MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 49.8,-68.08 Latitude: 49.80 Longitude: -68.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 135 SFC 971 383 13.3 10.6 84 2.7 11.7 219 3 288.9 290.3 286.1 312.2 8.27 2 950 568 12.9 7.9 71 5.0 10.1 216 7 290.3 291.6 285.4 310.3 7.04 3 900 1020 9.6 5.5 76 4.1 7.4 210 11 291.4 292.5 285.1 309.4 6.30 4 850 1491 6.0 3.2 83 2.7 4.6 203 14 292.4 293.4 284.9 308.8 5.68 5 800 1985 2.2 0.9 91 1.3 1.5 198 15 293.5 294.4 284.7 308.3 5.09 6 750 2503 -1.0 -2.0 93 1.0 -1.5 188 15 295.4 296.2 284.7 308.4 4.40 7 700 3051 -4.0 -4.9 94 0.9 -4.4 180 13 298.0 298.7 285.1 309.4 3.80 8 650 3632 -7.1 -7.6 96 0.5 -7.3 178 14 300.9 301.5 285.7 311.1 3.33 9 600 4253 -10.1 -10.6 96 0.5 -10.3 199 16 304.4 305.0 286.5 313.3 2.85 10 550 4919 -13.5 -13.9 97 0.4 -13.6 209 21 308.1 308.5 287.3 315.6 2.37 11 500 5639 -17.4 -17.6 99 0.1 -17.5 221 29 311.8 312.1 288.1 318.0 1.92 12 450 6420 -23.1 -23.1 100 0.0 -23.1 228 36 314.2 314.5 288.3 318.7 1.33 13 400 7272 -29.6 -29.6 100 0.0 -29.6 235 39 316.5 316.6 288.5 319.3 0.82 14 350 8208 -37.5 -37.7 98 0.2 -37.5 241 45 318.1 318.2 288.6 319.7 0.43 15 300 9251 -46.7 -47.7 89 1.0 -46.7 247 51 319.5 319.6 288.8 320.2 0.17 16 250 10432 -56.2 -56.5 97 0.3 -56.2 244 54 322.5 322.5 289.6 322.8 0.07 17 200 11850 -52.2 -74.0 6 21.8 -52.5 251 31 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 13731 -48.9 -78.9 2 29.9 -49.7 240 22 385.7 385.7 303.2 385.8 0.01 19 100 16388 -49.9 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.8 213 14 431.3 431.3 309.0 431.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5504.81 m Freezing level: 766.17 mb = 2335.46 m = 7662.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 774.68 mb = 2243.17 m = 7359.40 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.90 % Est. max temperature: 17.41 C = 63.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.08 mb = 726.93 m = 2384.93 ft T: 11.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 3.87 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.87 mb = 1559.94 m = 5117.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.95 C = 62.51 F Cap Strength: 3.35 C Lifted Index: 4.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: 5.62 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.42 C Cross Totals Index: 20.68 C K Index: 25.78 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 95.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.80 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.28 mb = 1353.92 m = 4441.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.28 mb = 1992.15 m = 6535.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 709.28 mb = 2946.13 m = 9665.66 ft B at Equ Level: 13.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 639.28 mb = 3761.19 m = 12339.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.1 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 236.1 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.6 neg: -13.0 tot: 6.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.90 Bulk Shear: 15.25 m/s