MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F174.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F174.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 174 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 41.76,-73.22 Latitude: 41.76 Longitude: -73.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 SFC 989 243 26.5 23.8 85 2.7 24.5 209 7 300.6 304.1 298.0 356.7 19.08 2 950 596 23.4 19.6 79 3.8 20.7 211 15 300.9 303.7 295.7 345.8 15.29 3 900 1066 19.6 17.9 90 1.7 18.4 209 17 301.7 304.4 295.4 344.5 14.51 4 850 1557 16.4 15.7 95 0.7 15.9 213 19 303.3 305.8 295.0 342.7 13.27 5 800 2073 14.1 12.5 90 1.6 13.1 228 20 306.2 308.4 294.5 340.7 11.48 6 750 2617 11.8 9.7 87 2.1 10.4 231 20 309.4 311.3 294.4 340.2 10.11 7 700 3192 8.9 6.8 86 2.1 7.6 233 20 312.4 314.1 294.3 339.9 8.89 8 650 3804 5.8 3.1 83 2.7 4.2 235 20 315.5 316.9 294.0 338.7 7.38 9 600 4455 2.2 -2.0 74 4.1 0.0 236 20 318.6 319.7 293.4 336.4 5.53 10 550 5153 -2.1 -7.5 66 5.4 -4.6 238 20 321.6 322.4 292.9 334.6 3.95 11 500 5905 -6.3 -12.4 62 6.1 -8.8 242 22 325.3 325.9 293.2 335.3 2.96 12 450 6722 -11.3 -16.4 66 5.1 -13.1 247 25 329.1 329.6 293.6 337.3 2.37 13 400 7615 -17.5 -19.4 85 1.9 -18.1 244 27 332.2 332.6 294.1 339.4 2.05 14 350 8602 -24.1 -24.3 98 0.2 -24.2 244 29 336.3 336.6 294.7 341.8 1.53 15 300 9709 -31.9 -31.8 100 -0.0 -31.9 255 43 340.5 340.7 295.3 343.8 0.89 16 250 10969 -42.6 -42.7 99 0.1 -42.6 263 38 342.7 342.8 295.3 344.1 0.35 17 200 12433 -54.9 -56.7 80 1.8 -54.9 261 41 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.3 0.09 18 150 14212 -67.8 -70.1 71 2.4 -67.8 255 29 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.02 19 100 16675 -63.9 -83.6 5 19.7 -64.1 275 12 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.34 m Freezing level: 574.57 mb = 4810.31 m = 15781.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.79 mb = 4458.32 m = 14626.84 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.06 % Est. max temperature: 29.82 C = 85.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.51 mb = 581.97 m = 1909.34 ft T: 23.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 22.12 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.43 mb = 1158.02 m = 3799.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.90 C = 82.22 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Showalter Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.97 C K Index: 36.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 333.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 822.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.51 mb = 1051.59 m = 3450.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 876.51 mb = 1293.38 m = 4243.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.51 mb = 12864.90 m = 42207.17 ft B at Equ Level: 816.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.51 mb = 15746.32 m = 51660.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.6 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 260.6 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 55.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 78.01 Bulk Shear: 10.55 m/s