MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 28 AUG 25 Station: 48.64,-75.00 Latitude: 48.64 Longitude: -75.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 963 426 9.6 8.5 93 1.1 9.0 166 4 285.8 287.1 283.8 306.0 7.23 2 950 541 9.0 7.8 92 1.3 8.3 184 6 286.3 287.6 283.7 305.8 6.97 3 900 988 6.8 5.0 88 1.8 5.8 195 10 288.5 289.6 283.7 305.7 6.07 4 850 1455 3.3 3.0 98 0.3 3.1 193 12 289.6 290.6 283.6 305.5 5.57 5 800 1945 0.3 0.2 100 0.1 0.3 200 14 291.4 292.3 283.6 305.5 4.86 6 750 2460 -2.1 -2.2 99 0.1 -2.1 218 15 294.3 295.1 284.2 307.1 4.35 7 700 3006 -4.8 -4.9 100 0.1 -4.8 213 11 297.2 297.9 284.8 308.5 3.80 8 650 3587 -7.2 -8.1 93 0.9 -7.5 226 8 300.8 301.4 285.5 310.6 3.20 9 600 4208 -10.6 -13.2 82 2.5 -11.5 254 10 303.8 304.2 285.7 311.1 2.31 10 550 4871 -15.1 -24.3 46 9.1 -17.2 246 22 306.1 306.3 285.1 309.4 0.98 11 500 5584 -20.4 -29.1 45 8.8 -22.0 234 24 308.2 308.4 285.5 310.6 0.69 12 450 6355 -26.1 -36.9 36 10.8 -27.5 237 37 310.5 310.5 285.9 311.7 0.36 13 400 7196 -32.2 -38.2 55 6.0 -32.9 235 45 313.1 313.2 286.9 314.4 0.35 14 350 8125 -38.9 -45.2 52 6.2 -39.4 241 57 316.2 316.3 287.8 317.0 0.19 15 300 9164 -47.2 -48.6 85 1.4 -47.3 243 60 318.8 318.9 288.5 319.4 0.15 16 250 10349 -53.4 -55.1 82 1.7 -53.5 252 53 326.6 326.7 290.9 327.0 0.09 17 200 11803 -48.8 -75.6 3 26.8 -49.4 258 24 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.5 0.01 18 150 13700 -48.2 -78.3 2 30.1 -48.9 275 12 387.1 387.1 303.3 387.1 0.01 19 100 16361 -49.4 -79.2 2 29.8 -50.4 234 8 432.3 432.3 309.1 432.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5470.52 m Freezing level: 794.08 mb = 2005.56 m = 6579.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 794.71 mb = 1997.53 m = 6553.50 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.49 % Est. max temperature: 14.70 C = 58.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.81 mb = 568.72 m = 1865.86 ft T: 8.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 0.47 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.93 mb = 1190.90 m = 3907.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.75 C = 54.95 F Cap Strength: 4.31 C Lifted Index: 4.71 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.45 C Showalter Index: 4.82 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.64 C Cross Totals Index: 23.32 C K Index: 26.54 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 83.57 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.19 mb = 1050.08 m = 3445.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.19 mb = 1664.90 m = 5462.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 788.19 mb = 2063.34 m = 6769.42 ft B at Equ Level: 13.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 728.19 mb = 2693.75 m = 8837.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.6 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 257.6 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.0 neg: -12.8 tot: 31.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.77 Bulk Shear: 17.45 m/s