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: 36.51,-74.22 Latitude: 36.51 Longitude: -74.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -220 SFC 976 -0 26.8 25.6 93 1.2 25.9 89 21 302.1 306.1 299.9 366.3 21.65 2 950 235 24.6 24.0 97 0.5 24.2 103 26 302.1 305.8 299.1 362.0 20.21 3 900 709 22.0 21.8 99 0.1 21.9 110 25 304.2 307.6 298.7 359.7 18.63 4 850 1206 19.7 19.4 98 0.3 19.5 112 23 306.8 309.9 298.2 357.7 16.91 5 800 1729 17.7 16.9 95 0.8 17.2 111 21 310.0 312.9 298.1 356.8 15.34 6 750 2281 15.8 14.5 92 1.3 14.9 112 19 313.7 316.4 298.1 356.9 13.96 7 700 2868 13.7 11.7 88 1.9 12.4 114 18 317.6 320.0 298.1 356.8 12.48 8 650 3491 11.0 8.7 86 2.3 9.5 116 17 321.4 323.6 298.0 356.4 10.95 9 600 4158 7.9 5.5 85 2.4 6.3 110 13 325.2 327.1 297.9 356.0 9.48 10 550 4873 4.2 2.1 86 2.1 2.9 104 12 329.0 330.7 297.8 355.8 8.11 11 500 5645 0.8 -1.5 85 2.3 -0.5 98 12 334.0 335.4 298.1 357.3 6.89 12 450 6488 -2.7 -6.0 78 3.2 -4.4 91 13 339.8 340.9 298.4 358.7 5.45 13 400 7417 -5.9 -12.8 58 6.8 -9.1 83 14 347.3 348.1 298.8 360.3 3.59 14 350 8455 -10.8 -22.3 38 11.4 -14.9 83 14 354.2 354.6 298.9 361.1 1.83 15 300 9619 -19.7 -32.9 30 13.2 -22.9 87 16 357.6 357.8 298.8 360.8 0.80 16 250 10941 -31.4 -47.2 20 15.8 -33.3 71 14 359.4 359.4 298.8 360.3 0.22 17 200 12475 -45.1 -59.5 18 14.5 -45.7 92 16 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.7 0.06 18 150 14326 -61.6 -66.0 56 4.4 -61.7 125 11 363.9 363.9 299.5 364.1 0.04 19 100 16765 -69.4 -79.6 21 10.2 -69.5 98 5 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5864.86 m Freezing level: 488.80 mb = 5833.56 m = 19138.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 507.47 mb = 5524.76 m = 18125.63 ft Precipitable water: 2.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.37 % Est. max temperature: 33.02 C = 91.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.92 mb = 152.20 m = 499.35 ft T: 25.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.63 C/km ThetaE index: 9.54 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.77 mb = 537.70 m = 1764.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.13 C = 82.63 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: 0.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: 1.18 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 37.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.91 C Cross Totals Index: 18.60 C K Index: 36.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.72 mb = 519.13 m = 1703.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 914.72 mb = 566.95 m = 1860.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 714.72 mb = 2690.76 m = 8827.86 ft B at Equ Level: 38.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 424.72 mb = 6943.78 m = 22781.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 108.9 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 138.9 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 18.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.2 neg: -8.4 tot: 33.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 6.18 Bulk Shear: 7.64 m/s