MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 12Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 44.50,-73.04 Latitude: 44.50 Longitude: -73.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 173 SFC 992 240 19.4 13.7 69 5.7 15.8 201 4 293.2 295.0 289.3 321.7 9.98 2 950 614 19.0 10.0 56 9.0 13.5 219 8 296.4 297.9 288.8 320.0 8.11 3 900 1076 16.8 7.3 53 9.5 11.3 291 9 298.8 300.1 288.7 319.8 7.13 4 850 1561 14.1 5.5 56 8.6 9.2 304 14 301.0 302.2 289.0 320.8 6.67 5 800 2070 9.9 4.6 69 5.3 6.9 300 18 301.7 302.9 289.2 321.6 6.66 6 750 2602 5.9 -1.1 61 7.0 2.4 299 19 302.9 303.8 287.8 317.2 4.69 7 700 3165 3.9 -13.5 27 17.4 -2.7 293 19 306.8 307.1 286.4 312.9 1.92 8 650 3763 0.6 -15.3 29 15.9 -5.1 287 20 309.6 309.9 287.2 315.4 1.79 9 600 4400 -3.2 -21.5 23 18.3 -8.7 282 19 312.5 312.7 287.5 316.3 1.14 10 550 5084 -6.8 -31.8 12 25.0 -12.5 285 19 316.0 316.1 288.0 317.7 0.49 11 500 5820 -12.0 -35.7 12 23.7 -16.6 280 19 318.4 318.5 288.6 319.7 0.36 12 450 6616 -18.2 -39.7 13 21.6 -21.5 281 22 320.4 320.5 289.2 321.4 0.27 13 400 7483 -25.0 -40.9 21 16.0 -27.0 284 25 322.5 322.6 289.8 323.5 0.27 14 350 8438 -32.6 -46.2 25 13.5 -33.8 280 28 324.8 324.8 290.4 325.4 0.17 15 300 9504 -41.2 -52.4 29 11.2 -41.8 288 30 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.7 0.10 16 250 10716 -50.8 -53.8 70 3.0 -50.9 283 34 330.5 330.6 292.0 330.9 0.10 17 200 12149 -55.2 -65.3 28 10.1 -55.4 272 39 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.03 18 150 13989 -55.9 -80.2 3 24.3 -56.2 263 42 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.9 0.00 19 100 16538 -57.4 -85.3 2 27.9 -57.8 271 26 416.9 416.9 307.3 416.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.38 m Freezing level: 642.31 mb = 3860.75 m = 12666.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 726.39 mb = 2862.79 m = 9392.23 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.82 % Est. max temperature: 27.25 C = 81.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.52 mb = 967.49 m = 3174.14 ft T: 17.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 8.65 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.94 mb = 2482.62 m = 8144.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.84 C = 83.92 F Cap Strength: 4.42 C Lifted Index: 4.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.34 C Showalter Index: 3.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.14 C Cross Totals Index: 17.50 C K Index: 14.23 Risk: None Sweat Index: 112.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7669.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.94 mb = 1761.58 m = 5779.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.3 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 317.3 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.5 neg: -3.4 tot: 34.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.68 Bulk Shear: 32.24 m/s