MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F075.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F075.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 75 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 42.09,-74.71 Latitude: 42.09 Longitude: -74.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 158 1 950 580 SFC 944 636 4.2 3.3 94 0.9 3.8 310 2 282.0 282.9 279.7 296.2 5.14 3 900 1025 7.6 2.2 69 5.4 4.9 327 15 289.4 290.2 282.8 303.7 4.99 4 850 1493 4.2 -0.7 70 4.9 2.0 329 17 290.6 291.3 282.6 303.0 4.28 5 800 1984 1.1 -4.3 67 5.4 -1.2 314 17 292.3 292.9 282.4 302.6 3.48 6 750 2501 -0.1 -14.8 32 14.7 -5.0 290 19 296.4 296.7 282.0 301.4 1.62 7 700 3052 -1.4 -21.6 20 20.2 -7.2 285 26 300.9 301.1 283.0 304.1 0.97 8 650 3639 -4.3 -22.2 23 17.9 -9.3 281 32 304.1 304.3 284.3 307.3 0.99 9 600 4264 -8.4 -19.7 39 11.3 -11.6 278 37 306.4 306.7 285.6 310.8 1.33 10 550 4934 -12.4 -31.0 20 18.5 -16.2 277 43 309.4 309.5 285.7 311.2 0.53 11 500 5654 -17.4 -30.3 32 12.9 -19.9 271 49 311.8 311.9 286.7 313.9 0.62 12 450 6435 -22.8 -28.7 58 6.0 -23.9 274 57 314.6 314.8 287.9 317.3 0.79 13 400 7290 -27.7 -40.4 29 12.7 -29.2 272 66 319.1 319.1 288.8 320.1 0.28 14 350 8235 -35.3 -43.5 43 8.2 -36.0 272 69 321.2 321.2 289.4 322.1 0.23 15 300 9289 -43.6 -50.0 49 6.5 -43.9 271 72 323.9 324.0 290.1 324.5 0.13 16 250 10493 -50.9 -56.6 51 5.7 -51.1 268 71 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.6 0.07 17 200 11947 -49.4 -70.0 7 20.6 -49.9 270 53 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.02 18 150 13828 -51.5 -79.8 2 28.3 -52.1 266 41 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.3 0.00 19 100 16430 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -55.0 279 20 422.6 422.6 308.0 422.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5496.82 m Freezing level: 755.42 mb = 2444.92 m = 8021.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 818.84 mb = 1795.22 m = 5889.76 ft Precipitable water: 0.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.12 % Est. max temperature: 14.86 C = 58.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.94 mb = 746.22 m = 2448.20 ft T: 5.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 2.22 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.28 mb = 3185.45 m = 10450.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.54 C = 74.37 F Cap Strength: 9.51 C Lifted Index: 10.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.97 C Showalter Index: 9.48 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.67 C Cross Totals Index: 16.73 C K Index: 0.74 Risk: None Sweat Index: 82.82 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14385.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.15 mb = 1635.73 m = 5366.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.1 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 312.1 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 4.1 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.6 neg: -23.1 tot: 29.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 91.24 m/s