MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 38.41,-74.17 Latitude: 38.41 Longitude: -74.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 1 21.9 13.9 60 8.0 16.8 356 10 293.6 295.4 289.3 321.8 9.87 1 1000 155 20.4 11.7 57 8.7 15.0 356 10 293.5 295.1 288.2 318.3 8.65 2 950 595 18.3 5.0 42 13.2 11.0 340 6 295.7 296.8 286.2 312.6 5.78 3 900 1056 15.4 3.6 45 11.8 9.0 283 4 297.4 298.4 286.6 313.6 5.51 4 850 1537 11.8 2.5 53 9.3 6.9 257 7 298.5 299.5 286.9 314.5 5.38 5 800 2041 7.5 2.4 70 5.1 4.8 251 12 299.2 300.2 287.5 316.1 5.69 6 750 2569 3.4 -1.5 70 5.0 1.1 248 18 300.3 301.2 286.8 314.0 4.56 7 700 3128 3.9 -26.0 9 29.9 -4.6 256 26 306.8 306.9 284.9 309.0 0.65 8 650 3727 1.7 -29.8 8 31.5 -6.5 257 36 310.9 311.0 286.2 312.6 0.50 9 600 4368 -1.2 -28.2 11 27.0 -8.4 249 45 314.7 314.8 287.7 316.9 0.62 10 550 5056 -5.6 -26.2 18 20.6 -11.2 244 48 317.4 317.6 288.8 320.3 0.82 11 500 5795 -11.0 -25.5 29 14.5 -14.8 247 52 319.6 319.8 289.6 322.9 0.96 12 450 6596 -15.7 -23.0 53 7.3 -17.7 243 64 323.5 323.8 291.2 328.2 1.34 13 400 7474 -21.8 -25.7 70 3.9 -22.7 239 67 326.7 326.9 291.9 330.9 1.18 14 350 8444 -28.5 -33.4 62 5.0 -29.3 239 76 330.4 330.5 292.4 332.8 0.65 15 300 9529 -37.2 -48.0 32 10.8 -37.9 239 81 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.7 0.17 16 250 10765 -46.1 -47.7 84 1.6 -46.2 245 94 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.3 0.21 17 200 12216 -54.0 -65.1 24 11.1 -54.2 244 91 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.03 18 150 14050 -57.2 -78.9 5 21.7 -57.5 234 71 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.01 19 100 16579 -60.2 -83.9 3 23.6 -60.5 221 41 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5639.81 m Freezing level: 620.92 mb = 4099.96 m = 13451.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.55 mb = 2671.45 m = 8764.50 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.51 % Est. max temperature: 26.46 C = 79.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.70 mb = 1011.40 m = 3318.20 ft T: 15.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 9.20 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.21 mb = 2393.66 m = 7853.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.34 C = 83.01 F Cap Strength: 8.13 C Lifted Index: 7.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.43 C Showalter Index: 8.54 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.80 C Cross Totals Index: 13.49 C K Index: -4.64 Risk: None Sweat Index: 96.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10921.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.08 mb = 1804.50 m = 5920.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.9 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 281.9 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 3.8 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.2 neg: -1.3 tot: 101.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 120.28 m/s