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: 29.52,-75.63 Latitude: 29.52 Longitude: -75.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -455 SFC 950 -1 27.3 25.4 89 1.9 25.9 28 36 304.9 309.0 300.7 371.0 22.00 2 950 1 26.9 24.8 88 2.1 25.3 31 42 304.5 308.4 300.2 367.9 21.17 3 900 479 23.1 22.6 97 0.5 22.7 41 49 305.3 308.9 299.4 363.8 19.49 4 850 977 20.7 20.1 97 0.6 20.3 46 48 307.8 311.1 299.0 361.3 17.68 5 800 1502 18.5 17.6 95 0.9 17.8 48 47 310.8 313.9 298.7 359.8 16.01 6 750 2055 16.0 15.1 95 0.9 15.4 47 45 313.9 316.7 298.5 359.0 14.56 7 700 2642 13.7 12.6 93 1.1 13.0 48 46 317.7 320.2 298.5 359.3 13.25 8 650 3266 11.5 9.9 90 1.7 10.4 47 45 322.0 324.3 298.7 359.8 11.84 9 600 3934 8.6 7.0 89 1.7 7.6 46 46 326.1 328.2 298.8 360.4 10.54 10 550 4651 5.3 3.3 87 2.1 4.1 49 49 330.4 332.2 298.7 359.8 8.86 11 500 5428 2.0 -0.4 84 2.4 0.6 52 51 335.5 337.0 298.8 360.8 7.48 12 450 6274 -1.1 -4.9 75 3.8 -3.2 54 49 341.9 343.1 299.2 362.5 5.91 13 400 7212 -2.6 -12.8 45 10.2 -7.4 55 52 351.6 352.4 299.6 364.8 3.59 14 350 8261 -8.3 -21.4 34 13.1 -13.3 56 53 357.6 358.0 299.7 365.2 1.97 15 300 9437 -17.0 -30.5 30 13.5 -20.8 63 49 361.4 361.6 299.7 365.4 1.00 16 250 10776 -27.7 -41.0 27 13.3 -29.9 68 45 364.9 365.0 299.9 366.7 0.42 17 200 12336 -41.1 -52.3 29 11.2 -41.9 80 38 367.7 367.8 300.3 368.4 0.15 18 150 14218 -57.9 -64.3 44 6.4 -58.1 96 23 370.3 370.3 300.7 370.5 0.04 19 100 16659 -72.4 -77.4 47 5.0 -72.4 51 13 387.9 387.9 303.5 387.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5882.57 m Freezing level: 467.61 mb = 5976.14 m = 19606.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 492.05 mb = 5556.49 m = 18229.73 ft Precipitable water: 2.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.34 % Est. max temperature: 33.17 C = 91.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.19 mb = 234.95 m = 770.81 ft T: 25.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.20 C/km ThetaE index: 11.95 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.03 mb = 654.59 m = 2147.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.59 C = 83.47 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: 0.36 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.41 C Showalter Index: 1.29 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 36.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.65 C Cross Totals Index: 18.07 C K Index: 37.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 388.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.07 mb = 595.08 m = 1952.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.07 mb = 844.26 m = 2769.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 643.07 mb = 3355.46 m = 11008.58 ft B at Equ Level: 43.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 443.07 mb = 6398.11 m = 20990.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 47.2 at 47.3 knts Storm direction: 77.2 at 35.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 157.0 neg: -15.1 tot: 141.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 4.25 Bulk Shear: 10.17 m/s