MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 28 AUG 25 Station: 58.42,-82.64 Latitude: 58.42 Longitude: -82.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1020 0 6.3 3.4 82 2.9 4.9 253 13 277.9 278.7 277.1 290.9 4.79 1 1000 163 6.0 0.5 68 5.5 3.5 264 18 279.1 279.8 276.7 290.1 3.96 2 950 585 7.5 -3.0 47 10.5 3.0 287 14 284.8 285.4 278.6 294.1 3.23 3 900 1030 7.1 2.6 73 4.5 4.9 307 10 288.9 289.8 282.8 303.5 5.12 4 850 1500 6.0 5.0 94 0.9 5.5 334 8 292.4 293.5 285.7 311.0 6.46 5 800 1996 4.6 3.8 94 0.8 4.2 346 9 296.1 297.2 286.9 314.4 6.28 6 750 2520 1.9 0.8 93 1.1 1.3 355 11 298.6 299.6 286.9 314.7 5.41 7 700 3074 -2.1 -2.6 96 0.5 -2.3 356 16 300.2 301.0 286.7 313.8 4.53 8 650 3661 -4.6 -6.5 87 1.8 -5.4 353 17 303.7 304.4 287.1 314.9 3.63 9 600 4287 -8.4 -10.0 88 1.6 -9.0 356 16 306.4 307.0 287.3 315.8 2.98 10 550 4957 -12.5 -13.8 90 1.3 -13.0 1 16 309.2 309.6 287.7 316.8 2.39 11 500 5678 -17.2 -19.2 84 2.1 -17.7 5 18 312.1 312.4 287.9 317.6 1.67 12 450 6460 -22.7 -25.9 75 3.2 -23.4 10 19 314.7 314.9 288.2 318.2 1.03 13 400 7313 -28.5 -34.1 59 5.6 -29.3 16 20 317.9 318.1 288.7 319.9 0.53 14 350 8257 -35.2 -41.8 51 6.7 -35.8 35 21 321.3 321.4 289.5 322.3 0.28 15 300 9311 -43.8 -48.8 58 5.0 -44.0 47 24 323.6 323.7 290.0 324.2 0.15 16 250 10510 -53.4 -55.6 77 2.2 -53.4 62 25 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.1 0.08 17 200 11935 -52.4 -68.2 13 15.8 -52.7 25 27 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 13814 -50.5 -80.0 2 29.6 -51.1 11 28 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.00 19 100 16430 -54.8 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.4 16 24 421.8 421.8 307.9 421.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5515.12 m Freezing level: 726.22 mb = 2783.41 m = 9131.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 731.84 mb = 2716.81 m = 8913.30 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.94 % Est. max temperature: 19.45 C = 67.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.71 mb = 365.28 m = 1198.40 ft T: 6.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 0.84 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 626.07 mb = 3954.05 m = 12972.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.57 C = 92.43 F Cap Strength: 15.32 C Lifted Index: 16.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.45 C Showalter Index: 4.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.12 C Cross Totals Index: 22.19 C K Index: 27.67 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 95.47 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17835.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.37 mb = 1362.15 m = 4468.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 344.9 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 14.9 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.0 neg: -2.8 tot: 55.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.69 Bulk Shear: 46.46 m/s