MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 37.23,-71.84 Latitude: 37.23 Longitude: -71.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 1 27.4 23.3 78 4.1 24.4 159 1 299.3 302.5 297.0 351.9 18.02 1 1000 136 26.1 22.1 79 4.0 23.2 168 1 299.3 302.3 296.4 348.8 16.98 2 950 587 22.7 19.5 82 3.2 20.4 268 1 300.2 303.0 295.4 344.6 15.16 3 900 1057 19.8 17.2 85 2.6 18.0 277 4 301.9 304.5 295.0 342.7 13.82 4 850 1549 17.4 14.8 85 2.6 15.6 267 8 304.3 306.7 294.7 341.7 12.53 5 800 2066 15.0 11.0 77 4.0 12.4 269 11 307.1 309.1 293.9 338.4 10.34 6 750 2611 12.3 5.7 64 6.6 8.4 276 15 309.9 311.4 292.7 333.5 7.68 7 700 3186 8.9 2.5 64 6.3 5.3 283 16 312.3 313.5 292.4 332.8 6.57 8 650 3796 5.3 0.7 72 4.6 2.8 287 18 314.9 316.1 292.9 334.5 6.21 9 600 4447 1.8 -2.9 71 4.6 -0.6 288 20 318.2 319.2 293.0 334.8 5.17 10 550 5145 -1.6 -5.2 76 3.7 -3.4 282 20 322.2 323.2 293.7 337.7 4.72 11 500 5899 -5.2 -7.7 82 2.5 -6.4 267 19 326.7 327.6 294.6 341.0 4.29 12 450 6721 -9.3 -11.0 88 1.7 -10.1 252 19 331.5 332.3 295.3 344.1 3.68 13 400 7625 -13.9 -14.4 96 0.5 -14.1 237 23 336.9 337.6 296.1 347.9 3.12 14 350 8628 -20.0 -20.0 100 0.0 -20.0 228 27 341.8 342.3 296.6 349.9 2.24 15 300 9753 -28.0 -28.0 100 -0.0 -28.0 223 31 345.9 346.1 296.8 350.6 1.27 16 250 11033 -38.8 -39.2 96 0.4 -38.9 221 30 348.3 348.4 296.7 350.4 0.51 17 200 12519 -52.2 -52.2 100 0.0 -52.2 225 28 350.1 350.1 296.8 350.7 0.15 18 150 14318 -66.9 -67.2 96 0.3 -66.9 256 30 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.0 0.03 19 100 16718 -70.3 -81.5 18 11.1 -70.4 241 30 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.86 m Freezing level: 573.44 mb = 4817.47 m = 15805.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.19 mb = 4323.14 m = 14183.35 ft Precipitable water: 2.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.27 % Est. max temperature: 31.76 C = 89.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.85 mb = 524.23 m = 1719.89 ft T: 23.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 19.11 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.03 mb = 1230.73 m = 4037.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.96 C = 87.72 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.71 C Showalter Index: 0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.55 C Cross Totals Index: 19.96 C K Index: 30.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 162.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.53 mb = 889.56 m = 2918.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.53 mb = 2694.23 m = 8839.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 432.53 mb = 7024.92 m = 23047.34 ft B at Equ Level: 161.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 292.53 mb = 9929.75 m = 32577.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.2 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 309.2 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.8 neg: -0.2 tot: 29.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 7.13 Bulk Shear: 22.79 m/s