MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 49.8,-67.13 Latitude: 49.80 Longitude: -67.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 136 22.7 13.7 57 9.0 17.0 228 8 295.8 297.6 290.1 324.4 9.90 1 1000 146 24.6 12.3 46 12.4 16.8 240 11 297.8 299.4 290.0 324.0 8.99 2 950 593 22.0 9.8 46 12.2 14.6 257 13 299.6 301.0 289.7 323.2 8.02 3 900 1059 18.1 8.4 53 9.7 12.3 274 11 300.1 301.6 289.6 323.0 7.72 4 850 1545 13.5 7.4 66 6.1 9.9 287 10 300.3 301.7 289.6 322.9 7.62 5 800 2052 9.2 5.0 75 4.2 6.8 289 8 301.0 302.2 289.1 321.3 6.83 6 750 2584 6.2 -1.2 59 7.3 2.5 281 8 303.3 304.1 287.9 317.5 4.69 7 700 3147 3.6 -7.0 46 10.6 -1.1 268 8 306.4 307.0 287.6 316.5 3.22 8 650 3744 -0.4 -10.0 48 9.5 -4.3 286 6 308.5 309.0 287.8 317.2 2.75 9 600 4379 -3.8 -19.3 29 15.5 -8.8 292 6 311.7 311.9 287.5 316.3 1.38 10 550 5061 -7.4 -23.7 26 16.3 -11.9 273 7 315.3 315.5 288.3 318.8 1.03 11 500 5797 -11.9 -25.5 31 13.6 -15.4 248 8 318.5 318.7 289.3 321.9 0.96 12 450 6594 -17.5 -30.3 32 12.8 -20.1 247 7 321.2 321.4 289.9 323.7 0.69 13 400 7466 -23.3 -41.2 18 18.0 -25.7 227 7 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.7 0.26 14 350 8427 -31.4 -44.1 27 12.7 -32.6 228 5 326.4 326.5 290.9 327.3 0.22 15 300 9497 -40.3 -50.6 32 10.3 -40.9 139 3 328.5 328.6 291.5 329.0 0.12 16 250 10715 -49.9 -56.3 47 6.4 -50.1 119 11 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.08 17 200 12138 -60.1 -62.5 73 2.4 -60.2 122 13 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.8 0.04 18 150 13917 -59.1 -77.3 8 18.2 -59.3 188 14 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16483 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.1 236 17 418.4 418.4 307.5 418.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.34 m Freezing level: 655.50 mb = 3678.03 m = 12066.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.05 mb = 2973.09 m = 9754.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.70 % Est. max temperature: 27.27 C = 81.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.52 mb = 1283.68 m = 4211.50 ft T: 15.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 7.88 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.94 mb = 2464.31 m = 8084.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.69 C = 85.44 F Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lifted Index: 2.68 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.80 C Showalter Index: 2.91 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.44 C Cross Totals Index: 19.30 C K Index: 22.22 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 116.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6144.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.88 mb = 2052.82 m = 6734.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.6 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 302.6 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.0 neg: -2.5 tot: 21.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.53 Bulk Shear: 3.63 m/s