MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F381.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F381.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 381 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 19 AUG 25 Station: 31.03,-75.04 Latitude: 31.03 Longitude: -75.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1019 2 28.3 23.8 77 4.4 25.0 291 12 299.8 303.2 297.5 354.2 18.56 1 1000 166 26.6 22.4 78 4.2 23.5 289 13 299.7 302.9 296.7 350.3 17.28 2 950 617 22.3 21.4 95 0.9 21.7 287 14 299.8 303.0 296.7 350.1 17.16 3 900 1087 19.9 17.6 87 2.3 18.3 282 14 302.0 304.6 295.3 344.0 14.21 4 850 1579 17.8 13.1 74 4.7 14.7 279 13 304.8 306.8 293.9 338.2 11.18 5 800 2096 15.2 9.0 66 6.2 11.4 274 13 307.4 309.1 293.0 334.8 9.05 6 750 2641 12.0 5.9 66 6.1 8.4 273 14 309.6 311.1 292.7 333.5 7.80 7 700 3215 8.6 3.6 71 5.0 5.7 275 15 312.0 313.4 292.8 334.0 7.08 8 650 3825 5.0 1.9 80 3.1 3.3 273 16 314.7 316.0 293.3 336.0 6.79 9 600 4475 1.6 -2.2 76 3.8 -0.4 280 13 318.0 319.1 293.2 335.4 5.42 10 550 5172 -2.1 -8.2 63 6.1 -4.8 291 10 321.6 322.4 292.8 334.0 3.75 11 500 5924 -6.3 -12.0 64 5.7 -8.7 303 9 325.4 326.0 293.2 335.6 3.05 12 450 6741 -11.1 -16.7 63 5.6 -13.1 323 8 329.3 329.7 293.6 337.2 2.30 13 400 7636 -17.0 -21.9 66 4.8 -18.5 352 14 332.9 333.2 294.0 338.8 1.66 14 350 8623 -24.2 -27.9 71 3.7 -25.0 354 18 336.2 336.4 294.4 340.2 1.10 15 300 9730 -31.7 -32.2 96 0.4 -31.8 358 12 340.6 340.8 295.3 343.9 0.86 16 250 10991 -42.2 -42.2 100 0.0 -42.2 26 10 343.4 343.5 295.5 344.9 0.37 17 200 12461 -54.1 -54.3 98 0.2 -54.1 45 7 347.1 347.1 296.1 347.6 0.12 18 150 14244 -68.9 -70.7 77 1.8 -68.9 330 8 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.02 19 100 16645 -69.7 -82.3 14 12.6 -69.8 347 3 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.83 m Freezing level: 578.02 mb = 4781.76 m = 15688.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.29 mb = 4404.07 m = 14448.86 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.77 % Est. max temperature: 32.17 C = 89.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.73 mb = 563.98 m = 1850.32 ft T: 22.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 20.65 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.58 mb = 918.63 m = 3013.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.69 C = 85.45 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -3.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.96 C Showalter Index: 1.26 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.04 C Cross Totals Index: 19.33 C K Index: 32.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1228.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.33 mb = 761.40 m = 2498.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.33 mb = 1686.64 m = 5533.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.33 mb = 13492.93 m = 44267.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1227.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.9 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 310.9 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -9.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: -5.1 tot: -2.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.1 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2830.07 Bulk Shear: 0.43 m/s