MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F075.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F075.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 75 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 43.50,-73.90 Latitude: 43.50 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 150 SFC 966 440 15.9 5.2 49 10.6 10.1 299 5 291.9 292.9 284.7 308.4 5.75 2 950 586 14.8 3.5 47 11.3 8.9 300 10 292.2 293.1 284.2 307.2 5.16 3 900 1039 10.5 2.1 56 8.4 6.2 299 14 292.3 293.2 284.0 306.6 4.94 4 850 1512 5.9 1.1 71 4.8 3.6 299 15 292.4 293.2 284.0 306.6 4.89 5 800 2004 1.3 0.1 92 1.2 0.8 299 15 292.6 293.4 284.0 306.6 4.83 6 750 2521 -1.9 -3.1 91 1.2 -2.4 317 15 294.6 295.3 284.0 306.6 4.07 7 700 3067 -3.6 -7.7 73 4.1 -5.2 314 20 298.5 299.1 284.5 307.8 3.05 8 650 3650 -6.6 -10.5 74 3.8 -8.1 298 22 301.5 301.9 285.2 309.6 2.65 9 600 4272 -9.4 -15.3 62 5.9 -11.3 292 27 305.2 305.6 285.8 311.4 1.94 10 550 4940 -13.1 -21.0 52 7.9 -15.2 289 33 308.6 308.8 286.4 312.8 1.30 11 500 5659 -18.4 -23.0 67 4.6 -19.5 283 37 310.7 310.9 286.9 314.7 1.20 12 450 6436 -24.1 -26.8 78 2.7 -24.6 277 40 312.9 313.1 287.5 316.1 0.94 13 400 7283 -30.7 -32.5 84 1.8 -30.9 277 47 315.1 315.2 287.9 317.3 0.62 14 350 8216 -38.6 -38.7 98 0.2 -38.6 280 48 316.7 316.8 288.1 318.1 0.38 15 300 9255 -46.5 -51.2 59 4.7 -46.7 276 50 319.9 319.9 288.8 320.3 0.11 16 250 10457 -48.1 -61.3 20 13.2 -48.4 275 53 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.04 17 200 11935 -46.5 -77.0 2 30.5 -47.2 276 42 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.2 0.01 18 150 13829 -50.2 -79.8 2 29.6 -50.8 276 31 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.6 0.00 19 100 16447 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.9 282 20 424.9 424.9 308.3 425.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5508.09 m Freezing level: 779.20 mb = 2219.03 m = 7280.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 787.65 mb = 2128.61 m = 6983.54 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.66 % Est. max temperature: 16.52 C = 61.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.70 mb = 1766.91 m = 5796.87 ft T: 3.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 1.87 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.09 mb = 2124.19 m = 6969.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.03 C = 62.66 F Cap Strength: 5.65 C Lifted Index: 5.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.08 C Showalter Index: 6.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.30 C Cross Totals Index: 19.50 C K Index: 21.30 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 79.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12121.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.02 mb = 2033.92 m = 6672.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.6 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 322.6 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.5 neg: -4.1 tot: 16.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 24.69 m/s