MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 36.43,-74.97 Latitude: 36.43 Longitude: -74.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 1 25.1 24.4 96 0.7 24.6 164 21 297.7 301.3 297.6 354.4 19.52 1 1000 56 24.4 23.8 97 0.6 24.0 168 25 297.6 301.0 297.2 352.5 18.92 2 950 505 21.8 21.8 100 0.0 21.8 176 25 299.3 302.5 296.8 350.6 17.55 3 900 975 19.7 19.6 100 0.1 19.6 176 26 301.8 304.8 296.5 349.6 16.19 4 850 1467 17.6 17.5 99 0.1 17.5 176 27 304.6 307.4 296.5 349.2 14.97 5 800 1985 15.3 15.1 99 0.2 15.2 178 26 307.5 310.0 296.3 348.6 13.65 6 750 2532 12.7 12.6 99 0.2 12.6 182 24 310.4 312.7 296.1 347.9 12.29 7 700 3110 9.9 9.8 99 0.1 9.8 184 22 313.4 315.5 296.0 347.3 10.93 8 650 3724 6.9 6.7 99 0.1 6.8 181 18 316.7 318.6 295.9 346.7 9.55 9 600 4379 3.0 3.0 100 0.0 3.0 169 14 319.6 321.1 295.5 344.9 7.94 10 550 5080 -0.4 -0.6 99 0.2 -0.5 158 13 323.6 324.9 295.6 345.3 6.68 11 500 5839 -3.5 -3.8 97 0.4 -3.7 145 13 328.8 330.0 296.2 348.1 5.78 12 450 6666 -7.5 -8.1 95 0.6 -7.8 131 12 333.8 334.8 296.5 349.6 4.62 13 400 7575 -12.4 -13.0 95 0.6 -12.7 115 12 338.8 339.6 296.9 351.2 3.51 14 350 8581 -18.9 -19.0 99 0.1 -18.9 110 11 343.3 343.8 297.1 352.1 2.44 15 300 9710 -27.1 -27.1 100 -0.0 -27.1 115 11 347.2 347.5 297.1 352.5 1.39 16 250 10994 -37.5 -37.6 100 0.0 -37.5 113 8 350.3 350.4 297.2 352.6 0.60 17 200 12487 -51.1 -51.2 98 0.1 -51.1 100 9 351.9 351.9 297.2 352.6 0.17 18 150 14288 -67.2 -67.4 97 0.3 -67.2 66 13 354.3 354.3 297.6 354.5 0.03 19 100 16703 -66.4 -83.4 7 17.0 -66.5 107 1 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.09 m Freezing level: 556.28 mb = 4991.78 m = 16377.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 557.22 mb = 4974.73 m = 16321.08 ft Precipitable water: 2.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 99.01 % Est. max temperature: 31.62 C = 88.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 997.17 mb = 80.72 m = 264.82 ft T: 24.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.89 C/km ThetaE index: 9.56 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 953.71 mb = 471.02 m = 1545.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.60 C = 79.88 F Cap Strength: -0.06 C Lifted Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.03 C Showalter Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.06 C Cross Totals Index: 20.96 C K Index: 38.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 276.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 231.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 953.02 mb = 477.34 m = 1566.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 948.02 mb = 523.27 m = 1716.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 418.02 mb = 7234.84 m = 23736.06 ft B at Equ Level: 231.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.02 mb = 13961.73 m = 45805.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 173.9 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 203.9 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.8 neg: -0.7 tot: 29.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 87.27 Bulk Shear: 2.65 m/s