 -6.0 -12.7 59 6.7 -9.1 113 13 347.2 348.0 298.8 360.3 3.62 14 350 8451 -10.7 -22.6 37 11.9 -14.9 107 12 354.4 354.8 299.0 361.2 1.78 15 300 9616 -19.6 -33.4 28 13.8 -22.9 104 15 357.8 357.9 298.8 360.8 0.76 16 250 10938 -31.3 -47.1 20 15.8 -33.1 84 12 359.5 359.6 298.8 360.5 0.22 17 200 12473 -44.9 -60.0 17 15.1 -45.6 101 16 361.7 361.7 299.1 362.0 0.06 18 150 14326 -61.5 -66.0 55 4.5 -61.6 127 10 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.2 0.04 19 100 16765 -69.5 -79.6 22 10.1 -69.6 96 4 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5862.93 m Freezing level: 491.82 mb = 5779.58 m = 18961.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 508.33 mb = 5508.13 m = 18071.06 ft Precipitable water: 2.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.27 % Est. max temperature: 33.00 C = 91.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.91 mb = 160.57 m = 526.79 ft T: 25.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.67 C/km ThetaE index: 11.06 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.97 mb = 534.96 m = 1755.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.15 C = 82.67 F Cap Strength: 0.03 C Lifted Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.00 C Showalter Index: 0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 37.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.12 C Cross Totals Index: 18.87 C K Index: 36.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 68.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.66 mb = 518.85 m = 1702.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 914.66 mb = 566.68 m = 1859.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 694.66 mb = 2930.73 m = 9615.15 ft B at Equ Level: 43.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 394.66 mb = 7517.40 m = 24663.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 138.6 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 168.6 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.0 neg: -3.0 tot: 48.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 7.59 Bulk Shear: 9.00 m/s