MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F273.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F273.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 273 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 35.24,-71.78 Latitude: 35.24 Longitude: -71.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 2 28.3 25.4 84 3.0 26.1 242 14 300.1 303.8 298.7 360.1 20.44 1 1000 146 27.1 23.6 82 3.4 24.5 244 17 300.2 303.6 297.7 355.0 18.67 2 950 599 24.1 19.4 75 4.7 20.8 253 16 301.7 304.4 295.8 346.2 15.13 3 900 1071 21.8 15.4 67 6.4 17.5 252 11 303.9 306.2 294.4 340.5 12.31 4 850 1566 19.1 13.1 68 5.9 15.1 250 8 306.1 308.2 294.3 339.9 11.23 5 800 2085 16.2 9.8 66 6.4 12.1 256 8 308.4 310.2 293.7 337.3 9.53 6 750 2631 13.3 4.8 56 8.5 8.3 262 9 311.0 312.4 292.6 333.3 7.20 7 700 3209 10.1 -0.9 46 11.0 4.2 266 9 313.7 314.7 291.7 329.8 5.12 8 650 3821 6.1 -3.8 49 9.9 1.1 269 9 315.9 316.7 291.7 330.1 4.45 9 600 4471 1.8 -7.6 50 9.4 -2.5 259 10 318.2 318.9 291.7 330.0 3.61 10 550 5167 -2.6 -12.5 46 9.9 -6.6 233 11 321.0 321.5 291.7 329.9 2.65 11 500 5916 -7.6 -17.0 47 9.4 -10.9 221 12 323.8 324.2 291.9 330.7 2.02 12 450 6728 -12.9 -22.4 45 9.4 -15.7 237 13 327.0 327.3 292.3 332.0 1.41 13 400 7615 -18.8 -28.1 44 9.3 -21.0 249 13 330.6 330.8 292.8 334.0 0.95 14 350 8598 -25.1 -37.8 30 12.7 -27.1 247 13 335.0 335.1 293.4 336.6 0.42 15 300 9700 -32.8 -44.5 30 11.7 -34.0 252 14 339.2 339.3 294.4 340.2 0.24 16 250 10957 -42.6 -50.4 42 7.8 -43.1 247 15 342.7 342.7 295.1 343.3 0.15 17 200 12424 -53.8 -58.1 59 4.4 -53.9 252 16 347.6 347.6 296.2 347.9 0.07 18 150 14228 -64.2 -72.5 31 8.3 -64.3 278 15 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16664 -69.8 -81.9 15 12.1 -69.9 77 8 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.47 m Freezing level: 579.45 mb = 4757.52 m = 15608.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.41 mb = 4018.11 m = 13182.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.41 % Est. max temperature: 33.67 C = 92.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.30 mb = 375.66 m = 1232.46 ft T: 25.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 30.27 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.70 mb = 1609.04 m = 5278.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.60 C = 94.28 F Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lifted Index: -4.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: -0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.32 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.64 C Cross Totals Index: 20.69 C K Index: 28.73 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1327.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.45 mb = 989.41 m = 3246.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 723.45 mb = 2933.06 m = 9622.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.45 mb = 12965.55 m = 42537.38 ft B at Equ Level: 1307.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.45 mb = 15906.19 m = 52185.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.5 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 280.5 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -3.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.6 neg: -8.6 tot: 4.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 278.14 Bulk Shear: 4.77 m/s