MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 43.36,-73.90 Latitude: 43.36 Longitude: -73.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 970 374 17.3 6.1 48 11.2 11.1 310 8 293.0 294.1 285.5 310.6 6.10 2 950 553 15.3 4.4 48 10.9 9.5 307 13 292.7 293.7 284.8 308.7 5.53 3 900 1007 11.0 2.7 57 8.3 6.8 303 16 292.8 293.8 284.5 307.8 5.17 4 850 1480 6.6 1.5 70 5.1 4.1 298 15 293.1 294.0 284.4 307.7 5.03 5 800 1974 2.2 0.1 86 2.2 1.2 290 14 293.5 294.4 284.4 307.5 4.80 6 750 2491 -1.9 -3.8 87 1.9 -2.7 274 15 294.5 295.2 283.7 305.9 3.84 7 700 3040 -2.4 -26.1 14 23.7 -8.3 264 19 299.8 300.0 282.1 302.0 0.65 8 650 3624 -5.4 -35.6 7 30.2 -11.2 267 21 302.9 302.9 283.0 303.9 0.28 9 600 4247 -9.3 -34.6 11 25.4 -14.0 272 27 305.4 305.5 284.0 306.6 0.34 10 550 4914 -13.6 -32.0 20 18.4 -17.1 275 36 307.9 308.0 285.1 309.6 0.47 11 500 5631 -18.7 -36.9 18 18.2 -21.5 272 41 310.2 310.3 285.8 311.4 0.32 12 450 6408 -23.7 -34.9 35 11.2 -25.4 263 48 313.4 313.5 287.1 315.0 0.44 13 400 7257 -29.8 -35.9 56 6.1 -30.6 257 51 316.2 316.3 288.0 317.8 0.45 14 350 8194 -37.3 -40.3 73 3.0 -37.5 257 56 318.5 318.5 288.6 319.7 0.32 15 300 9239 -45.9 -48.3 76 2.4 -46.0 259 58 320.7 320.7 289.2 321.3 0.16 16 250 10432 -51.5 -57.8 47 6.2 -51.7 257 54 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.06 17 200 11893 -47.4 -73.0 4 25.5 -48.0 264 41 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.01 18 150 13787 -49.9 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.5 260 29 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.00 19 100 16421 -52.7 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.4 243 19 425.8 425.8 308.4 425.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5514.46 m Freezing level: 773.08 mb = 2252.64 m = 7390.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 784.82 mb = 2127.62 m = 6980.30 ft Precipitable water: 0.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.01 % Est. max temperature: 17.66 C = 63.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.63 mb = 1766.66 m = 5796.06 ft T: 4.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 8.63 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.94 mb = 2075.51 m = 6809.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.03 C = 64.45 F Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lifted Index: 4.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.51 C Showalter Index: 5.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.33 C Cross Totals Index: 20.24 C K Index: 3.13 Risk: None Sweat Index: 90.29 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.95 mb = 1974.57 m = 6478.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.95 mb = 2333.21 m = 7654.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 734.95 mb = 2652.49 m = 8702.28 ft B at Equ Level: 0.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 724.95 mb = 2761.33 m = 9059.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.7 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 304.7 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.9 neg: -0.4 tot: 21.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 33.08 m/s