MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F183.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F183.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 183 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 44.59,-75.85 Latitude: 44.59 Longitude: -75.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 107 33.4 16.1 35 17.3 21.5 215 12 306.4 308.6 294.6 341.1 11.54 1 1000 118 32.6 15.7 36 16.9 21.1 216 12 305.8 307.9 294.2 339.6 11.29 2 950 576 27.7 14.4 44 13.2 18.8 217 22 305.3 307.3 293.9 338.1 10.94 3 900 1052 23.2 13.4 54 9.8 16.8 221 22 305.5 307.5 293.8 337.9 10.82 4 850 1547 19.0 12.0 64 6.9 14.5 228 22 306.0 308.0 293.7 337.4 10.44 5 800 2064 14.5 10.3 76 4.2 11.9 238 24 306.6 308.5 293.4 336.4 9.88 6 750 2607 10.3 7.0 80 3.3 8.3 244 24 307.8 309.3 292.6 333.3 8.39 7 700 3178 7.6 -0.4 57 8.0 3.4 246 22 310.9 311.9 291.0 327.5 5.32 8 650 3787 5.6 -6.3 42 11.8 -0.0 247 22 315.2 316.0 290.9 327.1 3.68 9 600 4437 1.5 -5.6 59 7.1 -1.9 247 23 317.9 318.7 292.1 331.5 4.21 10 550 5133 -2.9 -9.3 61 6.5 -5.7 248 25 320.7 321.4 292.3 332.0 3.43 11 500 5882 -7.3 -15.7 51 8.4 -10.4 247 28 324.2 324.6 292.2 331.8 2.25 12 450 6695 -12.6 -18.9 59 6.3 -14.7 253 33 327.3 327.7 292.8 333.9 1.90 13 400 7582 -19.0 -26.2 53 7.2 -20.7 254 38 330.3 330.6 292.9 334.4 1.13 14 350 8564 -25.4 -34.5 43 9.0 -27.0 258 36 334.4 334.6 293.5 336.7 0.59 15 300 9664 -33.2 -43.0 37 9.8 -34.3 266 35 338.5 338.6 294.2 339.7 0.29 16 250 10917 -43.5 -50.1 48 6.6 -43.9 259 37 341.5 341.5 294.8 342.1 0.16 17 200 12379 -54.7 -59.9 52 5.2 -54.8 263 43 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.06 18 150 14177 -62.1 -74.1 19 12.0 -62.3 261 27 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16673 -62.4 -82.7 5 20.3 -62.6 273 17 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.71 m Freezing level: 582.50 mb = 4680.63 m = 15356.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.56 mb = 3780.02 m = 12401.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.18 % Est. max temperature: 32.96 C = 91.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 779.62 mb = 2281.28 m = 7484.43 ft T: 12.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 14.04 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.98 mb = 2506.70 m = 8223.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.53 C = 94.16 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: 0.13 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.45 C Showalter Index: 0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.26 C Cross Totals Index: 19.32 C K Index: 30.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 283.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.08 mb = 2254.80 m = 7397.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 477.08 mb = 6243.73 m = 20484.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 367.08 mb = 8213.53 m = 26946.93 ft B at Equ Level: 13.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 337.08 mb = 8832.17 m = 28976.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.1 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 270.1 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.4 neg: -2.1 tot: 71.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.08 Bulk Shear: 13.48 m/s