MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F360.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F360.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 12 SEP 25 Station: 44.54,-76.32 Latitude: 44.54 Longitude: -76.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 137 22.2 15.5 66 6.7 17.8 207 6 295.1 297.1 290.8 326.9 11.08 1 1000 157 23.1 15.3 61 7.9 18.0 211 9 296.3 298.3 291.2 328.0 10.98 2 950 607 24.7 13.6 50 11.2 17.4 242 31 302.3 304.2 292.5 332.9 10.33 3 900 1079 21.1 12.4 58 8.7 15.5 246 31 303.2 305.1 292.6 333.3 10.11 4 850 1571 17.7 9.7 59 8.0 12.7 252 27 304.7 306.4 292.1 331.5 8.93 5 800 2087 14.3 6.9 61 7.4 9.9 259 23 306.4 307.8 291.7 330.1 7.84 6 750 2628 10.1 5.3 72 4.8 7.3 264 22 307.5 308.9 291.8 330.3 7.48 7 700 3199 6.5 0.5 66 5.9 3.3 262 22 309.6 310.7 290.9 327.3 5.69 8 650 3803 3.0 -4.7 57 7.7 -0.6 266 23 312.4 313.2 290.5 325.6 4.16 9 600 4448 -0.3 -8.3 55 8.0 -3.8 275 24 315.8 316.4 290.8 326.8 3.41 10 550 5139 -3.9 -13.8 46 9.8 -7.7 270 27 319.4 319.9 291.0 327.4 2.40 11 500 5886 -7.7 -20.9 34 13.2 -11.9 271 29 323.7 324.0 291.3 328.7 1.45 12 450 6699 -12.1 -16.8 68 4.7 -13.7 278 29 328.0 328.5 293.3 335.9 2.28 13 400 7590 -18.2 -21.0 79 2.8 -19.0 284 34 331.3 331.7 293.7 337.7 1.80 14 350 8573 -25.5 -26.7 89 1.2 -25.8 286 37 334.4 334.7 294.0 338.9 1.23 15 300 9675 -33.0 -41.4 43 8.4 -34.0 285 37 338.9 339.0 294.4 340.2 0.34 16 250 10928 -43.9 -49.9 52 5.9 -44.3 292 40 340.8 340.8 294.7 341.4 0.16 17 200 12383 -56.2 -59.6 65 3.4 -56.3 304 44 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.06 18 150 14175 -64.3 -75.9 19 11.6 -64.4 305 51 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16626 -65.4 -83.1 7 17.7 -65.5 278 32 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.33 m Freezing level: 604.56 mb = 4389.04 m = 14399.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.96 mb = 3703.81 m = 12151.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.34 % Est. max temperature: 31.71 C = 89.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.21 mb = 999.43 m = 3278.93 ft T: 21.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 4.73 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.98 mb = 2617.23 m = 8586.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.57 C = 94.22 F Cap Strength: 4.40 C Lifted Index: 2.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.52 C Showalter Index: 2.87 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.39 C Cross Totals Index: 17.38 C K Index: 29.18 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5400.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.53 mb = 1829.68 m = 6002.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.1 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 291.1 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 158.6 neg: -6.7 tot: 151.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.62 Bulk Shear: 16.97 m/s