MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 44.43,-75.72 Latitude: 44.43 Longitude: -75.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 120 26.0 13.6 46 12.4 18.0 266 4 298.5 300.3 290.9 327.1 9.78 1 1000 186 23.8 12.8 50 11.0 16.8 267 5 296.9 298.6 290.0 324.1 9.34 2 950 630 19.3 11.7 61 7.6 14.6 269 5 296.7 298.4 289.7 323.2 9.11 3 900 1092 15.7 9.4 66 6.3 12.0 275 5 297.7 299.2 289.3 321.9 8.27 4 850 1576 12.9 6.0 63 7.0 9.0 317 8 299.7 300.9 288.8 320.1 6.89 5 800 2082 9.1 3.6 68 5.6 6.1 330 10 300.9 302.0 288.5 319.3 6.19 6 750 2614 6.8 -6.9 37 13.7 0.8 318 9 303.9 304.5 286.5 313.4 3.04 7 700 3178 4.4 -18.6 17 22.9 -3.4 290 12 307.3 307.5 285.8 311.4 1.26 8 650 3776 0.6 -14.8 31 15.3 -5.0 277 13 309.6 310.0 287.3 315.7 1.87 9 600 4414 -3.4 -19.3 28 15.9 -8.5 270 13 312.2 312.4 287.7 316.8 1.38 10 550 5096 -7.4 -25.9 21 18.5 -12.2 270 18 315.3 315.5 288.2 318.2 0.84 11 500 5830 -12.7 -36.8 11 24.1 -17.1 276 24 317.6 317.6 288.3 318.8 0.33 12 450 6626 -17.6 -44.5 8 26.8 -21.3 283 26 321.1 321.1 289.3 321.7 0.16 13 400 7496 -24.0 -44.5 13 20.5 -26.4 279 25 323.8 323.8 290.1 324.5 0.18 14 350 8454 -32.3 -45.5 26 13.3 -33.4 282 27 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.0 0.19 15 300 9520 -41.2 -53.0 27 11.8 -41.8 274 35 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.7 0.09 16 250 10732 -50.7 -56.2 52 5.5 -50.8 279 38 330.7 330.8 292.0 331.1 0.08 17 200 12167 -53.1 -64.7 23 11.6 -53.3 273 42 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.03 18 150 14011 -55.8 -79.4 4 23.6 -56.1 271 44 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.0 0.00 19 100 16565 -59.9 -84.9 2 25.1 -60.2 272 33 412.1 412.1 306.7 412.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.93 m Freezing level: 642.88 mb = 3867.18 m = 12687.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.74 mb = 2715.72 m = 8909.73 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.07 % Est. max temperature: 26.87 C = 80.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.26 mb = 1672.00 m = 5485.51 ft T: 12.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 15.68 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.31 mb = 2130.36 m = 6989.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.65 C = 83.58 F Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lifted Index: 1.88 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.57 C Showalter Index: 3.67 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.60 C Cross Totals Index: 18.64 C K Index: 8.62 Risk: None Sweat Index: 112.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7501.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.66 mb = 1638.27 m = 5374.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.5 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 313.5 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: -1.9 tot: 0.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.00 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 7.78 m/s