MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 58.29,-77.99 Latitude: 58.29 Longitude: -77.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 26 13.4 5.8 60 7.6 9.4 347 16 285.7 286.7 282.1 301.8 5.72 1 1000 108 13.7 4.0 52 9.7 8.8 353 22 286.9 287.8 281.9 301.3 5.09 2 950 537 10.0 3.1 62 7.0 6.5 1 20 287.4 288.2 282.0 301.6 5.01 3 900 983 6.4 1.7 72 4.6 4.1 7 14 288.1 288.9 282.1 301.9 4.82 4 850 1450 3.0 -0.8 76 3.8 1.3 10 9 289.3 290.1 282.0 301.5 4.24 5 800 1938 -0.7 -3.1 84 2.4 -1.7 7 8 290.4 291.1 282.0 301.4 3.80 6 750 2450 -4.0 -7.7 75 3.7 -5.4 6 8 292.3 292.8 281.7 300.7 2.86 7 700 2992 -6.3 -12.1 63 5.8 -8.2 8 10 295.5 295.9 282.2 302.1 2.16 8 650 3569 -9.1 -12.8 74 3.7 -10.4 22 14 298.6 299.0 283.5 305.4 2.19 9 600 4184 -12.2 -15.7 75 3.5 -13.3 28 18 302.0 302.3 284.5 307.9 1.87 10 550 4844 -16.4 -20.3 72 3.8 -17.4 22 18 304.6 304.8 284.9 309.0 1.39 11 500 5553 -21.8 -29.2 51 7.5 -23.1 13 17 306.5 306.6 284.8 308.8 0.68 12 450 6321 -27.0 -40.9 25 14.0 -28.5 18 21 309.4 309.4 285.4 310.2 0.24 13 400 7159 -32.8 -45.9 26 13.1 -33.8 28 31 312.4 312.4 286.4 312.9 0.16 14 350 8085 -39.5 -46.3 48 6.8 -39.9 34 45 315.5 315.5 287.5 316.1 0.17 15 300 9123 -46.8 -49.9 71 3.0 -47.0 34 52 319.4 319.4 288.7 319.9 0.13 16 250 10313 -51.7 -57.6 49 5.9 -51.9 29 44 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.5 0.06 17 200 11775 -47.4 -76.8 2 29.4 -48.1 17 29 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.01 18 150 13676 -48.2 -78.3 2 30.1 -49.0 6 24 386.9 386.9 303.3 387.0 0.01 19 100 16338 -49.1 -79.0 2 29.9 -50.1 351 12 432.8 432.8 309.1 432.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5445.93 m Freezing level: 809.67 mb = 1843.18 m = 6047.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 828.52 mb = 1655.62 m = 5431.74 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.36 % Est. max temperature: 16.72 C = 62.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.66 mb = 977.25 m = 3206.16 ft T: 6.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 1.12 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.22 mb = 1697.52 m = 5569.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.51 C = 63.51 F Cap Strength: 5.68 C Lifted Index: 6.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.27 C Showalter Index: 6.09 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.80 C Cross Totals Index: 20.99 C K Index: 18.16 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 35.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13702.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.20 mb = 1390.32 m = 4561.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 13.5 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 43.5 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -12.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.9 neg: -16.3 tot: 12.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 8.19 m/s