MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 52.14,-79.09 Latitude: 52.14 Longitude: -79.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1019 2 6.9 4.6 85 2.3 5.8 341 18 278.6 279.4 278.0 292.8 5.21 1 1000 158 7.6 3.0 72 4.6 5.4 348 29 280.8 281.6 278.6 293.9 4.73 2 950 585 10.8 3.1 59 7.8 6.9 3 23 288.2 289.1 282.4 302.5 5.01 3 900 1034 7.9 1.6 65 6.3 4.8 10 17 289.6 290.5 282.7 303.4 4.78 4 850 1502 3.9 0.4 78 3.6 2.2 20 14 290.3 291.1 282.8 303.6 4.62 5 800 1992 -0.3 -1.8 89 1.5 -1.0 25 14 290.8 291.6 282.5 302.9 4.17 6 750 2504 -4.0 -4.4 97 0.4 -4.1 28 14 292.3 292.9 282.6 303.1 3.67 7 700 3046 -5.2 -19.4 32 14.2 -9.2 23 20 296.7 296.9 281.5 300.4 1.17 8 650 3625 -7.4 -27.0 19 19.6 -11.9 27 23 300.5 300.7 282.4 302.7 0.64 9 600 4244 -10.6 -25.4 29 14.7 -14.0 30 25 303.8 304.0 284.0 306.5 0.81 10 550 4908 -14.7 -29.6 27 14.9 -17.7 30 28 306.6 306.7 284.8 308.7 0.60 11 500 5622 -20.0 -30.6 38 10.6 -21.8 29 32 308.7 308.8 285.6 310.7 0.60 12 450 6395 -25.5 -39.2 27 13.7 -27.1 30 39 311.2 311.3 286.1 312.2 0.29 13 400 7238 -31.3 -43.5 29 12.2 -32.4 30 46 314.2 314.3 287.1 315.0 0.20 14 350 8172 -37.5 -42.2 61 4.7 -37.9 30 57 318.2 318.2 288.5 319.2 0.27 15 300 9216 -46.4 -48.4 80 2.0 -46.6 30 58 319.9 319.9 288.9 320.5 0.16 16 250 10405 -51.9 -56.9 54 5.1 -52.0 28 51 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.07 17 200 11860 -48.9 -73.5 4 24.6 -49.4 27 33 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.4 0.01 18 150 13750 -49.1 -79.0 2 29.9 -49.8 19 25 385.5 385.5 303.1 385.6 0.01 19 100 16397 -51.6 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.4 25 14 428.0 428.0 308.6 428.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5464.52 m Freezing level: 803.71 mb = 1955.25 m = 6414.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 815.15 mb = 1840.15 m = 6037.18 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.06 % Est. max temperature: 18.45 C = 65.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.28 mb = 298.35 m = 978.82 ft T: 8.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 2.62 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.67 mb = 1894.58 m = 6215.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.14 C = 66.45 F Cap Strength: 9.29 C Lifted Index: 9.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.98 C Showalter Index: 6.55 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.90 C Cross Totals Index: 20.33 C K Index: 10.05 Risk: None Sweat Index: 64.91 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15761.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.93 mb = 1200.21 m = 3937.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 22.4 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 52.4 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.9 neg: -20.6 tot: 54.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.55 Bulk Shear: 23.09 m/s