MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 56.73,-76.03 Latitude: 56.73 Longitude: -76.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 983 187 7.4 6.8 96 0.7 7.1 305 15 281.9 283.0 281.0 299.2 6.29 2 950 471 6.3 6.3 99 0.1 6.3 321 28 283.6 284.7 281.8 301.1 6.29 3 900 915 5.2 5.1 99 0.1 5.1 344 32 286.9 288.0 283.0 304.1 6.11 4 850 1380 2.8 2.8 100 0.1 2.8 343 31 289.1 290.1 283.3 304.8 5.50 5 800 1869 0.4 0.2 99 0.1 0.3 342 31 291.5 292.4 283.7 305.6 4.87 6 750 2385 -2.1 -2.4 98 0.3 -2.3 341 31 294.3 295.0 284.1 306.8 4.26 7 700 2930 -5.3 -5.6 98 0.3 -5.4 344 30 296.6 297.2 284.3 307.3 3.59 8 650 3510 -7.7 -8.8 92 1.1 -8.1 346 32 300.2 300.8 285.1 309.5 3.03 9 600 4129 -11.0 -12.7 87 1.7 -11.6 346 36 303.4 303.8 285.7 310.9 2.39 10 550 4792 -15.3 -16.6 90 1.3 -15.7 344 38 306.0 306.3 286.1 312.0 1.90 11 500 5505 -20.5 -21.2 94 0.7 -20.7 344 39 308.1 308.3 286.3 312.7 1.41 12 450 6276 -26.4 -27.1 94 0.7 -26.5 344 41 310.0 310.2 286.4 313.1 0.92 13 400 7115 -33.0 -34.1 89 1.2 -33.1 342 40 312.1 312.2 286.7 314.0 0.53 14 350 8039 -40.6 -40.7 100 0.0 -40.6 344 38 313.9 314.0 287.1 315.1 0.31 15 300 9070 -48.7 -49.0 96 0.3 -48.7 350 35 316.8 316.8 287.9 317.3 0.15 16 250 10268 -46.0 -64.1 11 18.1 -46.6 336 37 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.8 0.03 17 200 11764 -44.0 -75.1 2 31.2 -44.9 331 32 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.01 18 150 13683 -46.3 -76.9 2 30.6 -47.3 326 28 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.01 19 100 16360 -47.9 -78.1 2 30.2 -49.0 323 20 435.2 435.2 309.4 435.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5456.46 m Freezing level: 792.85 mb = 1942.98 m = 6374.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 793.93 mb = 1930.03 m = 6332.03 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.85 % Est. max temperature: 15.37 C = 59.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.67 mb = 268.52 m = 880.96 ft T: 7.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 983.4- 0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.25 mb = 858.04 m = 2815.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.95 C = 53.50 F Cap Strength: 6.51 C Lifted Index: 7.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.92 C Showalter Index: 5.22 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.31 C Cross Totals Index: 23.24 C K Index: 25.79 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 132.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13891.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.04 mb = 654.11 m = 2146.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 342.4 at 33.4 knts Storm direction: 12.4 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.8 neg: -5.8 tot: 136.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.93 Bulk Shear: 24.89 m/s