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,-74.61 Latitude: 28.64 Longitude: -74.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -412 SFC 955 -0 27.3 26.0 93 1.3 26.3 216 39 304.4 308.6 300.9 372.3 22.63 2 950 44 26.5 25.0 92 1.5 25.4 226 39 304.1 308.1 300.3 368.4 21.50 3 900 520 22.7 22.6 99 0.1 22.6 233 47 304.9 308.5 299.4 363.3 19.51 4 850 1018 20.3 20.3 100 0.0 20.4 238 44 307.4 310.8 299.0 361.7 17.94 5 800 1541 18.1 17.9 99 0.2 18.0 241 41 310.5 313.6 298.8 360.5 16.38 6 750 2094 16.0 15.5 96 0.6 15.7 240 40 314.0 316.8 298.7 360.2 14.91 7 700 2680 13.5 12.8 95 0.7 13.0 239 44 317.4 320.0 298.5 359.3 13.36 8 650 3302 10.6 9.6 94 0.9 10.0 242 43 320.9 323.2 298.3 358.1 11.67 9 600 3967 7.5 6.6 94 0.9 6.9 246 41 324.9 326.9 298.3 358.1 10.27 10 550 4681 4.3 3.4 94 0.9 3.8 248 35 329.2 331.0 298.5 358.8 8.96 11 500 5453 0.7 -0.2 93 0.9 0.2 243 32 333.9 335.5 298.6 359.4 7.57 12 450 6295 -3.0 -4.2 91 1.2 -3.7 234 29 339.4 340.7 298.9 360.9 6.23 13 400 7222 -6.9 -9.6 81 2.7 -8.2 231 26 346.0 347.0 299.2 362.5 4.63 14 350 8256 -11.3 -16.6 64 5.4 -13.5 229 23 353.6 354.2 299.6 364.7 2.98 15 300 9426 -17.8 -25.9 49 8.1 -20.3 224 18 360.4 360.7 299.9 366.4 1.54 16 250 10763 -27.7 -38.4 35 10.7 -29.7 229 15 364.8 365.0 300.1 367.1 0.55 17 200 12325 -40.8 -51.4 31 10.6 -41.6 223 10 368.2 368.3 300.4 369.0 0.17 18 150 14213 -57.0 -68.3 23 11.3 -57.2 220 3 371.9 371.9 300.9 372.0 0.03 19 100 16662 -71.7 -80.4 26 8.7 -71.8 72 15 389.1 389.1 303.7 389.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5865.26 m Freezing level: 490.36 mb = 5615.18 m = 18422.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 497.47 mb = 5493.34 m = 18022.56 ft Precipitable water: 2.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.70 % Est. max temperature: 32.95 C = 91.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.48 mb = 160.91 m = 527.93 ft T: 25.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.59 C/km ThetaE index: 14.20 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.15 mb = 498.99 m = 1637.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.71 C = 81.88 F Cap Strength: -0.21 C Lifted Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: -0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 39.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.61 C Cross Totals Index: 19.60 C K Index: 39.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 402.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 188.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.18 mb = 537.57 m = 1763.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.18 mb = 586.19 m = 1923.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 413.18 mb = 6966.58 m = 22855.97 ft B at Equ Level: 186.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 293.18 mb = 9594.20 m = 31476.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.4 at 39.8 knts Storm direction: 270.4 at 29.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 32.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.3 neg: -10.5 tot: 122.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 19.12 Bulk Shear: 9.84 m/s