MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F285.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F285.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 285 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 46.53,-80.91 Latitude: 46.53 Longitude: -80.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 977 282 30.7 20.2 54 10.4 23.2 208 12 305.8 308.7 297.1 352.2 15.47 2 950 531 27.2 18.9 60 8.3 21.3 213 23 304.8 307.5 296.3 348.3 14.57 3 900 1007 22.7 17.7 74 4.9 19.2 219 26 304.8 307.5 296.1 347.6 14.33 4 850 1502 19.2 15.5 79 3.7 16.7 227 29 306.3 308.7 295.7 345.7 13.15 5 800 2023 16.5 11.7 73 4.8 13.4 229 36 308.8 310.8 294.7 341.8 10.86 6 750 2570 13.0 8.5 75 4.4 10.2 230 38 310.6 312.4 294.1 339.4 9.36 7 700 3147 9.3 5.3 76 4.0 6.9 235 39 312.8 314.3 293.7 337.5 7.98 8 650 3758 5.4 0.7 71 4.7 2.8 238 41 315.1 316.3 293.0 334.7 6.21 9 600 4408 1.6 -3.3 70 4.9 -0.9 239 46 317.9 318.9 292.8 333.9 4.99 10 550 5105 -2.3 -9.0 60 6.7 -5.3 235 46 321.3 322.0 292.5 332.9 3.51 11 500 5856 -6.3 -12.4 62 6.1 -8.8 230 43 325.4 325.9 293.2 335.3 2.96 12 450 6673 -10.8 -16.3 64 5.4 -12.8 235 43 329.6 330.1 293.8 337.8 2.38 13 400 7569 -16.8 -20.3 74 3.6 -17.9 239 41 333.2 333.6 294.3 339.9 1.90 14 350 8558 -23.7 -25.1 88 1.4 -24.0 237 36 336.9 337.2 294.8 342.0 1.43 15 300 9667 -31.6 -34.3 77 2.7 -32.0 232 29 340.8 341.0 295.1 343.5 0.69 16 250 10932 -41.4 -45.7 63 4.3 -41.8 228 33 344.5 344.6 295.6 345.5 0.26 17 200 12404 -53.7 -55.8 78 2.0 -53.8 215 43 347.7 347.7 296.2 348.1 0.10 18 150 14197 -66.4 -68.2 78 1.8 -66.4 251 29 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.03 19 100 16672 -63.0 -84.1 4 21.1 -63.2 264 15 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.98 m Freezing level: 579.92 mb = 4687.84 m = 15379.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.24 mb = 4244.20 m = 13924.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.78 % Est. max temperature: 32.22 C = 89.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.45 mb = 1599.27 m = 5246.87 ft T: 18.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 19.31 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.62 mb = 2122.62 m = 6963.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.95 C = 93.10 F Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lifted Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.87 C Showalter Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.49 C Cross Totals Index: 21.81 C K Index: 36.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.44 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 790.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.85 mb = 1625.88 m = 5334.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 732.85 mb = 2763.34 m = 9065.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.85 mb = 12631.40 m = 41441.09 ft B at Equ Level: 783.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.85 mb = 15416.05 m = 50576.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.0 at 37.8 knts Storm direction: 262.0 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 163.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 163.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 15.75 Bulk Shear: 50.17 m/s