MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 27 AUG 25 Station: 40.56,-72.61 Latitude: 40.56 Longitude: -72.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 1 21.1 15.6 71 5.5 17.5 271 4 292.9 294.9 290.0 324.3 11.03 1 1000 137 21.0 11.3 54 9.8 15.1 282 5 294.2 295.7 288.2 318.4 8.42 2 950 578 17.5 8.6 56 8.8 12.3 282 6 294.9 296.2 287.5 316.3 7.40 3 900 1037 13.3 6.8 65 6.5 9.6 278 6 295.2 296.5 287.2 315.3 6.91 4 850 1514 9.2 4.7 74 4.5 6.8 275 7 295.8 296.9 286.8 314.2 6.31 5 800 2013 5.1 2.0 80 3.1 3.5 272 9 296.6 297.6 286.3 312.8 5.52 6 750 2537 1.3 -2.0 79 3.3 -0.2 264 12 298.0 298.8 285.7 311.1 4.41 7 700 3089 -1.9 -7.0 68 5.0 -4.0 254 15 300.3 300.9 285.4 310.2 3.23 8 650 3676 -3.8 -12.3 52 8.5 -6.9 238 23 304.7 305.1 286.0 311.9 2.28 9 600 4304 -6.6 -22.0 28 15.4 -10.9 233 35 308.5 308.7 286.1 312.1 1.10 10 550 4978 -10.6 -27.5 24 16.8 -14.6 231 42 311.5 311.6 286.7 314.0 0.73 11 500 5705 -15.2 -28.8 30 13.6 -18.1 226 47 314.5 314.7 287.8 317.0 0.71 12 450 6493 -20.3 -27.7 52 7.4 -21.9 225 54 317.7 317.8 288.9 320.7 0.87 13 400 7354 -26.9 -28.6 86 1.7 -27.2 225 63 320.0 320.2 289.7 323.2 0.90 14 350 8303 -33.6 -40.8 48 7.2 -34.4 223 77 323.4 323.5 290.2 324.6 0.31 15 300 9368 -40.4 -56.2 17 15.8 -41.2 216 92 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.6 0.06 16 250 10592 -47.3 -59.0 25 11.7 -47.7 218 102 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.05 17 200 12053 -50.8 -66.1 15 15.4 -51.2 223 98 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.03 18 150 13925 -53.3 -79.8 3 26.6 -53.7 219 69 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 19 100 16509 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.6 227 45 419.2 419.2 307.6 419.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5568.00 m Freezing level: 730.17 mb = 2755.73 m = 9040.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 752.91 mb = 2505.41 m = 8219.76 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.11 % Est. max temperature: 23.77 C = 74.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.80 mb = 696.67 m = 2285.62 ft T: 16.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.05 C/km ThetaE index: 14.12 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.45 mb = 1695.94 m = 5564.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.24 C = 75.64 F Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lifted Index: 2.63 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.32 C Showalter Index: 4.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.34 C Cross Totals Index: 19.88 C K Index: 24.00 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 118.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 56.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.83 mb = 1515.84 m = 4973.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.83 mb = 1963.81 m = 6442.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 654.83 mb = 3617.20 m = 11867.30 ft B at Equ Level: 55.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 554.83 mb = 4910.68 m = 16110.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.6 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 268.6 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: -4.1 tot: 2.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.27 Bulk Shear: 44.60 m/s