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: 36.68,-74.97 Latitude: 36.68 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 1008 1 25.2 24.3 95 0.9 24.5 132 22 297.6 301.1 297.4 353.5 19.25 1 1000 71 24.5 23.6 95 0.9 23.9 134 26 297.6 301.0 297.0 351.8 18.65 2 950 521 21.8 21.4 98 0.4 21.5 141 29 299.3 302.4 296.5 349.3 17.13 3 900 990 19.6 19.2 97 0.4 19.3 145 29 301.7 304.6 296.2 348.0 15.72 4 850 1482 17.5 17.0 97 0.4 17.2 148 29 304.5 307.2 296.1 347.8 14.53 5 800 2000 15.2 14.8 97 0.4 14.9 149 27 307.4 309.9 296.1 347.6 13.34 6 750 2546 12.6 12.2 97 0.4 12.3 147 23 310.3 312.5 295.9 346.8 11.97 7 700 3124 9.9 9.2 95 0.7 9.5 143 19 313.4 315.4 295.7 345.9 10.49 8 650 3738 6.9 6.3 95 0.7 6.5 136 19 316.8 318.6 295.7 345.8 9.23 9 600 4393 3.0 2.6 97 0.4 2.8 124 18 319.6 321.1 295.3 344.2 7.72 10 550 5095 -0.3 -1.0 95 0.7 -0.6 122 18 323.8 325.1 295.5 344.9 6.50 11 500 5854 -3.6 -4.6 93 1.0 -4.1 115 17 328.7 329.8 296.0 346.9 5.45 12 450 6681 -8.0 -9.3 91 1.3 -8.6 110 17 333.2 334.1 296.1 347.6 4.22 13 400 7588 -13.0 -13.9 93 0.8 -13.4 107 16 338.0 338.7 296.5 349.5 3.27 14 350 8592 -19.5 -19.7 99 0.2 -19.6 104 14 342.5 343.0 296.8 350.8 2.30 15 300 9718 -27.8 -27.8 100 0.0 -27.8 106 13 346.3 346.5 296.9 351.2 1.30 16 250 10999 -38.3 -38.3 100 0.0 -38.3 109 10 349.1 349.3 296.9 351.4 0.56 17 200 12488 -51.7 -51.8 99 0.1 -51.7 115 11 350.9 350.9 297.0 351.5 0.16 18 150 14283 -67.8 -68.0 96 0.3 -67.8 111 11 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.5 0.03 19 100 16705 -66.5 -83.4 8 16.8 -66.7 127 2 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.85 m Freezing level: 554.01 mb = 5038.67 m = 16530.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 559.19 mb = 4961.25 m = 16276.88 ft Precipitable water: 2.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.15 % Est. max temperature: 31.56 C = 88.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.34 mb = 112.38 m = 368.70 ft T: 24.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.92 C/km ThetaE index: 9.30 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 945.70 mb = 560.11 m = 1837.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.03 C = 80.66 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: -0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.71 C Showalter Index: 0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.05 C Cross Totals Index: 20.60 C K Index: 37.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 176.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 950.29 mb = 518.05 m = 1699.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 925.29 mb = 749.52 m = 2459.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 405.29 mb = 7486.48 m = 24561.64 ft B at Equ Level: 176.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.29 mb = 13677.64 m = 44873.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 137.5 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 167.5 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 7.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.9 neg: -16.1 tot: 27.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 61.05 Bulk Shear: 2.89 m/s