MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 58.76,-77.99 Latitude: 58.76 Longitude: -77.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 41 8.9 6.1 83 2.8 7.4 213 16 281.6 282.6 280.3 297.7 5.86 1 1000 87 8.5 5.9 83 2.6 7.2 214 20 281.7 282.6 280.3 297.7 5.81 2 950 512 9.9 2.9 61 7.1 6.4 242 31 287.2 288.1 281.9 301.3 4.94 3 900 961 9.0 2.2 62 6.9 5.6 246 31 290.8 291.7 283.5 305.2 4.97 4 850 1433 7.5 5.6 87 2.0 6.5 251 30 294.0 295.2 286.5 313.5 6.71 5 800 1932 6.0 5.9 99 0.1 5.9 259 30 297.6 298.9 288.4 318.9 7.29 6 750 2460 3.5 3.3 99 0.2 3.4 272 27 300.4 301.6 288.6 319.7 6.49 7 700 3017 -0.1 -1.3 91 1.2 -0.7 281 24 302.4 303.3 287.9 317.4 4.96 8 650 3607 -3.1 -9.6 60 6.6 -5.7 290 23 305.5 306.0 286.9 314.4 2.83 9 600 4236 -6.8 -17.8 41 11.0 -10.3 300 22 308.2 308.5 286.5 313.3 1.57 10 550 4910 -11.0 -24.0 34 12.9 -14.3 304 23 311.0 311.2 286.9 314.4 1.00 11 500 5635 -15.8 -25.5 43 9.8 -18.1 314 28 313.8 314.0 287.8 317.1 0.96 12 450 6421 -21.5 -25.2 71 3.8 -22.3 298 27 316.3 316.5 288.8 320.0 1.09 13 400 7277 -28.1 -28.7 95 0.6 -28.2 301 28 318.5 318.6 289.2 321.6 0.89 14 350 8220 -35.7 -35.9 98 0.2 -35.7 292 25 320.6 320.7 289.5 322.5 0.51 15 300 9272 -44.5 -44.5 100 -0.0 -44.5 298 31 322.6 322.6 289.8 323.5 0.24 16 250 10465 -54.3 -54.3 99 0.1 -54.3 305 33 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.7 0.10 17 200 11895 -52.8 -68.2 14 15.4 -53.1 323 30 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.2 0.02 18 150 13763 -50.7 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.3 305 23 382.6 382.6 302.7 382.7 0.00 19 100 16391 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -53.1 316 20 426.4 426.4 308.4 426.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5547.59 m Freezing level: 701.32 mb = 3002.02 m = 9849.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.33 mb = 2921.18 m = 9583.82 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.20 % Est. max temperature: 20.99 C = 69.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.74 mb = 392.83 m = 1288.80 ft T: 9.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 6.36 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.57 mb = 3194.29 m = 10479.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.65 C = 87.17 F Cap Strength: 11.44 C Lifted Index: 12.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.73 C Showalter Index: 4.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.32 C Cross Totals Index: 21.37 C K Index: 27.67 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.75 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14926.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.93 mb = 1194.21 m = 3917.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.7 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 306.7 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 201.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 201.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.67 Bulk Shear: 51.75 m/s