MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F333.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F333.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 333 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 52.52,-81.17 Latitude: 52.52 Longitude: -81.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1021 1 7.0 5.9 93 1.1 6.5 23 11 278.5 279.4 278.6 294.0 5.69 1 1000 174 9.0 5.3 78 3.7 7.2 33 16 282.2 283.1 280.3 297.7 5.60 2 950 601 10.1 3.3 63 6.7 6.7 48 9 287.4 288.3 282.1 301.9 5.12 3 900 1050 10.2 -0.3 48 10.5 5.1 62 5 292.0 292.7 283.0 304.1 4.15 4 850 1525 10.0 -3.4 39 13.4 3.8 336 3 296.6 297.2 284.2 307.1 3.50 5 800 2028 8.9 -5.0 37 13.9 2.6 302 9 300.6 301.3 285.6 310.7 3.30 6 750 2560 6.6 1.5 70 5.1 3.9 298 17 303.8 304.8 289.0 321.0 5.69 7 700 3124 3.7 1.2 83 2.6 2.4 295 20 306.6 307.7 290.2 324.8 5.96 8 650 3723 -0.1 -3.0 81 2.9 -1.5 294 19 308.8 309.7 289.8 323.5 4.71 9 600 4361 -2.1 -9.5 57 7.4 -5.2 283 16 313.7 314.3 289.9 323.6 3.10 10 550 5048 -5.7 -12.3 59 6.6 -8.3 286 18 317.3 317.8 290.6 326.2 2.70 11 500 5789 -10.6 -15.6 67 5.0 -12.4 288 23 320.1 320.5 291.0 327.6 2.27 12 450 6590 -16.4 -21.5 65 5.1 -17.8 282 29 322.7 323.0 291.1 327.9 1.53 13 400 7465 -22.9 -31.7 44 8.8 -24.6 282 34 325.2 325.3 291.0 327.6 0.67 14 350 8430 -29.9 -45.4 21 15.4 -31.5 287 39 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.1 0.19 15 300 9508 -38.7 -51.8 24 13.1 -39.5 287 48 330.8 330.9 292.0 331.3 0.11 16 250 10733 -48.1 -57.8 32 9.7 -48.4 280 58 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.06 17 200 12181 -53.2 -65.8 20 12.5 -53.5 271 66 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.03 18 150 14027 -54.7 -77.6 4 23.0 -55.1 278 55 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.01 19 100 16597 -57.9 -84.6 2 26.7 -58.2 289 34 415.9 415.9 307.2 416.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5614.80 m Freezing level: 651.65 mb = 3703.17 m = 12149.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.44 mb = 3484.86 m = 11433.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.40 % Est. max temperature: 23.24 C = 73.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1004.02 mb = 140.99 m = 462.55 ft T: 8.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 588.67 mb = 4511.58 m = 14801.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.21 C = 109.79 F Cap Strength: 17.60 C Lifted Index: 18.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.27 C Showalter Index: 13.54 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 27.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.63 C Cross Totals Index: 7.27 C K Index: 14.68 Risk: None Sweat Index: 28.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16979.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.10 mb = 1114.05 m = 3654.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.2 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 330.2 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 3.9 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 175.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.3 neg: -7.1 tot: 59.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.57 Bulk Shear: 56.96 m/s