MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z WED 20 AUG 25 Station: 49.76,-66.34 Latitude: 49.76 Longitude: -66.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 1 12.4 9.6 83 2.8 10.8 249 15 284.1 285.4 283.2 304.5 7.37 1 1000 145 12.5 7.3 71 5.1 9.7 266 16 285.6 286.7 282.8 303.6 6.43 2 950 575 11.1 6.9 75 4.2 8.8 326 16 288.5 289.6 284.2 307.1 6.57 3 900 1025 9.4 5.8 78 3.6 7.5 338 17 291.2 292.3 285.1 309.6 6.42 4 850 1498 7.0 3.6 79 3.5 5.2 328 16 293.5 294.5 285.4 310.4 5.81 5 800 1994 4.0 0.8 80 3.2 2.4 319 16 295.4 296.3 285.4 310.3 5.06 6 750 2515 0.1 -1.5 89 1.6 -0.7 328 18 296.6 297.5 285.4 310.1 4.56 7 700 3066 -1.5 -7.7 62 6.3 -4.0 320 22 300.9 301.4 285.4 310.2 3.05 8 650 3656 -1.7 -17.7 28 16.0 -7.0 311 26 307.0 307.3 285.9 311.8 1.47 9 600 4289 -4.7 -25.1 19 20.4 -10.2 310 26 310.7 310.9 286.6 313.5 0.83 10 550 4968 -8.8 -28.9 18 20.1 -13.5 312 26 313.7 313.8 287.4 315.9 0.64 11 500 5699 -14.2 -32.1 20 17.9 -17.7 319 28 315.8 315.9 287.9 317.6 0.52 12 450 6488 -20.3 -36.6 22 16.3 -22.9 325 31 317.7 317.8 288.4 319.0 0.37 13 400 7348 -27.3 -39.7 30 12.4 -28.8 331 35 319.5 319.6 288.9 320.6 0.30 14 350 8294 -35.1 -43.9 41 8.7 -35.9 335 39 321.4 321.4 289.4 322.2 0.22 15 300 9348 -43.5 -47.9 62 4.4 -43.7 336 43 324.0 324.0 290.2 324.6 0.17 16 250 10549 -52.7 -56.1 66 3.5 -52.8 342 46 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.1 0.08 17 200 11972 -53.8 -67.1 18 13.3 -54.0 323 41 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 13846 -50.7 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.3 288 29 382.7 382.7 302.7 382.7 0.00 19 100 16480 -51.7 -81.0 2 29.3 -52.5 276 14 427.8 427.8 308.6 427.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5553.49 m Freezing level: 748.31 mb = 2533.62 m = 8312.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 761.00 mb = 2397.44 m = 7865.53 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.18 % Est. max temperature: 20.98 C = 69.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.19 mb = 355.58 m = 1166.58 ft T: 11.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.83 C/km ThetaE index: 0.94 C Layer 1000.0- 950.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.57 mb = 1896.50 m = 6222.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.34 C = 74.01 F Cap Strength: 10.53 C Lifted Index: 10.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.68 C Showalter Index: 7.89 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.20 C Cross Totals Index: 17.73 C K Index: 18.48 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 102.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13334.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.62 mb = 982.52 m = 3223.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.5 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 346.5 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.6 neg: -1.9 tot: 55.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.89 Bulk Shear: 21.45 m/s