MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 31.12,-71.49 Latitude: 31.12 Longitude: -71.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27.3 22.7 76 4.6 23.9 145 2 298.8 302.0 296.4 349.2 17.26 1 1000 167 26.3 21.2 74 5.1 22.7 149 2 299.5 302.4 295.8 346.4 16.08 2 950 618 23.2 18.5 75 4.8 19.9 164 2 300.7 303.3 294.9 342.5 14.21 3 900 1089 20.1 16.5 79 3.7 17.7 183 2 302.3 304.7 294.6 341.3 13.22 4 850 1581 17.3 14.5 84 2.7 15.4 224 3 304.2 306.5 294.6 341.0 12.35 5 800 2097 14.2 12.6 90 1.6 13.1 253 4 306.3 308.5 294.6 341.0 11.53 6 750 2641 11.4 10.3 93 1.1 10.7 270 6 309.0 310.9 294.6 341.1 10.56 7 700 3216 8.8 7.9 94 0.9 8.2 283 6 312.2 314.1 294.8 341.8 9.59 8 650 3828 6.3 4.6 89 1.7 5.3 325 3 316.1 317.7 294.8 342.0 8.23 9 600 4483 3.2 1.5 88 1.8 2.2 63 3 319.9 321.3 295.0 342.7 7.13 10 550 5184 -0.6 -2.1 90 1.5 -1.4 51 6 323.3 324.5 295.0 342.8 5.96 11 500 5941 -4.6 -6.8 85 2.2 -5.7 65 7 327.5 328.4 295.0 342.8 4.61 12 450 6765 -9.1 -13.0 73 3.9 -10.7 73 8 331.8 332.4 294.9 342.5 3.11 13 400 7666 -15.0 -18.6 74 3.6 -16.3 79 13 335.5 335.9 295.1 343.2 2.20 14 350 8663 -21.5 -24.3 78 2.8 -22.2 78 15 339.8 340.1 295.6 345.4 1.53 15 300 9781 -29.9 -30.4 95 0.6 -30.0 46 7 343.3 343.5 296.0 347.1 1.01 16 250 11052 -40.4 -41.1 94 0.6 -40.5 107 2 346.0 346.0 296.1 347.6 0.42 17 200 12528 -53.6 -55.5 80 1.9 -53.7 70 7 347.9 347.9 296.3 348.3 0.10 18 150 14318 -67.3 -69.7 72 2.3 -67.4 117 20 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.02 19 100 16731 -69.1 -83.1 11 14.0 -69.1 108 12 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.44 m Freezing level: 558.07 mb = 5071.17 m = 16637.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 569.57 mb = 4902.32 m = 16083.52 ft Precipitable water: 2.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.47 % Est. max temperature: 31.97 C = 89.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.99 mb = 590.71 m = 1938.01 ft T: 23.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.91 C/km ThetaE index: 8.16 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.42 mb = 1505.84 m = 4940.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.44 C = 90.39 F Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lifted Index: 0.44 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Showalter Index: 1.79 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.86 C Cross Totals Index: 19.13 C K Index: 35.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.57 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.78 mb = 1052.28 m = 3452.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.78 mb = 2323.55 m = 7623.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 668.78 mb = 3593.04 m = 11788.05 ft B at Equ Level: 15.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 558.78 mb = 5056.69 m = 16589.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.5 at 4.2 knts Storm direction: 5.5 at 3.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 12.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.05 Bulk Shear: 5.14 m/s