MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 46.51,-69.3 Latitude: 46.51 Longitude: -69.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 964 373 10.8 10.3 97 0.4 10.5 233 6 286.9 288.3 285.2 309.8 8.21 2 950 495 11.8 9.9 88 1.9 10.7 241 16 289.2 290.6 286.0 312.0 8.10 3 900 949 12.1 7.4 73 4.6 9.5 252 24 294.0 295.2 287.0 314.8 7.21 4 850 1426 9.1 4.8 74 4.3 6.8 244 21 295.7 296.9 286.8 314.3 6.36 5 800 1925 5.4 1.4 76 3.9 3.4 237 24 296.9 297.8 286.2 312.5 5.30 6 750 2449 2.2 -2.5 71 4.7 0.0 227 28 298.9 299.7 285.9 311.6 4.24 7 700 3003 -1.7 -4.1 84 2.4 -2.8 221 31 300.6 301.3 286.3 312.8 4.03 8 650 3589 -5.6 -7.7 85 2.1 -6.5 223 30 302.6 303.2 286.3 312.7 3.29 9 600 4212 -9.5 -13.7 72 4.2 -10.9 223 31 305.1 305.5 286.1 312.1 2.21 10 550 4880 -12.4 -23.6 39 11.1 -15.2 220 39 309.3 309.5 286.3 312.8 1.04 11 500 5602 -16.9 -25.9 46 9.0 -18.9 215 49 312.4 312.6 287.3 315.5 0.92 12 450 6383 -23.1 -30.7 50 7.6 -24.4 211 57 314.2 314.4 287.6 316.5 0.66 13 400 7234 -29.3 -37.9 43 8.6 -30.3 206 71 317.0 317.0 288.2 318.3 0.37 14 350 8175 -35.9 -45.2 38 9.3 -36.6 210 80 320.4 320.4 289.0 321.1 0.19 15 300 9229 -42.6 -51.7 36 9.1 -43.1 209 97 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.7 0.11 16 250 10453 -43.8 -60.5 14 16.7 -44.5 211 96 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.04 17 200 11945 -45.3 -75.2 2 29.9 -46.1 216 90 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 18 150 13851 -49.7 -79.4 2 29.8 -50.3 214 78 384.5 384.5 302.9 384.5 0.00 19 100 16471 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.8 219 41 425.1 425.1 308.3 425.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5537.53 m Freezing level: 721.98 mb = 2759.68 m = 9053.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 749.65 mb = 2453.18 m = 8048.38 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.95 % Est. max temperature: 20.29 C = 68.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.91 mb = 425.09 m = 1394.63 ft T: 11.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 3.12 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.48 mb = 1787.33 m = 5863.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.30 C = 68.54 F Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lifted Index: 3.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.74 C Showalter Index: 2.74 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.05 C Cross Totals Index: 21.75 C K Index: 28.48 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 148.64 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10973.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.35 mb = 1266.68 m = 4155.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.6 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 253.6 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 2.6 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.0 neg: -1.9 tot: 29.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.63 Bulk Shear: 44.09 m/s