MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 41.13,-79.88 Latitude: 41.13 Longitude: -79.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 167 SFC 972 401 6.2 5.2 94 1.0 5.7 316 2 281.6 282.6 280.2 297.4 5.72 2 950 591 9.8 5.3 73 4.5 7.4 339 6 287.1 288.1 282.8 303.7 5.87 3 900 1041 8.7 3.5 70 5.2 6.0 348 8 290.5 291.4 283.8 306.1 5.45 4 850 1511 5.1 1.8 79 3.3 3.5 321 7 291.5 292.4 283.9 306.3 5.14 5 800 2004 4.2 -12.4 29 16.7 -1.8 309 13 295.7 296.0 281.9 301.3 1.84 6 750 2528 3.4 -14.3 26 17.7 -2.9 308 18 300.2 300.5 283.6 305.5 1.68 7 700 3085 0.8 -8.9 48 9.6 -3.1 304 23 303.3 303.9 286.1 312.0 2.79 8 650 3677 -2.3 -13.2 43 10.9 -6.2 304 26 306.4 306.8 286.4 313.1 2.12 9 600 4307 -6.2 -15.1 49 9.0 -9.2 304 28 309.0 309.4 287.2 315.3 1.97 10 550 4983 -9.9 -24.0 31 14.1 -13.6 305 29 312.3 312.5 287.3 315.7 1.00 11 500 5711 -14.7 -28.6 29 13.9 -17.7 305 31 315.1 315.2 287.9 317.6 0.72 12 450 6501 -19.4 -38.8 16 19.4 -22.3 312 38 318.8 318.9 288.7 319.9 0.29 13 400 7365 -26.0 -43.4 18 17.5 -27.9 309 42 321.2 321.3 289.3 322.0 0.20 14 350 8316 -33.8 -46.8 26 13.1 -34.8 307 46 323.2 323.2 289.9 323.8 0.16 15 300 9377 -42.1 -53.3 28 11.2 -42.6 303 49 326.0 326.1 290.7 326.4 0.09 16 250 10585 -51.3 -57.9 45 6.6 -51.5 304 51 329.8 329.9 291.7 330.1 0.06 17 200 12016 -54.3 -65.2 25 10.9 -54.5 302 50 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.03 18 150 13874 -53.5 -79.1 3 25.6 -54.0 300 41 377.8 377.8 301.9 377.8 0.01 19 100 16448 -57.5 -85.1 2 27.7 -57.9 311 21 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5544.44 m Freezing level: 687.40 mb = 3233.89 m = 10609.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 817.03 mb = 1832.52 m = 6012.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.68 % Est. max temperature: 18.27 C = 64.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.80 mb = 523.38 m = 1717.09 ft T: 8.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 5.03 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.48 mb = 3217.32 m = 10555.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.41 C = 83.13 F Cap Strength: 10.38 C Lifted Index: 11.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.78 C Showalter Index: 9.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.36 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.81 C Cross Totals Index: 16.54 C K Index: 12.03 Risk: None Sweat Index: 67.30 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14129.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.16 mb = 1403.25 m = 4603.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.5 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 337.5 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.6 neg: -5.5 tot: 37.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.68 Bulk Shear: 39.16 m/s