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: 58.28,-84.92 Latitude: 58.28 Longitude: -84.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -25 SFC 997 0 7.4 6.6 94 0.8 7.0 234 14 280.8 281.9 280.3 297.7 6.13 2 950 399 8.6 6.4 86 2.2 7.5 262 21 285.9 287.0 282.9 303.7 6.37 3 900 845 6.2 4.8 91 1.4 5.5 253 20 287.9 289.0 283.4 305.0 6.01 4 850 1311 3.0 2.4 95 0.7 2.7 250 18 289.3 290.3 283.2 304.6 5.34 5 800 1800 -0.4 -0.4 100 0.1 -0.4 248 16 290.8 291.6 283.1 304.2 4.64 6 750 2313 -3.5 -3.6 99 0.1 -3.6 240 15 292.8 293.5 283.1 304.2 3.89 7 700 2856 -6.4 -6.9 96 0.5 -6.6 234 16 295.4 296.0 283.4 305.1 3.26 8 650 3432 -9.8 -10.7 93 0.9 -10.1 237 16 297.9 298.4 283.7 305.8 2.60 9 600 4046 -12.9 -14.9 85 2.0 -13.5 252 18 301.2 301.5 284.4 307.4 2.01 10 550 4704 -16.8 -19.3 81 2.5 -17.4 254 18 304.2 304.5 284.9 309.0 1.51 11 500 5413 -22.0 -24.5 80 2.5 -22.5 244 19 306.3 306.5 285.2 309.7 1.05 12 450 6178 -28.3 -30.3 83 2.0 -28.6 243 19 307.7 307.8 285.3 310.0 0.68 13 400 7011 -35.2 -37.4 81 2.1 -35.4 244 20 309.2 309.3 285.5 310.5 0.39 14 350 7930 -38.9 -50.1 30 11.2 -39.5 247 19 316.3 316.3 287.6 316.7 0.11 15 300 8989 -38.6 -61.7 7 23.2 -39.5 252 18 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.2 0.03 16 250 10243 -37.6 -70.4 2 32.9 -38.9 259 17 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.01 17 200 11778 -39.2 -71.6 2 32.4 -40.6 265 23 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.01 18 150 13733 -42.9 -74.3 2 31.5 -44.2 261 24 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.01 19 100 16434 -48.0 -78.2 2 30.2 -49.1 277 20 435.0 435.0 309.4 435.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5438.19 m Freezing level: 805.18 mb = 1748.96 m = 5737.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 806.29 mb = 1736.52 m = 5697.16 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.64 % Est. max temperature: 16.01 C = 60.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.27 mb = 105.81 m = 347.14 ft T: 7.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 0.76 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.88 mb = 1029.20 m = 3376.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.09 C = 59.16 F Cap Strength: 4.59 C Lifted Index: 5.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.46 C Showalter Index: 3.87 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.99 C Cross Totals Index: 24.33 C K Index: 26.90 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 90.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.00 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16308.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.11 mb = 644.63 m = 2114.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.8 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 276.8 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.2 neg: -21.2 tot: 4.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 52.57 Bulk Shear: 0.52 m/s