MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 26 AUG 25 Station: 55.24,-84.06 Latitude: 55.24 Longitude: -84.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 19 12.9 6.9 67 6.0 9.7 262 10 285.3 286.4 282.4 302.6 6.19 1 1000 99 14.4 5.6 56 8.7 9.7 267 14 287.5 288.5 282.9 303.7 5.72 2 950 530 11.7 4.8 62 7.0 8.0 278 17 289.1 290.1 283.5 305.2 5.66 3 900 980 9.3 3.1 66 6.1 6.1 293 23 291.1 292.0 284.0 306.4 5.33 4 850 1452 6.2 2.7 78 3.5 4.5 297 27 292.7 293.7 284.8 308.6 5.49 5 800 1946 2.7 1.5 92 1.2 2.1 301 29 294.1 295.0 285.2 309.7 5.35 6 750 2467 0.3 0.2 99 0.1 0.3 318 29 296.9 297.9 286.1 312.2 5.19 7 700 3018 -2.3 -2.4 99 0.1 -2.3 331 27 300.0 300.8 286.6 313.7 4.58 8 650 3603 -5.6 -6.1 96 0.5 -5.8 328 27 302.6 303.3 286.8 314.1 3.74 9 600 4227 -8.8 -10.3 89 1.5 -9.4 325 25 305.9 306.4 287.1 315.0 2.91 10 550 4896 -13.5 -15.5 85 1.9 -14.1 327 24 308.1 308.5 287.0 314.8 2.09 11 500 5614 -18.7 -18.9 98 0.2 -18.8 325 27 310.2 310.5 287.3 315.8 1.71 12 450 6391 -24.0 -24.1 99 0.1 -24.0 330 37 313.1 313.3 287.8 317.2 1.21 13 400 7239 -30.5 -30.6 100 0.0 -30.5 344 43 315.3 315.5 288.1 317.9 0.75 14 350 8173 -38.2 -38.8 94 0.6 -38.2 352 50 317.2 317.3 288.3 318.6 0.38 15 300 9213 -47.1 -47.8 92 0.7 -47.1 350 61 319.0 319.1 288.6 319.7 0.17 16 250 10393 -56.4 -56.5 99 0.1 -56.4 346 62 322.2 322.2 289.5 322.5 0.07 17 200 11818 -51.8 -72.9 6 21.1 -52.2 337 34 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 13697 -49.3 -79.1 2 29.8 -50.0 336 24 385.2 385.2 303.1 385.2 0.01 19 100 16352 -49.9 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.8 330 13 431.3 431.3 309.0 431.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5514.76 m Freezing level: 744.01 mb = 2532.65 m = 8309.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 745.07 mb = 2519.26 m = 8265.17 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.87 % Est. max temperature: 20.01 C = 68.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.96 mb = 779.47 m = 2557.30 ft T: 10.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 784.38 mb = 2105.24 m = 6906.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.60 C = 72.67 F Cap Strength: 6.51 C Lifted Index: 6.92 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.43 C Showalter Index: 4.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.96 C Cross Totals Index: 21.47 C K Index: 27.58 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 115.30 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12287.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.93 mb = 1375.31 m = 4512.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.3 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 345.3 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 171.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 171.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 41.53 m/s