MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F357.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F357.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 357 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 49.74,-69.73 Latitude: 49.74 Longitude: -69.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 956 486 6.9 4.7 86 2.2 5.8 300 6 283.7 284.6 281.0 299.3 5.61 2 950 538 6.5 4.4 87 2.1 5.5 302 9 283.8 284.7 281.0 299.2 5.52 3 900 979 3.5 1.6 88 1.9 2.7 328 15 285.1 286.0 280.7 298.6 4.79 4 850 1441 0.4 -1.9 84 2.3 -0.6 336 13 286.6 287.2 280.3 297.7 3.90 5 800 1924 -3.3 -3.7 97 0.5 -3.4 337 12 287.7 288.3 280.5 298.1 3.62 6 750 2433 -2.9 -8.7 64 5.9 -5.1 321 9 293.5 293.9 281.9 301.3 2.63 7 700 2983 -0.6 -22.2 18 21.6 -6.7 298 7 301.8 302.0 283.3 304.8 0.92 8 650 3574 -2.1 -27.4 12 25.3 -8.5 285 9 306.6 306.7 284.8 308.7 0.62 9 600 4205 -5.5 -19.5 32 13.9 -9.8 265 12 309.7 310.0 286.8 314.2 1.36 10 550 4882 -9.6 -23.6 31 14.0 -13.3 263 13 312.7 312.9 287.5 316.2 1.04 11 500 5612 -13.9 -29.6 25 15.6 -17.3 255 16 316.1 316.2 288.2 318.4 0.66 12 450 6403 -19.1 -34.7 24 15.6 -21.8 236 19 319.3 319.3 289.0 320.9 0.45 13 400 7269 -25.2 -37.4 31 12.2 -26.9 227 16 322.2 322.3 289.9 323.6 0.38 14 350 8224 -32.4 -44.5 29 12.1 -33.6 225 24 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.8 0.21 15 300 9291 -41.3 -45.4 64 4.1 -41.6 212 34 327.2 327.2 291.2 328.0 0.22 16 250 10499 -52.1 -52.4 97 0.2 -52.1 208 36 328.5 328.6 291.5 329.0 0.12 17 200 11939 -50.5 -72.4 6 21.9 -50.9 222 43 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 13828 -48.7 -78.7 2 30.0 -49.4 223 38 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.2 0.01 19 100 16473 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.2 225 28 428.3 428.3 308.7 428.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5497.11 m Freezing level: 844.68 mb = 1492.44 m = 4896.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 859.52 mb = 1351.12 m = 4432.77 ft Precipitable water: 0.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.38 % Est. max temperature: 10.71 C = 51.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.87 mb = 756.93 m = 2483.34 ft T: 5.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 1.59 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.30 mb = 1325.00 m = 4347.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.38 C = 48.89 F Cap Strength: 14.52 C Lifted Index: 16.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.66 C Showalter Index: 16.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 26.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 14.31 C Cross Totals Index: 11.99 C K Index: -9.24 Risk: None Sweat Index: 41.10 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16005.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.75 mb = 1181.61 m = 3876.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.5 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 313.5 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 13.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.68 Bulk Shear: 6.38 m/s