MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 6Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 34.27,-73.2 Latitude: 34.27 Longitude: -73.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 1 27.8 23.8 79 4.1 24.9 222 20 299.6 303.0 297.5 353.9 18.54 1 1000 141 26.5 21.6 75 4.9 23.0 223 24 299.6 302.6 296.1 347.8 16.48 2 950 592 23.4 18.5 74 4.9 20.0 230 27 300.9 303.5 295.0 342.8 14.26 3 900 1063 20.4 16.8 80 3.6 17.9 237 25 302.5 305.0 294.8 342.3 13.46 4 850 1555 17.2 14.6 85 2.6 15.5 246 26 304.2 306.5 294.6 341.2 12.42 5 800 2072 14.4 13.1 92 1.2 13.6 252 24 306.5 308.7 294.9 342.5 11.97 6 750 2616 11.8 10.6 92 1.2 11.1 246 24 309.4 311.5 294.9 342.3 10.80 7 700 3192 9.4 7.4 87 2.0 8.2 243 25 312.9 314.7 294.7 341.7 9.29 8 650 3806 6.7 3.9 82 2.8 5.1 240 23 316.5 318.0 294.6 341.1 7.80 9 600 4460 3.3 -0.1 78 3.5 1.4 238 21 320.0 321.2 294.4 340.3 6.33 10 550 5162 -0.5 -4.4 74 4.0 -2.4 237 20 323.5 324.5 294.3 340.0 5.01 11 500 5919 -4.3 -9.3 68 4.9 -6.6 239 17 327.7 328.5 294.4 340.5 3.79 12 450 6743 -8.6 -15.6 57 7.0 -11.3 228 17 332.5 333.0 294.6 341.2 2.52 13 400 7648 -13.9 -32.6 19 18.7 -18.2 316 9 336.9 337.0 294.1 339.2 0.62 14 350 8648 -20.7 -42.1 13 21.4 -24.1 313 24 340.8 340.9 294.8 341.9 0.27 15 300 9771 -28.2 -55.5 5 27.3 -30.6 294 20 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.07 16 250 11051 -38.8 -56.7 13 17.9 -39.8 322 15 348.4 348.4 296.4 348.7 0.07 17 200 12538 -51.4 -55.8 60 4.3 -51.6 279 11 351.3 351.3 297.0 351.7 0.10 18 150 14350 -64.3 -65.0 91 0.7 -64.3 99 8 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.5 0.04 19 100 16759 -70.2 -82.6 14 12.5 -70.2 104 11 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.08 m Freezing level: 556.02 mb = 5077.35 m = 16657.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 581.56 mb = 4711.76 m = 15458.34 ft Precipitable water: 2.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.16 % Est. max temperature: 31.86 C = 89.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.30 mb = 515.96 m = 1692.76 ft T: 23.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.05 C/km ThetaE index: 12.71 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.30 mb = 1431.69 m = 4697.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.98 C = 89.57 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: 0.32 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.14 C Showalter Index: 1.96 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.54 C Cross Totals Index: 18.99 C K Index: 34.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.44 mb = 1039.64 m = 3410.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.44 mb = 2312.94 m = 7588.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 717.44 mb = 2986.78 m = 9799.04 ft B at Equ Level: 9.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 617.44 mb = 4225.71 m = 13863.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.8 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 269.8 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.1 neg: -5.1 tot: 47.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.98 Bulk Shear: 5.04 m/s