MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F357.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F357.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 357 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 19 AUG 25 Station: 45.68,-77.74 Latitude: 45.68 Longitude: -77.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 167 SFC 982 315 8.3 7.4 94 0.9 7.8 256 4 282.8 284.0 281.8 301.0 6.58 2 950 596 13.5 6.2 61 7.3 9.5 292 18 290.9 292.0 284.9 308.9 6.28 3 900 1050 11.8 2.4 52 9.4 7.0 305 17 293.7 294.6 284.7 308.5 5.06 4 850 1525 7.6 0.8 62 6.7 4.2 306 17 294.1 294.9 284.6 308.1 4.78 5 800 2020 3.2 -1.1 74 4.2 1.2 307 18 294.5 295.3 284.4 307.5 4.42 6 750 2541 1.3 -8.7 47 10.0 -2.7 305 20 298.0 298.5 283.8 306.0 2.64 7 700 3096 1.0 -16.9 25 17.8 -5.0 305 25 303.6 303.8 284.7 308.2 1.46 8 650 3689 -0.8 -26.1 13 25.3 -7.6 308 28 308.1 308.2 285.5 310.4 0.70 9 600 4324 -3.6 -32.3 9 28.7 -10.2 304 31 311.9 312.0 286.5 313.4 0.42 10 550 5006 -7.8 -38.1 7 30.3 -13.5 300 37 314.9 314.9 287.3 315.8 0.26 11 500 5740 -12.3 -44.4 5 32.1 -17.2 300 42 318.0 318.0 288.3 318.6 0.15 12 450 6536 -17.9 -46.8 6 28.9 -21.6 301 48 320.7 320.7 289.1 321.2 0.13 13 400 7404 -24.6 -51.1 7 26.5 -27.1 300 55 323.0 323.0 289.8 323.3 0.09 14 350 8361 -31.8 -56.1 7 24.3 -33.4 301 60 325.9 325.9 290.6 326.1 0.05 15 300 9432 -40.1 -51.6 28 11.6 -40.7 300 63 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.3 0.11 16 250 10650 -49.9 -55.8 50 5.9 -50.1 295 65 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.08 17 200 12082 -55.8 -63.3 39 7.5 -55.9 294 69 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.04 18 150 13920 -54.2 -80.3 3 26.1 -54.6 295 50 376.7 376.7 301.7 376.7 0.00 19 100 16514 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.5 294 23 421.5 421.5 307.9 421.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5572.82 m Freezing level: 672.51 mb = 3421.92 m = 11226.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 784.59 mb = 2177.23 m = 7143.06 ft Precipitable water: 0.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.02 % Est. max temperature: 19.58 C = 67.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.71 mb = 423.41 m = 1389.11 ft T: 10.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.03 C/km ThetaE index: 2.86 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.88 mb = 2309.03 m = 7575.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.77 C = 71.19 F Cap Strength: 10.61 C Lifted Index: 11.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.34 C Showalter Index: 11.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.06 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.89 C Cross Totals Index: 13.17 C K Index: 2.89 Risk: None Sweat Index: 86.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12638.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.46 mb = 1656.14 m = 5433.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.8 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 332.8 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.2 neg: -1.7 tot: 85.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.47 Bulk Shear: 26.28 m/s