MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F273.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F273.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 273 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 29.72,-75.55 Latitude: 29.72 Longitude: -75.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -418 SFC 954 -0 27.0 25.8 93 1.3 26.1 137 54 304.2 308.4 300.8 371.2 22.36 2 950 38 26.3 24.9 92 1.4 25.3 138 61 303.9 307.9 300.2 367.8 21.37 3 900 514 22.7 22.5 99 0.2 22.6 151 72 304.9 308.5 299.3 363.1 19.42 4 850 1013 20.3 20.2 99 0.1 20.3 153 72 307.5 310.8 299.0 361.3 17.83 5 800 1537 18.1 17.8 98 0.3 17.9 155 69 310.5 313.6 298.7 360.2 16.26 6 750 2090 15.9 15.4 97 0.6 15.5 155 67 313.9 316.7 298.7 359.8 14.82 7 700 2676 13.6 12.8 95 0.8 13.0 152 63 317.5 320.1 298.6 359.6 13.38 8 650 3300 11.2 9.9 92 1.3 10.4 150 61 321.7 324.0 298.7 359.7 11.92 9 600 3968 8.5 6.9 90 1.6 7.5 149 60 326.0 328.0 298.7 360.0 10.47 10 550 4685 4.9 3.3 90 1.6 3.9 149 61 329.9 331.7 298.5 359.3 8.89 11 500 5460 1.3 -0.4 88 1.7 0.3 150 61 334.6 336.2 298.7 359.9 7.47 12 450 6305 -2.3 -4.6 84 2.3 -3.6 150 61 340.3 341.6 299.0 361.3 6.07 13 400 7236 -5.2 -11.0 64 5.8 -8.0 148 59 348.2 349.1 299.3 363.1 4.13 14 350 8278 -9.6 -18.3 49 8.7 -13.1 147 53 355.9 356.5 299.8 365.7 2.60 15 300 9452 -17.2 -27.6 40 10.4 -20.3 143 45 361.1 361.4 299.9 366.4 1.32 16 250 10790 -27.9 -40.0 30 12.1 -30.0 135 40 364.6 364.7 299.9 366.6 0.47 17 200 12349 -41.3 -52.8 28 11.5 -42.2 130 36 367.4 367.4 300.2 368.0 0.14 18 150 14231 -57.4 -65.5 35 8.1 -57.5 131 26 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.4 0.04 19 100 16673 -74.0 -77.7 57 3.7 -74.0 105 14 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5878.07 m Freezing level: 481.99 mb = 5764.42 m = 18911.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 495.96 mb = 5525.25 m = 18127.23 ft Precipitable water: 2.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.69 % Est. max temperature: 32.94 C = 91.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.99 mb = 159.62 m = 523.70 ft T: 25.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.41 C/km ThetaE index: 11.67 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.39 mb = 510.59 m = 1675.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.68 C = 81.83 F Cap Strength: -0.08 C Lifted Index: -0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.55 C Showalter Index: 0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 37.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.04 C Cross Totals Index: 18.92 C K Index: 38.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 447.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 85.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.19 mb = 541.67 m = 1777.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 892.19 mb = 590.38 m = 1936.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 462.19 mb = 6090.54 m = 19981.85 ft B at Equ Level: 84.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 382.19 mb = 7591.51 m = 24906.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 150.7 at 64.3 knts Storm direction: 180.7 at 48.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 24.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 279.1 neg: -65.1 tot: 214.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 11.43 Bulk Shear: 7.47 m/s