MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 44.54,-80.5 Latitude: 44.54 Longitude: -80.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 204 SFC 987 321 20.6 10.9 54 9.7 14.7 21 8 294.9 296.4 288.4 318.9 8.32 2 950 644 17.2 8.9 58 8.3 12.3 3 9 294.6 296.0 287.6 316.4 7.53 3 900 1103 13.5 7.2 66 6.3 9.9 342 7 295.4 296.7 287.4 316.0 7.08 4 850 1581 10.3 4.2 66 6.1 7.0 315 5 296.9 298.0 287.0 314.7 6.08 5 800 2083 6.9 -0.0 61 6.9 3.5 331 2 298.5 299.4 286.3 312.7 4.77 6 750 2610 4.2 -6.8 44 11.1 -0.5 36 6 301.2 301.7 285.5 310.5 3.05 7 700 3169 1.8 -12.0 35 13.9 -3.5 21 7 304.5 304.9 285.8 311.3 2.17 8 650 3763 -1.4 -16.1 32 14.7 -6.4 3 7 307.4 307.7 286.3 312.8 1.67 9 600 4395 -5.1 -21.2 27 16.1 -9.9 356 7 310.2 310.4 286.8 314.1 1.17 10 550 5073 -9.3 -21.7 36 12.4 -12.8 2 9 313.1 313.3 287.8 317.2 1.22 11 500 5802 -14.8 -20.9 60 6.1 -16.5 354 11 314.9 315.2 288.6 319.8 1.44 12 450 6592 -19.3 -21.7 81 2.4 -19.9 331 10 319.0 319.3 290.0 324.1 1.49 13 400 7458 -25.2 -26.7 87 1.6 -25.5 323 8 322.3 322.5 290.6 326.0 1.07 14 350 8413 -33.1 -34.7 85 1.7 -33.3 321 11 324.1 324.3 290.6 326.2 0.57 15 300 9476 -42.3 -43.4 89 1.1 -42.4 305 17 325.7 325.8 290.8 326.8 0.28 16 250 10682 -51.5 -55.3 63 3.8 -51.6 309 11 329.5 329.5 291.7 329.8 0.08 17 200 12113 -55.6 -64.2 34 8.6 -55.8 328 10 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.03 18 150 13936 -56.5 -79.6 4 23.1 -56.8 36 12 372.7 372.7 301.0 372.7 0.00 19 100 16509 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.1 339 6 418.4 418.4 307.5 418.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5598.37 m Freezing level: 671.89 mb = 3502.67 m = 11491.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 756.37 mb = 2541.20 m = 8337.18 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.06 % Est. max temperature: 23.02 C = 73.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.11 mb = 1540.84 m = 5055.18 ft T: 10.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 8.40 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.86 mb = 2280.69 m = 7482.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.19 C = 77.35 F Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lifted Index: 3.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.81 C Showalter Index: 4.59 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.10 C Cross Totals Index: 19.02 C K Index: 15.42 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 70.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9211.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.91 mb = 1749.22 m = 5738.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 359.0 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 29.0 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -18.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: -14.7 tot: -13.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: -2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.06 Bulk Shear: 0.29 m/s