MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F294.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F294.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 294 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 33.99,-72.57 Latitude: 33.99 Longitude: -72.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 0 27.2 24.9 87 2.3 25.4 64 7 299.9 303.6 298.5 358.8 20.06 1 1000 40 26.6 24.1 86 2.5 24.8 66 7 299.8 303.3 298.0 356.3 19.26 2 950 492 22.7 22.6 99 0.1 22.7 64 8 300.3 303.7 297.6 354.6 18.49 3 900 963 21.2 19.8 92 1.4 20.2 66 8 303.3 306.4 297.0 351.8 16.34 4 850 1459 19.4 17.1 87 2.3 17.8 64 8 306.5 309.2 296.7 350.4 14.62 5 800 1980 17.3 14.6 84 2.8 15.4 68 8 309.6 312.1 296.5 349.7 13.15 6 750 2531 15.1 11.8 81 3.3 12.9 84 6 313.0 315.2 296.4 349.0 11.68 7 700 3114 12.5 8.8 78 3.7 10.1 135 4 316.3 318.3 296.3 348.3 10.21 8 650 3733 9.2 5.7 79 3.5 7.1 180 8 319.4 321.1 296.1 347.7 8.90 9 600 4393 5.4 2.6 82 2.8 3.7 189 11 322.4 323.9 296.0 347.2 7.71 10 550 5099 1.4 -1.5 81 2.9 -0.2 178 11 325.8 327.0 295.8 346.3 6.25 11 500 5861 -2.9 -5.9 80 3.0 -4.4 177 17 329.5 330.4 295.7 346.0 4.93 12 450 6688 -8.1 -11.1 79 2.9 -9.4 185 26 333.0 333.8 295.6 345.6 3.65 13 400 7592 -14.5 -17.3 80 2.7 -15.5 178 29 336.1 336.6 295.4 344.8 2.47 14 350 8591 -20.7 -24.1 74 3.4 -21.7 178 27 340.8 341.1 295.8 346.5 1.56 15 300 9712 -28.9 -32.2 74 3.2 -29.6 190 29 344.6 344.8 296.1 347.9 0.86 16 250 10988 -38.8 -38.9 99 0.1 -38.8 185 22 348.4 348.5 296.7 350.5 0.53 17 200 12479 -50.9 -51.3 95 0.4 -51.0 207 13 352.1 352.1 297.3 352.8 0.17 18 150 14284 -66.3 -66.6 96 0.3 -66.3 273 20 355.8 355.8 297.9 356.0 0.03 19 100 16676 -68.6 -83.1 11 14.5 -68.7 77 14 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.48 m Freezing level: 533.63 mb = 5348.87 m = 17548.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 552.02 mb = 5069.71 m = 16632.69 ft Precipitable water: 2.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.63 % Est. max temperature: 33.44 C = 92.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.99 mb = 290.31 m = 952.46 ft T: 24.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 13.99 C Layer 1000.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 928.12 mb = 695.08 m = 2280.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.83 C = 83.89 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.71 C Showalter Index: -0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.36 C Cross Totals Index: 20.08 C K Index: 35.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 760.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.34 mb = 590.32 m = 1936.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.34 mb = 3933.85 m = 12906.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.34 mb = 13710.92 m = 44982.78 ft B at Equ Level: 755.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.34 mb = 15885.46 m = 52117.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 141.0 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 171.0 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 6.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: -1.2 tot: 3.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 53.49 Bulk Shear: 14.21 m/s