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: 44.45,-76.27 Latitude: 44.45 Longitude: -76.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 995 125 21.0 20.8 99 0.2 20.8 214 6 294.5 297.3 294.1 339.4 15.69 2 950 528 20.4 19.1 92 1.3 19.5 237 18 297.8 300.5 294.5 340.7 14.77 3 900 995 18.3 16.4 88 1.9 17.1 242 19 300.4 302.8 294.1 339.0 13.15 4 850 1484 15.4 14.6 95 0.8 14.8 239 21 302.3 304.5 294.0 338.8 12.35 5 800 1997 12.9 12.5 97 0.4 12.6 237 25 304.9 307.0 294.1 339.1 11.44 6 750 2539 10.4 9.3 93 1.1 9.7 234 29 307.9 309.7 293.7 337.7 9.84 7 700 3112 7.7 4.9 82 2.9 6.1 231 33 311.0 312.5 293.0 335.0 7.77 8 650 3720 4.6 -1.2 66 5.8 1.5 227 36 314.1 315.2 292.0 331.2 5.38 9 600 4368 1.4 -10.8 40 12.2 -3.8 227 39 317.7 318.2 290.8 326.9 2.79 10 550 5064 -2.3 -18.3 28 16.0 -7.9 229 41 321.4 321.7 290.9 327.0 1.64 11 500 5814 -7.0 -23.1 26 16.1 -11.9 231 43 324.5 324.8 291.3 328.7 1.19 12 450 6626 -12.7 -29.0 24 16.3 -16.7 230 45 327.2 327.4 291.7 330.0 0.77 13 400 7513 -18.8 -38.5 16 19.8 -22.1 227 52 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.9 0.34 14 350 8496 -25.2 -41.3 21 16.1 -27.4 219 59 334.8 334.9 293.3 336.0 0.29 15 300 9596 -33.5 -41.5 44 8.1 -34.4 214 66 338.2 338.2 294.2 339.5 0.33 16 250 10850 -42.9 -52.8 33 9.9 -43.4 224 71 342.3 342.4 295.0 342.8 0.11 17 200 12315 -54.5 -60.5 47 6.0 -54.6 229 73 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.8 0.06 18 150 14115 -62.1 -74.0 19 11.9 -62.2 241 50 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16636 -61.8 -84.0 4 22.2 -62.0 246 20 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.44 m Freezing level: 581.31 mb = 4628.05 m = 15183.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.53 mb = 3902.13 m = 12802.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.47 % Est. max temperature: 28.93 C = 84.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.38 mb = 149.48 m = 490.42 ft T: 20.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 12.20 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.87 mb = 1101.41 m = 3613.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.25 C = 81.05 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: -0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: 0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.37 C Cross Totals Index: 21.54 C K Index: 34.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 90.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.34 mb = 736.39 m = 2415.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.34 mb = 2077.82 m = 6816.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 782.34 mb = 2184.37 m = 7166.48 ft B at Equ Level: 23.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 252.34 mb = 10785.60 m = 35385.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.5 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 261.5 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 2.5 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 66.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 2.14 Bulk Shear: 42.21 m/s