MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 28.64,-74.11 Latitude: 28.64 Longitude: -74.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -242 SFC 973 -1 26.7 25.8 94 1.0 26.0 167 72 302.2 306.2 300.1 367.3 21.91 2 950 212 24.1 23.4 96 0.7 23.6 174 93 301.7 305.3 298.5 359.1 19.43 3 900 684 21.2 21.1 100 0.1 21.2 181 99 303.3 306.6 298.0 356.2 17.78 4 850 1179 19.0 18.9 100 0.0 18.9 187 100 306.0 309.1 297.7 355.3 16.41 5 800 1700 16.7 16.5 99 0.1 16.6 192 98 308.9 311.7 297.5 354.3 14.95 6 750 2249 14.0 13.7 99 0.2 13.8 197 97 311.7 314.3 297.2 352.6 13.31 7 700 2829 11.0 10.8 98 0.2 10.9 202 95 314.7 316.9 296.8 351.0 11.68 8 650 3446 8.5 8.1 98 0.4 8.2 206 94 318.5 320.6 297.0 351.7 10.49 9 600 4105 5.7 5.4 98 0.3 5.5 208 87 322.7 324.6 297.3 353.0 9.42 10 550 4814 2.6 2.3 98 0.3 2.4 205 78 327.2 328.8 297.5 354.3 8.27 11 500 5581 -0.6 -1.0 97 0.4 -0.9 197 74 332.3 333.7 297.9 356.1 7.12 12 450 6417 -4.6 -5.3 95 0.7 -5.0 193 73 337.4 338.6 298.1 357.2 5.75 13 400 7336 -9.2 -10.3 92 1.1 -9.7 193 72 343.0 344.0 298.4 358.5 4.38 14 350 8359 -14.4 -15.8 89 1.5 -15.0 193 70 349.4 350.1 298.9 361.1 3.19 15 300 9511 -21.7 -23.3 87 1.6 -22.2 190 68 354.8 355.2 299.1 362.2 1.95 16 250 10826 -31.7 -33.3 85 1.6 -32.0 191 63 358.9 359.1 299.2 362.6 0.92 17 200 12363 -44.0 -45.5 85 1.5 -44.1 187 51 363.1 363.2 299.5 364.5 0.33 18 150 14225 -60.2 -63.9 62 3.7 -60.2 174 34 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.6 0.05 19 100 16658 -71.1 -80.5 24 9.4 -71.2 59 16 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.05 m Freezing level: 509.83 mb = 5430.23 m = 17815.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 513.09 mb = 5373.03 m = 17627.83 ft Precipitable water: 2.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.18 % Est. max temperature: 32.01 C = 89.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.19 mb = 117.64 m = 385.94 ft T: 25.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.23 C/km ThetaE index: 16.30 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.36 mb = 507.86 m = 1666.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.24 C = 81.03 F Cap Strength: -0.06 C Lifted Index: -0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.79 C Showalter Index: 0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 39.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.60 C Cross Totals Index: 19.56 C K Index: 38.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 500.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 223.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.62 mb = 514.91 m = 1689.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 912.62 mb = 562.66 m = 1845.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 432.62 mb = 6724.58 m = 22062.02 ft B at Equ Level: 222.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 262.62 mb = 10470.96 m = 34353.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.3 at 89.7 knts Storm direction: 226.3 at 67.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1078.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 1078.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 359.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 10.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.34 Bulk Rich Number: 1.42 Bulk Shear: 157.71 m/s