MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F270.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F270.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 270 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 29.39,-74.69 Latitude: 29.39 Longitude: -74.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -187 SFC 979 -1 26.5 25.3 93 1.2 25.6 145 81 301.5 305.4 299.5 364.1 21.19 2 950 266 23.4 22.7 96 0.7 22.9 153 108 300.9 304.3 297.8 355.6 18.60 3 900 737 20.5 20.5 100 0.0 20.5 158 117 302.6 305.8 297.3 353.2 17.07 4 850 1231 18.2 18.1 99 0.1 18.1 165 119 305.2 308.1 297.0 351.7 15.55 5 800 1750 15.7 15.5 99 0.2 15.5 171 113 307.8 310.5 296.7 350.1 13.98 6 750 2298 13.1 12.8 98 0.3 12.9 175 105 310.8 313.1 296.4 349.0 12.49 7 700 2877 10.6 10.2 97 0.4 10.3 176 101 314.2 316.3 296.4 349.0 11.21 8 650 3493 7.6 7.2 97 0.5 7.3 176 99 317.6 319.5 296.3 348.6 9.85 9 600 4150 3.8 3.5 98 0.3 3.7 178 95 320.6 322.2 296.0 347.0 8.26 10 550 4856 1.6 0.9 95 0.7 1.2 177 91 325.9 327.4 296.7 350.3 7.45 11 500 5621 -1.9 -2.5 95 0.6 -2.3 176 88 330.7 332.0 297.1 352.0 6.37 12 450 6455 -5.8 -6.3 96 0.6 -6.1 175 84 336.0 337.1 297.5 354.1 5.30 13 400 7371 -10.2 -10.8 96 0.6 -10.5 173 80 341.7 342.6 298.0 356.6 4.21 14 350 8391 -15.6 -16.4 94 0.8 -15.9 171 75 347.7 348.4 298.5 358.8 3.04 15 300 9538 -22.9 -24.1 90 1.2 -23.2 171 70 353.2 353.6 298.7 360.1 1.82 16 250 10848 -32.7 -33.6 91 1.0 -32.9 173 64 357.5 357.7 298.9 361.1 0.90 17 200 12379 -44.9 -46.4 84 1.6 -45.0 176 52 361.7 361.8 299.2 363.0 0.30 18 150 14233 -61.1 -63.2 76 2.1 -61.2 177 39 364.8 364.8 299.7 365.0 0.05 19 100 16654 -72.4 -79.0 36 6.6 -72.5 79 17 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.96 m Freezing level: 527.43 mb = 5201.34 m = 17064.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 532.76 mb = 5111.58 m = 16770.08 ft Precipitable water: 2.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.40 % Est. max temperature: 31.28 C = 88.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.92 mb = 147.10 m = 482.61 ft T: 24.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.54 C/km ThetaE index: 15.16 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.61 mb = 502.31 m = 1647.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.81 C = 80.26 F Cap Strength: -0.08 C Lifted Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.52 C Showalter Index: 0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.04 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.06 C Cross Totals Index: 19.98 C K Index: 37.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 542.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 279.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.21 mb = 515.52 m = 1691.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 918.21 mb = 562.87 m = 1846.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 428.21 mb = 6840.97 m = 22443.84 ft B at Equ Level: 279.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 248.21 mb = 10897.22 m = 35751.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 171.1 at 101.2 knts Storm direction: 201.1 at 75.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1242.4 neg: -25.0 tot: 1217.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 405.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.9 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.17 Bulk Rich Number: 1.83 Bulk Shear: 152.66 m/s MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F270.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F270.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 270 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 29.72,-74.77 Latitude: 29.72 Longitude: -74.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -173 SFC 981 -1 26.5 25.0 91 1.5 25.4 128 80 301.3 305.1 299.2 362.4 20.69 2 950 279 23.2 22.2 94 1.0 22.5 136 108 300.7 304.0 297.4 353.8 18.07 3 900 750 20.3 20.1 99 0.1 20.2 142 118 302.4 305.5 297.0 351.8 16.71 4 850 1244 18.2 17.9 98 0.3 18.0 149 118 305.2 308.1 296.9 351.1 15.35 5 800 1763 15.8 15.3 97 0.5 15.4 154 113 308.0 310.6 296.5 349.6 13.76 6 750 2311 13.1 12.4 96 0.7 12.6 155 107 310.8 313.1 296.2 348.0 12.16 7 700 2890 10.7 9.9 95 0.7 10.2 156 102 314.3 316.4 296.3 348.5 11.03 8 650 3507 7.8 7.0 95 0.7 7.3 155 97 317.7 319.6 296.3 348.5 9.75 9 600 4163 4.1 3.7 98 0.4 3.9 155 92 320.8 322.5 296.1 347.6 8.38 10 550 4869 1.3 0.8 97 0.5 1.0 154 89 325.6 327.1 296.6 349.9 7.43 11 500 5633 -2.2 -2.7 96 0.5 -2.4 154 87 330.4 331.6 297.0 351.4 6.30 12 450 6465 -5.9 -6.4 96 0.5 -6.1 153 85 335.9 336.9 297.5 353.9 5.27 13 400 7381 -10.2 -10.7 95 0.6 -10.4 151 80 341.8 342.7 298.0 356.7 4.23 14 350 8400 -15.6 -16.4 94 0.8 -15.9 146 75 347.7 348.4 298.5 358.8 3.04 15 300 9547 -22.9 -24.1 90 1.2 -23.3 143 70 353.1 353.5 298.7 360.0 1.82 16 250 10856 -32.7 -33.7 92 0.9 -32.9 144 65 357.4 357.6 298.9 360.9 0.89 17 200 12386 -45.2 -46.7 85 1.5 -45.3 147 57 361.2 361.3 299.2 362.4 0.29 18 150 14236 -61.4 -63.3 78 1.9 -61.4 146 43 364.3 364.3 299.6 364.6 0.05 19 100 16650 -72.1 -79.1 34 7.0 -72.2 70 16 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.55 m Freezing level: 531.20 mb = 5156.54 m = 16917.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 535.31 mb = 5086.27 m = 16687.04 ft Precipitable water: 2.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.37 % Est. max temperature: 31.42 C = 88.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.57 mb = 190.93 m = 626.42 ft T: 24.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.68 C/km ThetaE index: 14.48 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.90 mb = 550.19 m = 1805.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.87 C = 80.36 F Cap Strength: -0.01 C Lifted Index: -0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.08 C Showalter Index: 0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.40 C Cross Totals Index: 20.07 C K Index: 37.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 538.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 199.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.48 mb = 544.69 m = 1787.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 916.48 mb = 592.09 m = 1942.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 456.48 mb = 6352.23 m = 20840.38 ft B at Equ Level: 199.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 306.48 mb = 9387.84 m = 30799.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 151.5 at 100.6 knts Storm direction: 181.5 at 75.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1184.4 neg: -63.4 tot: 1121.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 373.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.5 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.48 Bulk Rich Number: 1.81 Bulk Shear: 110.52 m/s