MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F297.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F297.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 297 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 50.65,-68.62 Latitude: 50.65 Longitude: -68.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 960 463 20.5 12.3 59 8.2 15.4 247 8 297.1 298.8 290.1 324.4 9.41 2 950 554 18.6 11.4 63 7.2 14.1 252 11 296.0 297.6 289.3 321.9 8.94 3 900 1014 14.0 10.1 77 3.9 11.6 260 14 295.9 297.5 289.0 320.9 8.63 4 850 1493 9.7 8.6 92 1.2 9.0 268 16 296.3 297.8 288.8 320.3 8.25 5 800 1995 7.4 3.9 78 3.5 5.5 279 24 299.1 300.2 288.0 317.8 6.32 6 750 2524 4.3 0.4 76 3.9 2.3 275 31 301.3 302.2 287.8 317.0 5.25 7 700 3084 3.1 -13.0 29 16.1 -3.0 271 42 306.0 306.3 286.2 312.4 2.01 8 650 3682 1.1 -21.8 16 22.9 -6.0 271 49 310.2 310.4 286.6 313.7 1.03 9 600 4321 -2.6 -18.0 30 15.4 -7.8 269 53 313.1 313.4 288.2 318.2 1.55 10 550 5006 -6.3 -8.2 87 1.9 -7.1 266 60 316.6 317.3 291.3 328.8 3.76 11 500 5747 -9.9 -10.8 94 0.8 -10.3 270 64 320.9 321.6 292.3 332.0 3.36 12 450 6552 -15.0 -15.9 92 1.0 -15.3 275 67 324.4 324.9 292.4 332.7 2.46 13 400 7435 -20.3 -24.0 72 3.7 -21.2 275 70 328.6 328.9 292.7 333.5 1.38 14 350 8409 -27.6 -32.2 65 4.6 -28.4 274 72 331.5 331.7 292.9 334.2 0.73 15 300 9497 -36.8 -37.9 90 1.1 -37.0 274 73 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.3 0.49 16 250 10733 -45.7 -54.6 36 8.8 -46.2 282 79 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.4 0.09 17 200 12190 -54.4 -66.8 20 12.4 -54.6 283 82 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 14008 -58.5 -76.6 8 18.1 -58.7 282 60 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16576 -56.5 -84.6 2 28.1 -56.9 276 31 418.6 418.6 307.6 418.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5633.03 m Freezing level: 635.00 mb = 3873.53 m = 12708.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 727.99 mb = 2765.59 m = 9073.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.63 % Est. max temperature: 21.88 C = 71.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.08 mb = 1492.34 m = 4896.08 ft T: 9.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.91 C/km ThetaE index: 12.08 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.74 mb = 1633.19 m = 5358.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.50 C = 68.90 F Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lifted Index: 5.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.19 C Showalter Index: 6.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.14 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.65 C Cross Totals Index: 18.49 C K Index: 12.07 Risk: None Sweat Index: 197.89 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8320.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.28 mb = 1509.92 m = 4953.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.0 at 42.3 knts Storm direction: 300.0 at 31.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 4.1 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.5 neg: -0.1 tot: 136.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 127.14 m/s