MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 9Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 30.33,-74.37 Latitude: 30.33 Longitude: -74.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1018 1 27.1 23.0 79 4.0 24.2 231 8 298.7 301.9 296.7 350.2 17.66 1 1000 157 25.4 21.7 80 3.7 22.8 232 9 298.6 301.6 296.0 346.9 16.60 2 950 607 21.6 19.9 90 1.7 20.4 233 8 299.1 302.0 295.4 344.5 15.57 3 900 1076 19.3 16.4 84 2.9 17.4 226 9 301.4 303.8 294.4 340.2 13.18 4 850 1566 16.9 12.7 76 4.2 14.1 218 9 303.8 305.9 293.4 336.3 10.91 5 800 2082 14.4 10.3 76 4.1 11.9 210 8 306.5 308.4 293.4 336.4 9.90 6 750 2626 11.9 9.6 86 2.3 10.4 199 9 309.5 311.4 294.4 340.1 10.05 7 700 3202 9.3 6.7 84 2.6 7.8 197 10 312.8 314.5 294.4 340.3 8.86 8 650 3815 6.3 2.7 78 3.6 4.2 198 9 316.1 317.5 294.0 338.7 7.17 9 600 4468 2.7 -2.6 68 5.3 -0.0 195 9 319.3 320.3 293.4 336.2 5.27 10 550 5167 -1.1 -8.6 56 7.6 -4.5 181 10 322.8 323.5 293.0 334.8 3.62 11 500 5921 -5.5 -17.4 38 11.9 -9.8 167 15 326.3 326.7 292.5 333.0 1.94 12 450 6738 -11.4 -24.2 34 12.7 -15.1 150 12 328.9 329.1 292.6 333.2 1.20 13 400 7631 -17.2 -32.1 26 14.9 -20.4 113 10 332.6 332.7 293.0 335.0 0.65 14 350 8618 -24.4 -35.6 35 11.2 -26.3 93 13 335.8 336.0 293.8 337.8 0.52 15 300 9721 -32.9 -39.3 53 6.4 -33.7 90 24 339.0 339.0 294.4 340.6 0.42 16 250 10977 -43.0 -49.2 51 6.2 -43.4 76 28 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.9 0.17 17 200 12440 -54.9 -58.9 61 4.1 -55.0 72 28 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.2 0.07 18 150 14231 -64.7 -72.2 35 7.5 -64.8 97 19 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16684 -69.2 -83.7 10 14.5 -69.3 138 9 394.0 394.0 304.3 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.02 m Freezing level: 564.15 mb = 4969.17 m = 16302.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.45 mb = 4461.41 m = 14637.01 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.81 % Est. max temperature: 31.35 C = 88.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.12 mb = 514.16 m = 1686.86 ft T: 22.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 13.82 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.20 mb = 1073.79 m = 3522.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.78 C = 85.60 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: 2.84 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.42 C Cross Totals Index: 18.20 C K Index: 32.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 441.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.18 mb = 789.82 m = 2591.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.18 mb = 2347.65 m = 7702.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 715.18 mb = 3023.08 m = 9918.11 ft B at Equ Level: 7.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.18 mb = 14428.42 m = 47336.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.1 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 230.1 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -86.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: -2.1 tot: -1.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.1 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 129.48 Bulk Shear: 3.41 m/s