MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F267.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F267.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 267 hour GFS valid 9Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 31.48,-73.82 Latitude: 31.48 Longitude: -73.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -195 SFC 978 -1 26.1 25.0 94 1.1 25.3 44 74 301.1 304.9 299.2 362.6 20.84 2 950 258 23.3 22.6 95 0.8 22.8 57 98 300.9 304.2 297.7 355.1 18.43 3 900 729 20.7 20.5 99 0.2 20.6 66 105 302.8 306.0 297.4 353.6 17.12 4 850 1222 18.5 18.4 99 0.1 18.5 74 106 305.6 308.5 297.3 353.2 15.89 5 800 1741 16.6 16.3 98 0.3 16.4 81 104 308.8 311.6 297.4 353.5 14.74 6 750 2290 14.5 14.2 98 0.2 14.3 86 96 312.3 314.9 297.6 354.6 13.74 7 700 2871 12.0 11.9 99 0.2 11.9 87 85 315.8 318.2 297.7 355.1 12.59 8 650 3490 9.2 9.0 99 0.1 9.1 81 77 319.3 321.5 297.7 354.8 11.19 9 600 4150 5.8 5.6 99 0.1 5.7 75 73 322.8 324.7 297.4 353.6 9.59 10 550 4859 1.6 1.6 100 0.1 1.6 72 71 326.0 327.6 297.0 351.6 7.83 11 500 5624 -1.5 -1.8 98 0.3 -1.7 70 69 331.2 332.5 297.4 353.6 6.71 12 450 6458 -5.3 -5.9 96 0.5 -5.6 68 68 336.5 337.6 297.8 355.4 5.50 13 400 7374 -9.8 -10.6 94 0.8 -10.2 66 65 342.2 343.1 298.1 357.2 4.26 14 350 8393 -15.4 -16.6 91 1.2 -15.9 66 63 348.0 348.7 298.5 359.0 2.99 15 300 9541 -22.6 -24.4 85 1.8 -23.1 68 60 353.6 354.0 298.8 360.3 1.78 16 250 10851 -32.8 -35.0 81 2.2 -33.2 77 57 357.2 357.4 298.8 360.4 0.78 17 200 12376 -46.7 -48.0 86 1.3 -46.7 81 61 358.9 359.0 298.7 359.9 0.25 18 150 14212 -62.2 -63.9 80 1.7 -62.3 54 47 362.9 362.9 299.3 363.1 0.05 19 100 16654 -71.6 -79.9 28 8.3 -71.7 131 11 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.98 m Freezing level: 524.07 mb = 5255.77 m = 17243.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 525.59 mb = 5223.39 m = 17136.91 ft Precipitable water: 2.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.53 % Est. max temperature: 31.89 C = 89.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.87 mb = 130.02 m = 426.57 ft T: 24.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.92 C/km ThetaE index: 9.48 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.53 mb = 541.59 m = 1776.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.01 C = 80.62 F Cap Strength: 0.02 C Lifted Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.00 C Showalter Index: 0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 39.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.05 C Cross Totals Index: 19.93 C K Index: 38.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 502.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 84.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.02 mb = 527.51 m = 1730.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 916.02 mb = 574.92 m = 1886.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 466.02 mb = 6180.88 m = 20278.22 ft B at Equ Level: 84.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 346.02 mb = 8478.48 m = 27816.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 75.0 at 85.5 knts Storm direction: 105.0 at 64.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.6 neg: 1.5 tot: 12.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1284.6 neg: -68.1 tot: 1216.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 405.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.1 stream: 11.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 0.69 Bulk Shear: 123.06 m/s