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: 36.67,-73.83 Latitude: 36.67 Longitude: -73.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -112 SFC 988 -1 26.8 25.4 92 1.4 25.7 123 51 301.0 304.9 299.3 363.2 21.07 2 950 341 23.6 23.1 97 0.4 23.3 133 68 301.1 304.6 298.2 357.3 19.09 3 900 813 20.9 20.9 100 0.1 20.9 139 70 303.1 306.3 297.7 355.1 17.54 4 850 1308 18.6 18.5 99 0.1 18.5 143 70 305.7 308.6 297.4 353.5 15.96 5 800 1828 16.4 16.2 99 0.2 16.3 144 69 308.7 311.4 297.3 353.0 14.64 6 750 2377 14.1 13.6 97 0.5 13.8 144 68 311.9 314.4 297.1 352.4 13.18 7 700 2959 11.4 10.6 95 0.8 10.9 146 67 315.1 317.4 296.9 351.2 11.57 8 650 3576 8.6 7.7 94 0.9 8.0 149 67 318.7 320.7 296.8 350.9 10.18 9 600 4236 5.4 4.7 95 0.7 4.9 150 66 322.4 324.1 296.9 351.1 8.95 10 550 4944 2.1 1.5 96 0.5 1.8 152 65 326.5 328.1 297.1 352.1 7.81 11 500 5710 -1.2 -1.9 95 0.7 -1.6 154 63 331.6 333.0 297.5 354.1 6.69 12 450 6544 -4.9 -6.0 92 1.1 -5.4 155 60 337.1 338.2 297.9 355.9 5.45 13 400 7463 -8.5 -11.3 80 2.8 -9.8 155 53 343.9 344.7 298.4 358.3 4.04 14 350 8488 -13.5 -18.2 68 4.6 -15.3 154 49 350.5 351.1 298.7 360.2 2.61 15 300 9641 -21.7 -26.4 66 4.7 -23.1 156 45 354.8 355.1 298.8 360.5 1.47 16 250 10953 -32.2 -36.9 63 4.7 -33.0 152 31 358.2 358.3 298.8 360.8 0.64 17 200 12484 -45.8 -50.8 57 5.0 -46.1 139 27 360.3 360.3 298.9 361.1 0.18 18 150 14326 -62.3 -65.7 63 3.4 -62.3 122 12 362.8 362.8 299.2 363.0 0.04 19 100 16763 -69.9 -79.4 24 9.5 -69.9 76 2 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.02 m Freezing level: 517.87 mb = 5436.19 m = 17835.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 523.39 mb = 5342.60 m = 17528.01 ft Precipitable water: 2.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.31 % Est. max temperature: 32.15 C = 89.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.07 mb = 174.67 m = 573.06 ft T: 25.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.57 C/km ThetaE index: 12.31 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 931.64 mb = 511.31 m = 1677.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.58 C = 81.65 F Cap Strength: -0.05 C Lifted Index: -0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.13 C Showalter Index: 0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 39.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.79 C Cross Totals Index: 19.65 C K Index: 37.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 424.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 214.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.12 mb = 516.20 m = 1693.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 926.12 mb = 563.22 m = 1847.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 446.12 mb = 6611.73 m = 21691.77 ft B at Equ Level: 214.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 306.12 mb = 9489.57 m = 31133.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 145.8 at 66.3 knts Storm direction: 175.8 at 49.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 353.5 neg: -3.9 tot: 349.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 116.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 5.38 Bulk Shear: 39.85 m/s