MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F225.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F225.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 225 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 41.47,-79.65 Latitude: 41.47 Longitude: -79.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 960 446 22.8 20.9 89 2.0 21.5 206 5 299.4 302.4 296.0 347.2 16.37 2 950 540 23.1 18.7 76 4.4 20.0 215 12 300.6 303.3 295.0 342.9 14.41 3 900 1009 19.4 16.7 84 2.7 17.5 229 20 301.5 303.9 294.6 340.9 13.39 4 850 1500 16.0 14.6 91 1.5 15.1 241 26 302.9 305.2 294.2 339.5 12.35 5 800 2014 13.1 11.8 92 1.3 12.3 244 30 305.1 307.1 293.8 337.8 10.93 6 750 2555 10.5 7.1 80 3.3 8.5 248 34 307.9 309.5 292.7 333.8 8.50 7 700 3127 6.3 4.0 85 2.3 5.0 250 37 309.4 310.8 292.2 331.8 7.30 8 650 3731 2.1 0.1 87 2.0 1.1 253 39 311.3 312.5 291.7 329.9 5.95 9 600 4373 -1.8 -6.5 70 4.7 -4.0 251 41 314.0 314.8 290.7 326.5 3.91 10 550 5060 -5.5 -14.5 49 9.1 -8.8 248 39 317.6 318.0 290.3 325.1 2.26 11 500 5803 -9.2 -17.3 52 8.1 -11.9 247 39 321.8 322.2 291.3 328.5 1.97 12 450 6610 -14.1 -21.3 55 7.1 -16.2 248 39 325.5 325.8 292.0 330.9 1.56 13 400 7493 -20.1 -20.3 98 0.3 -20.1 246 45 328.9 329.3 293.2 335.5 1.90 14 350 8472 -26.2 -26.3 99 0.1 -26.2 249 34 333.4 333.6 293.8 338.0 1.27 15 300 9569 -34.3 -35.9 85 1.6 -34.5 266 33 337.1 337.2 294.1 339.3 0.59 16 250 10814 -45.5 -49.2 66 3.7 -45.7 263 38 338.4 338.5 294.1 339.1 0.17 17 200 12257 -58.6 -60.4 80 1.8 -58.6 275 51 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.06 18 150 14038 -60.7 -74.6 14 13.9 -60.9 241 37 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16545 -61.8 -83.8 4 22.0 -62.1 262 24 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.67 m Freezing level: 623.01 mb = 4077.10 m = 13376.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.34 mb = 3863.22 m = 12674.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.05 % Est. max temperature: 27.97 C = 82.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.41 mb = 692.78 m = 2272.89 ft T: 21.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 22.16 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.95 mb = 1480.06 m = 4855.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.23 C = 79.21 F Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lifted Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.89 C Showalter Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.20 C Cross Totals Index: 23.75 C K Index: 37.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 301.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 854.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.65 mb = 1293.86 m = 4244.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.65 mb = 1849.39 m = 6067.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.65 mb = 12393.22 m = 40659.68 ft B at Equ Level: 848.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.65 mb = 14659.96 m = 48096.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.9 at 33.8 knts Storm direction: 276.9 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 172.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 172.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.79 Bulk Rich Number: 13.35 Bulk Shear: 63.99 m/s