MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F300.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F300.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12.5 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 39.24,-70.51 Latitude: 39.24 Longitude: -70.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1023 2 25.1 21.3 80 3.8 22.5 127 9 296.4 299.2 294.8 342.0 15.83 1 1000 197 23.2 20.1 83 3.1 21.0 130 10 296.3 299.0 294.2 339.4 14.96 2 950 643 20.2 18.4 89 1.8 18.9 170 8 297.7 300.2 294.0 338.6 14.13 3 900 1110 18.5 16.6 89 1.9 17.2 225 10 300.6 303.0 294.2 339.6 13.31 4 850 1600 16.3 14.5 89 1.8 15.1 244 13 303.2 305.5 294.2 339.7 12.28 5 800 2115 13.9 12.1 89 1.8 12.7 251 14 305.9 308.0 294.1 339.3 11.12 6 750 2657 10.2 10.1 99 0.2 10.2 256 16 307.7 309.6 294.1 339.2 10.39 7 700 3231 8.0 7.3 95 0.7 7.6 258 17 311.4 313.1 294.3 339.7 9.19 8 650 3841 4.8 4.1 96 0.6 4.4 260 13 314.3 315.9 294.1 339.2 7.94 9 600 4491 1.6 -1.9 78 3.5 -0.2 253 8 317.9 319.0 293.3 335.7 5.56 10 550 5188 -2.0 -9.0 58 7.1 -5.1 262 8 321.8 322.4 292.6 333.4 3.51 11 500 5941 -5.5 -11.9 60 6.4 -8.2 225 7 326.4 327.0 293.5 336.7 3.07 12 450 6760 -10.5 -30.5 18 20.0 -15.4 193 10 330.0 330.2 292.4 332.5 0.67 13 400 7654 -17.4 -42.2 10 24.8 -21.4 195 12 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.3 0.23 14 350 8639 -25.3 -30.0 64 4.8 -26.2 227 13 334.7 334.9 293.8 338.0 0.90 15 300 9739 -33.4 -39.3 55 5.9 -34.1 261 21 338.3 338.3 294.3 339.9 0.42 16 250 10992 -43.6 -47.2 67 3.6 -43.8 277 35 341.3 341.4 294.8 342.2 0.22 17 200 12455 -55.1 -55.6 95 0.5 -55.1 271 48 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.9 0.10 18 150 14244 -65.2 -70.6 47 5.4 -65.2 289 44 357.8 357.8 298.3 357.9 0.02 19 100 16692 -66.1 -83.4 7 17.3 -66.2 309 11 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.87 m Freezing level: 577.78 mb = 4800.45 m = 15749.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.33 mb = 4459.23 m = 14629.83 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.65 % Est. max temperature: 30.78 C = 87.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.02 mb = 479.89 m = 1574.41 ft T: 21.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.98 C/km ThetaE index: 3.36 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.08 mb = 1301.88 m = 4271.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.39 C = 86.70 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: 1.53 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Showalter Index: 1.47 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.76 C Cross Totals Index: 19.95 C K Index: 35.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3024.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.23 mb = 760.18 m = 2493.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.8 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 274.8 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 60.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 37.52 m/s