MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 47.01,-74.92 Latitude: 47.01 Longitude: -74.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 966 413 7.0 6.5 97 0.5 6.7 168 5 282.9 284.0 281.4 300.3 6.28 2 950 551 6.0 5.8 99 0.2 5.9 176 11 283.3 284.4 281.4 300.2 6.11 3 900 992 4.1 4.0 99 0.1 4.1 217 13 285.7 286.7 282.0 301.7 5.68 4 850 1456 2.0 1.9 99 0.1 2.0 228 10 288.2 289.1 282.5 302.9 5.17 5 800 1944 -0.3 -0.8 96 0.5 -0.5 242 9 290.9 291.7 283.0 303.9 4.52 6 750 2458 -3.8 -4.1 98 0.3 -4.0 258 9 292.4 293.1 282.8 303.5 3.75 7 700 2999 -7.5 -8.5 92 1.0 -7.9 257 10 294.2 294.7 282.5 302.7 2.86 8 650 3575 -8.9 -14.5 64 5.6 -10.7 238 7 298.9 299.2 283.3 304.8 1.91 9 600 4190 -12.7 -17.0 70 4.3 -13.9 218 8 301.4 301.7 284.1 306.7 1.68 10 550 4848 -17.3 -21.1 72 3.8 -18.2 208 8 303.6 303.8 284.4 307.7 1.29 11 500 5555 -23.0 -27.6 66 4.6 -23.8 196 9 305.1 305.2 284.4 307.7 0.79 12 450 6316 -29.4 -34.9 59 5.5 -30.1 187 11 306.3 306.4 284.5 307.8 0.44 13 400 7146 -35.5 -47.6 28 12.1 -36.3 181 13 308.8 308.8 285.1 309.3 0.13 14 350 8063 -41.1 -54.4 22 13.4 -41.6 188 12 313.4 313.4 286.6 313.6 0.07 15 300 9101 -44.6 -59.5 17 14.9 -45.1 187 11 322.5 322.5 289.6 322.7 0.04 16 250 10324 -43.3 -70.1 4 26.8 -44.1 214 10 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.7 0.01 17 200 11822 -44.8 -75.8 2 31.0 -45.6 215 9 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.01 18 150 13733 -47.6 -77.8 2 30.3 -48.4 286 7 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.01 19 100 16388 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.3 273 7 428.1 428.1 308.6 428.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5426.83 m Freezing level: 806.20 mb = 1883.55 m = 6179.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 810.31 mb = 1840.94 m = 6039.76 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.03 % Est. max temperature: 13.99 C = 57.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.08 mb = 472.39 m = 1549.81 ft T: 6.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 1.19 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.98 mb = 911.33 m = 2989.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.34 C = 48.82 F Cap Strength: 5.03 C Lifted Index: 5.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.21 C Showalter Index: 3.98 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.93 C Cross Totals Index: 24.86 C K Index: 25.79 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 66.91 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.95 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14863.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.58 mb = 879.04 m = 2883.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.9 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 249.9 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.6 neg: -1.7 tot: 34.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.75 Bulk Shear: 3.90 m/s