MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 18Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 44.57,-74.59 Latitude: 44.57 Longitude: -74.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 199 SFC 978 390 20.3 7.5 43 12.8 12.9 339 6 295.3 296.5 286.9 314.6 6.64 2 950 637 16.3 6.0 50 10.3 10.6 341 8 293.7 294.8 285.9 311.6 6.17 3 900 1093 11.8 4.9 63 6.9 8.0 343 8 293.6 294.7 285.7 311.1 6.03 4 850 1568 7.4 3.6 76 3.9 5.4 350 8 293.9 295.0 285.6 310.8 5.82 5 800 2064 4.8 -2.4 60 7.2 1.5 9 11 296.2 297.0 284.6 308.1 4.00 6 750 2588 2.5 -7.7 47 10.3 -1.7 6 14 299.3 299.9 284.6 308.0 2.84 7 700 3143 -0.0 -8.8 52 8.8 -3.6 8 14 302.5 303.0 285.8 311.2 2.82 8 650 3734 -3.1 -14.0 43 10.9 -6.9 1 13 305.5 305.9 286.0 311.9 1.99 9 600 4363 -6.3 -21.1 30 14.8 -10.6 358 15 308.8 309.1 286.3 312.8 1.19 10 550 5038 -10.4 -26.1 27 15.6 -14.3 355 15 311.7 311.9 286.9 314.5 0.83 11 500 5764 -15.7 -32.0 23 16.4 -18.8 360 14 314.0 314.1 287.3 315.8 0.52 12 450 6549 -21.4 -39.1 19 17.6 -23.9 5 16 316.3 316.3 287.9 317.3 0.29 13 400 7407 -27.6 -39.5 31 11.8 -29.0 13 21 319.1 319.2 288.8 320.2 0.31 14 350 8352 -35.1 -44.4 38 9.3 -35.9 17 22 321.4 321.4 289.4 322.2 0.21 15 300 9407 -43.4 -49.7 50 6.3 -43.7 23 25 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.7 0.14 16 250 10611 -51.2 -56.3 55 5.1 -51.3 23 38 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.08 17 200 12043 -53.9 -65.2 24 11.3 -54.1 5 24 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.03 18 150 13899 -53.0 -79.5 3 26.5 -53.5 305 11 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.8 0.00 19 100 16491 -55.2 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 305 5 421.0 421.0 307.8 421.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5565.32 m Freezing level: 700.07 mb = 3142.60 m = 10310.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 776.54 mb = 2305.84 m = 7565.02 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.55 % Est. max temperature: 19.91 C = 67.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.11 mb = 1981.60 m = 6501.22 ft T: 5.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 6.60 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.17 mb = 2575.55 m = 8449.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.20 C = 75.57 F Cap Strength: 5.36 C Lifted Index: 5.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.26 C Showalter Index: 6.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.09 C Cross Totals Index: 19.22 C K Index: 17.91 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 71.81 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11214.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.21 mb = 1950.20 m = 6398.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 359.4 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 29.4 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.3 neg: -1.5 tot: 11.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.14 Bulk Shear: 4.86 m/s