MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F162.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F162.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 162 hour GFS valid 6Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 44.14,-79.40 Latitude: 44.14 Longitude: -79.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 978 264 16.5 15.4 93 1.1 15.8 194 13 291.6 293.6 289.9 323.6 11.32 2 950 507 14.8 14.3 97 0.5 14.5 198 24 292.2 294.2 289.7 323.0 10.83 3 900 964 12.6 11.4 92 1.2 11.9 205 33 294.5 296.2 289.2 321.6 9.43 4 850 1442 10.1 9.3 95 0.8 9.7 202 33 296.8 298.3 289.4 322.0 8.70 5 800 1945 7.6 7.1 97 0.5 7.3 198 33 299.2 300.7 289.5 322.6 7.94 6 750 2475 4.6 4.3 98 0.3 4.4 195 33 301.6 302.9 289.5 322.3 6.96 7 700 3035 1.0 0.9 99 0.1 1.0 196 32 303.6 304.7 289.1 321.3 5.85 8 650 3629 -1.8 -2.0 99 0.2 -1.9 196 29 306.9 307.8 289.5 322.5 5.08 9 600 4262 -5.0 -5.5 97 0.4 -5.3 196 27 310.3 311.1 289.9 323.6 4.24 10 550 4942 -8.5 -9.1 96 0.5 -8.8 202 27 314.0 314.6 290.3 325.2 3.50 11 500 5676 -12.6 -13.0 97 0.4 -12.8 204 27 317.7 318.2 290.8 326.9 2.81 12 450 6473 -17.8 -17.8 100 0.1 -17.8 202 30 320.9 321.3 291.1 327.9 2.09 13 400 7343 -23.8 -23.8 100 0.0 -23.8 202 33 324.0 324.3 291.4 328.9 1.40 14 350 8304 -31.2 -31.2 100 -0.0 -31.2 202 38 326.6 326.8 291.6 329.5 0.80 15 300 9376 -40.2 -40.2 100 -0.0 -40.2 206 46 328.6 328.7 291.7 330.1 0.38 16 250 10590 -51.1 -51.1 100 0.0 -51.1 205 53 330.1 330.2 291.9 330.7 0.14 17 200 12000 -61.1 -62.1 88 1.0 -61.1 216 55 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.2 0.05 18 150 13819 -55.4 -79.0 4 23.6 -55.8 228 43 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.01 19 100 16405 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.6 223 31 419.3 419.3 307.6 419.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5605.77 m Freezing level: 682.22 mb = 3245.90 m = 10649.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.33 mb = 3227.94 m = 10590.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.64 % Est. max temperature: 22.77 C = 72.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.64 mb = 403.50 m = 1323.79 ft T: 15.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 2.00 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.05 mb = 981.90 m = 3221.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.51 C = 67.11 F Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lifted Index: 2.49 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.41 C Showalter Index: 2.69 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.71 C Cross Totals Index: 21.91 C K Index: 31.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.89 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.29 mb = 830.64 m = 2725.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.29 mb = 2702.37 m = 8865.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 659.29 mb = 3514.80 m = 11531.36 ft B at Equ Level: 22.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 569.29 mb = 4672.73 m = 15330.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.4 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 229.4 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.7 neg: -25.1 tot: 42.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.44 Bulk Shear: 6.45 m/s