MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F351.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F351.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 351 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 11 SEP 25 Station: 43.01,-81.41 Latitude: 43.01 Longitude: -81.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21 SFC 973 256 22.2 20.4 90 1.8 20.9 225 14 297.6 300.4 295.0 343.0 15.67 2 950 465 20.1 18.4 90 1.7 18.9 229 24 297.6 300.1 294.0 338.5 14.13 3 900 930 17.1 16.2 94 0.9 16.5 238 32 299.1 301.5 293.6 337.0 12.96 4 850 1417 14.8 13.4 92 1.3 13.9 244 33 301.6 303.7 293.2 335.4 11.47 5 800 1929 12.5 9.5 82 3.0 10.6 244 33 304.5 306.2 292.4 332.5 9.36 6 750 2469 9.5 3.6 67 5.9 6.2 244 34 306.9 308.1 290.9 327.0 6.62 7 700 3038 5.9 -3.0 53 8.8 1.5 243 37 309.0 309.8 289.6 322.7 4.39 8 650 3640 2.3 -6.5 52 8.7 -1.7 245 41 311.5 312.2 289.7 323.0 3.62 9 600 4283 -0.9 -12.2 42 11.3 -5.4 248 43 315.1 315.5 289.8 323.2 2.50 10 550 4972 -5.2 -18.1 36 12.9 -9.5 244 45 318.0 318.3 289.9 323.6 1.68 11 500 5713 -10.2 -22.3 36 12.2 -13.7 246 50 320.6 320.9 290.3 325.0 1.27 12 450 6516 -15.4 -28.2 33 12.7 -18.4 247 57 323.8 324.0 290.8 326.8 0.84 13 400 7395 -21.0 -35.6 26 14.6 -23.5 241 66 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.5 0.46 14 350 8370 -26.8 -43.2 20 16.5 -28.8 239 70 332.7 332.7 292.7 333.6 0.24 15 300 9464 -34.7 -47.2 27 12.5 -35.8 230 74 336.4 336.5 293.6 337.2 0.18 16 250 10712 -43.3 -61.2 12 17.9 -44.0 230 73 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.8 0.04 17 200 12183 -52.4 -67.5 15 15.1 -52.8 231 72 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.02 18 150 14014 -58.1 -78.2 6 20.1 -58.3 244 70 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.1 0.01 19 100 16531 -63.4 -83.5 5 20.1 -63.6 253 40 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.60 m Freezing level: 614.38 mb = 4098.01 m = 13444.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.48 mb = 3315.38 m = 10877.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.76 % Est. max temperature: 27.61 C = 81.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.58 mb = 477.97 m = 1568.11 ft T: 20.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 20.32 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.97 mb = 997.06 m = 3271.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.01 C = 75.23 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.17 C Showalter Index: -1.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.93 C Cross Totals Index: 23.61 C K Index: 29.53 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 436.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.74 mb = 885.07 m = 2903.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.74 mb = 2143.61 m = 7032.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 309.74 mb = 9237.09 m = 30305.05 ft B at Equ Level: 434.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.74 mb = 12191.26 m = 39997.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.1 at 38.9 knts Storm direction: 274.1 at 29.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 136.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 11.09 Bulk Shear: 39.35 m/s