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: 49.11,-75.07 Latitude: 49.11 Longitude: -75.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 962 430 9.1 8.7 98 0.4 8.9 178 2 285.3 286.6 283.7 305.8 7.37 2 950 539 9.1 8.2 94 0.9 8.6 212 4 286.4 287.7 284.0 306.5 7.20 3 900 986 7.1 5.6 90 1.5 6.3 245 10 288.8 289.9 284.1 306.8 6.34 4 850 1454 3.8 3.2 96 0.6 3.5 227 14 290.2 291.2 284.0 306.5 5.69 5 800 1944 0.5 0.4 99 0.1 0.4 215 15 291.7 292.6 283.8 305.9 4.92 6 750 2460 -2.1 -2.3 99 0.2 -2.1 212 14 294.3 295.1 284.2 307.0 4.32 7 700 3006 -5.1 -5.3 99 0.2 -5.2 204 12 296.8 297.5 284.5 307.8 3.68 8 650 3585 -8.2 -8.6 97 0.4 -8.4 208 5 299.7 300.2 284.9 309.0 3.07 9 600 4203 -11.2 -12.5 90 1.3 -11.6 237 6 303.2 303.6 285.6 310.8 2.44 10 550 4865 -16.0 -18.4 82 2.4 -16.7 236 15 305.1 305.4 285.4 310.3 1.62 11 500 5576 -21.2 -33.7 32 12.5 -23.1 234 23 307.2 307.2 284.8 308.7 0.44 12 450 6343 -27.2 -40.0 29 12.8 -28.6 235 30 309.0 309.1 285.3 309.9 0.26 13 400 7180 -33.6 -40.8 48 7.2 -34.3 229 36 311.3 311.3 286.1 312.3 0.27 14 350 8104 -39.9 -50.5 32 10.5 -40.5 237 49 314.9 314.9 287.2 315.3 0.11 15 300 9142 -46.9 -51.8 57 4.9 -47.1 238 62 319.2 319.3 288.6 319.7 0.11 16 250 10330 -52.1 -58.4 46 6.3 -52.2 248 51 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.9 0.06 17 200 11795 -47.8 -76.3 2 28.5 -48.4 260 20 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.01 18 150 13696 -47.9 -78.1 2 30.2 -48.7 275 9 387.5 387.5 303.4 387.6 0.01 19 100 16359 -48.8 -78.8 2 30.0 -49.8 247 7 433.5 433.5 309.2 433.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5463.65 m Freezing level: 790.09 mb = 2046.47 m = 6714.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 791.66 mb = 2028.01 m = 6653.51 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.95 % Est. max temperature: 14.99 C = 58.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.38 mb = 474.65 m = 1557.22 ft T: 9.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 0.85 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.10 mb = 1178.65 m = 3866.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.08 C = 55.54 F Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lifted Index: 3.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.72 C Showalter Index: 3.36 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.07 C Cross Totals Index: 24.47 C K Index: 28.12 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 99.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.25 mb = 1020.50 m = 3348.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 821.25 mb = 1732.35 m = 5683.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 771.25 mb = 2236.78 m = 7338.44 ft B at Equ Level: 17.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 681.25 mb = 3217.95 m = 10557.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.5 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 257.5 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.1 neg: -24.1 tot: -12.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.20 Bulk Shear: 8.05 m/s