MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F357.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F357.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 357 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 41.67,-75.71 Latitude: 41.67 Longitude: -75.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 966 435 24.3 20.7 80 3.6 21.7 178 11 300.4 303.4 296.1 347.6 16.08 2 950 580 22.7 19.6 83 3.1 20.5 182 22 300.2 303.0 295.5 344.8 15.25 3 900 1049 18.5 17.9 96 0.6 18.1 187 32 300.6 303.2 295.0 343.0 14.46 4 850 1539 16.7 14.7 88 1.9 15.4 201 41 303.6 305.9 294.5 340.7 12.50 5 800 2055 14.1 12.2 88 1.9 12.9 205 42 306.2 308.3 294.3 340.0 11.25 6 750 2598 11.2 9.7 90 1.5 10.3 207 43 308.7 310.6 294.2 339.5 10.12 7 700 3173 8.7 8.1 96 0.6 8.3 211 38 312.1 313.9 294.8 342.0 9.70 8 650 3785 5.9 5.3 96 0.6 5.5 213 29 315.7 317.3 295.0 342.7 8.64 9 600 4438 2.8 2.1 95 0.7 2.4 214 25 319.4 320.8 295.1 343.2 7.46 10 550 5138 -1.2 -1.6 97 0.4 -1.4 216 25 322.6 323.9 295.0 342.7 6.18 11 500 5894 -4.9 -5.6 95 0.7 -5.3 213 24 327.1 328.1 295.2 343.8 5.03 12 450 6718 -9.0 -11.3 83 2.3 -10.0 213 22 331.9 332.6 295.3 344.1 3.58 13 400 7620 -14.9 -18.9 71 4.1 -16.2 213 24 335.7 336.1 295.1 343.3 2.14 14 350 8618 -21.3 -24.8 73 3.5 -22.2 208 26 340.1 340.4 295.6 345.5 1.46 15 300 9735 -30.0 -31.9 83 1.9 -30.3 216 28 343.1 343.3 295.8 346.4 0.88 16 250 11007 -39.8 -42.2 78 2.3 -40.1 243 31 346.8 346.9 296.3 348.3 0.37 17 200 12489 -52.8 -53.3 93 0.6 -52.8 253 37 349.2 349.3 296.6 349.8 0.13 18 150 14282 -66.8 -69.3 71 2.5 -66.8 264 34 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.1 0.02 19 100 16725 -66.3 -82.5 9 16.2 -66.4 202 6 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.81 m Freezing level: 565.10 mb = 4927.02 m = 16164.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 568.68 mb = 4869.59 m = 15976.16 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.98 % Est. max temperature: 29.18 C = 84.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.16 mb = 894.50 m = 2934.69 ft T: 19.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.98 C/km ThetaE index: 8.02 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.83 mb = 1301.92 m = 4271.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.02 C = 78.84 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: 0.42 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Showalter Index: 1.59 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.57 C Cross Totals Index: 19.63 C K Index: 35.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 333.36 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.06 mb = 1134.46 m = 3721.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.06 mb = 2310.53 m = 7580.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 656.06 mb = 3708.14 m = 12165.68 ft B at Equ Level: 15.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 476.06 mb = 6277.67 m = 20595.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.0 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 237.0 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 234.9 neg: -7.8 tot: 227.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.72 Bulk Shear: 24.20 m/s