MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 40.52,-79.61 Latitude: 40.52 Longitude: -79.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 194 SFC 982 347 20.4 14.6 69 5.8 16.7 132 6 295.0 297.0 290.5 325.8 10.70 2 950 638 21.1 13.3 61 7.7 16.1 144 23 298.6 300.4 291.2 328.3 10.18 3 900 1106 19.6 10.8 57 8.7 14.1 164 21 301.7 303.3 291.3 328.5 9.07 4 850 1595 16.3 9.0 62 7.3 11.9 194 9 303.2 304.8 291.3 328.6 8.52 5 800 2108 12.0 7.5 74 4.5 9.3 255 5 303.9 305.5 291.2 328.4 8.15 6 750 2645 9.1 0.4 55 8.6 4.5 307 3 306.4 307.4 289.5 322.6 5.27 7 700 3215 6.3 -1.3 58 7.6 2.4 22 2 309.5 310.4 290.3 325.0 4.98 8 650 3818 3.1 -10.0 38 13.0 -2.4 327 3 312.4 313.0 289.2 321.3 2.76 9 600 4463 0.0 -18.9 23 18.9 -6.4 331 2 316.1 316.4 289.0 321.0 1.44 10 550 5155 -3.5 -21.5 23 18.0 -9.2 25 4 320.0 320.2 290.0 324.3 1.25 11 500 5903 -6.7 -27.7 17 21.0 -12.3 324 8 324.9 325.1 291.0 327.7 0.79 12 450 6716 -12.9 -32.4 18 19.5 -17.2 299 15 327.0 327.2 291.5 329.1 0.56 13 400 7602 -19.6 -34.9 24 15.3 -22.4 316 19 329.5 329.6 292.1 331.4 0.49 14 350 8580 -26.5 -41.2 24 14.7 -28.5 301 19 333.0 333.0 292.8 334.1 0.30 15 300 9672 -35.7 -45.8 35 10.1 -36.6 295 20 335.0 335.1 293.3 335.8 0.21 16 250 10913 -45.7 -55.6 32 9.9 -46.1 291 21 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.5 0.08 17 200 12361 -56.1 -59.5 65 3.4 -56.2 283 28 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.2 0.06 18 150 14170 -60.7 -75.6 12 14.9 -60.9 274 37 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.5 0.01 19 100 16684 -63.6 -84.0 5 20.3 -63.8 288 13 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.10 m Freezing level: 599.71 mb = 4466.99 m = 14655.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.10 mb = 3509.76 m = 11514.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.69 % Est. max temperature: 28.79 C = 83.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.01 mb = 1086.49 m = 3564.54 ft T: 19.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.82 C/km ThetaE index: 6.07 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.34 mb = 2619.46 m = 8593.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.60 C = 88.88 F Cap Strength: 3.96 C Lifted Index: 5.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.71 C Showalter Index: 5.21 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.96 C Cross Totals Index: 15.69 C K Index: 24.42 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 134.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6164.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.54 mb = 1801.29 m = 5909.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.7 at 7.1 knts Storm direction: 223.7 at 5.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -58.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.4 neg: -0.8 tot: 100.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.93 Bulk Shear: 27.07 m/s