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: 31.58,-73.75 Latitude: 31.58 Longitude: -73.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -166 SFC 981 -1 26.2 25.0 93 1.3 25.3 55 73 301.0 304.8 299.1 362.0 20.69 2 950 286 23.2 22.4 95 0.8 22.6 67 98 300.7 304.1 297.5 354.4 18.24 3 900 757 20.5 20.3 99 0.2 20.4 76 103 302.6 305.8 297.3 352.8 16.94 4 850 1250 18.4 18.2 99 0.2 18.3 84 105 305.4 308.3 297.1 352.4 15.69 5 800 1769 16.3 16.0 98 0.3 16.1 90 103 308.5 311.2 297.1 352.2 14.42 6 750 2317 14.0 13.7 98 0.3 13.8 95 97 311.8 314.3 297.2 352.6 13.30 7 700 2898 11.4 11.0 97 0.4 11.2 95 89 315.1 317.4 297.1 352.2 11.91 8 650 3515 8.6 8.2 98 0.3 8.3 91 81 318.6 320.7 297.1 352.1 10.60 9 600 4174 5.2 5.0 99 0.2 5.1 86 77 322.1 323.9 297.0 351.5 9.16 10 550 4881 1.3 1.2 99 0.1 1.3 83 74 325.7 327.2 296.8 350.6 7.63 11 500 5645 -1.9 -2.4 97 0.4 -2.1 82 72 330.7 332.0 297.1 352.3 6.46 12 450 6478 -5.8 -6.5 95 0.7 -6.1 80 70 336.0 337.0 297.5 353.9 5.25 13 400 7393 -10.4 -11.3 93 0.9 -10.8 77 67 341.5 342.3 297.8 355.7 4.05 14 350 8410 -16.0 -17.2 91 1.2 -16.4 77 64 347.2 347.8 298.2 357.6 2.84 15 300 9554 -23.3 -25.0 85 1.8 -23.8 79 60 352.6 353.0 298.5 359.0 1.67 16 250 10861 -33.6 -35.6 82 2.0 -33.9 86 58 356.1 356.3 298.5 359.1 0.74 17 200 12382 -47.0 -48.1 89 1.1 -47.1 91 63 358.3 358.4 298.5 359.3 0.24 18 150 14217 -62.3 -64.0 80 1.7 -62.4 67 43 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.9 0.05 19 100 16654 -71.5 -79.6 29 8.1 -71.5 131 10 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.28 m Freezing level: 529.31 mb = 5197.42 m = 17051.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 531.61 mb = 5153.95 m = 16909.09 ft Precipitable water: 2.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.00 % Est. max temperature: 31.74 C = 89.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.27 mb = 155.09 m = 508.81 ft T: 24.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.85 C/km ThetaE index: 9.81 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.07 mb = 546.20 m = 1791.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.03 C = 80.66 F Cap Strength: 0.02 C Lifted Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: 0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.28 C Cross Totals Index: 20.13 C K Index: 38.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 500.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 137.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.42 mb = 533.46 m = 1750.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 918.42 mb = 580.74 m = 1905.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 438.42 mb = 6680.10 m = 21916.08 ft B at Equ Level: 136.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 308.42 mb = 9348.75 m = 30671.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 85.1 at 87.3 knts Storm direction: 115.1 at 65.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 11.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1225.4 neg: -58.4 tot: 1167.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 389.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.9 stream: 11.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.09 Bulk Shear: 125.51 m/s