MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 44.52,-73.99 Latitude: 44.52 Longitude: -73.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 170 SFC 960 514 12.2 9.2 82 3.0 10.4 235 4 288.7 290.0 285.4 310.1 7.60 2 950 603 15.1 8.9 66 6.2 11.5 244 7 292.5 293.8 286.8 314.1 7.54 3 900 1065 17.4 6.5 49 10.9 11.2 302 12 299.4 300.7 288.6 319.5 6.77 4 850 1550 13.8 3.9 51 9.9 8.3 298 14 300.6 301.7 288.2 318.4 5.96 5 800 2057 10.1 1.6 56 8.4 5.6 289 19 301.9 302.9 288.1 318.1 5.38 6 750 2592 8.6 -16.8 15 25.5 -0.6 282 21 305.9 306.2 285.4 310.4 1.36 7 700 3158 5.0 -10.8 31 15.8 -1.5 273 20 308.0 308.5 287.3 315.6 2.39 8 650 3758 1.0 -10.9 41 11.9 -3.8 277 19 310.1 310.6 288.2 318.2 2.55 9 600 4396 -3.2 -17.0 33 13.8 -7.9 280 19 312.5 312.8 288.1 318.0 1.68 10 550 5079 -7.6 -26.0 21 18.5 -12.4 284 20 315.1 315.3 288.1 318.0 0.83 11 500 5813 -12.4 -33.0 16 20.7 -16.6 280 18 317.9 318.0 288.6 319.6 0.47 12 450 6609 -18.3 -37.5 17 19.2 -21.4 273 18 320.2 320.3 289.2 321.5 0.34 13 400 7476 -24.8 -39.0 25 14.2 -26.7 279 23 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.0 0.33 14 350 8432 -32.5 -44.8 28 12.4 -33.6 286 27 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.8 0.20 15 300 9499 -41.1 -53.3 26 12.2 -41.8 285 27 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.8 0.09 16 250 10710 -50.9 -55.8 56 4.9 -51.1 281 30 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.7 0.08 17 200 12145 -54.0 -68.7 15 14.7 -54.3 272 44 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.02 18 150 13986 -56.2 -79.9 4 23.7 -56.6 271 41 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16534 -60.5 -84.9 3 24.4 -60.8 268 31 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5643.68 m Freezing level: 638.15 mb = 3909.27 m = 12825.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 754.58 mb = 2541.54 m = 8338.30 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.16 % Est. max temperature: 24.96 C = 76.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.98 mb = 905.28 m = 2970.03 ft T: 16.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 9.12 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 669.34 mb = 3520.75 m = 11550.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.53 C = 90.55 F Cap Strength: 6.20 C Lifted Index: 5.53 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.73 C Showalter Index: 4.89 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.18 C Cross Totals Index: 16.29 C K Index: 14.26 Risk: None Sweat Index: 93.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9364.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 794.41 mb = 2115.58 m = 6940.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.6 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 311.6 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.1 neg: -13.1 tot: 11.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.34 Bulk Shear: 11.04 m/s