MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 42.55,-72.00 Latitude: 42.55 Longitude: -72.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 169 SFC 984 309 30.5 11.5 31 19.0 18.3 299 2 305.0 306.7 292.0 331.2 8.70 2 950 621 25.3 8.9 35 16.4 15.3 310 3 302.9 304.3 290.4 325.5 7.56 3 900 1092 20.6 8.0 44 12.7 13.0 329 3 302.8 304.2 290.3 325.1 7.48 4 850 1581 15.9 6.9 55 9.0 10.6 351 3 302.8 304.2 290.2 324.8 7.35 5 800 2092 11.1 5.8 70 5.3 8.0 0 3 302.9 304.3 290.2 324.6 7.22 6 750 2626 6.1 4.2 88 1.9 5.0 4 3 303.1 304.4 289.9 323.8 6.90 7 700 3188 2.9 -6.7 49 9.6 -1.3 348 4 305.7 306.3 287.4 316.0 3.31 8 650 3786 1.3 -24.4 13 25.6 -6.2 320 6 310.4 310.6 286.5 313.2 0.82 9 600 4425 -2.3 -30.6 9 28.3 -9.3 307 7 313.4 313.5 287.1 315.1 0.50 10 550 5110 -6.7 -37.4 7 30.7 -12.8 281 7 316.1 316.1 287.8 317.1 0.28 11 500 5846 -11.8 -43.1 6 31.3 -16.8 266 8 318.7 318.7 288.5 319.3 0.17 12 450 6643 -17.4 -48.7 5 31.2 -21.2 274 13 321.3 321.4 289.3 321.7 0.10 13 400 7513 -24.1 -46.0 11 21.9 -26.5 264 21 323.7 323.7 290.0 324.3 0.16 14 350 8473 -30.9 -46.7 20 15.8 -32.3 258 27 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.7 0.16 15 300 9547 -39.6 -46.5 48 6.9 -40.1 255 37 329.6 329.6 291.8 330.3 0.20 16 250 10773 -47.2 -60.4 21 13.2 -47.6 249 43 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.1 0.04 17 200 12226 -52.2 -68.3 13 16.0 -52.5 254 52 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.02 18 150 14072 -57.4 -79.4 4 22.0 -57.6 260 52 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.3 0.00 19 100 16603 -61.0 -84.8 3 23.8 -61.2 262 37 409.9 409.9 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.66 m Freezing level: 632.39 mb = 4011.26 m = 13160.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.31 mb = 3068.83 m = 10068.20 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.74 % Est. max temperature: 28.33 C = 83.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 746.49 mb = 2664.47 m = 8741.60 ft T: 5.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 18.02 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.77 mb = 2705.12 m = 8874.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.98 C = 84.17 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: 1.25 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: 2.01 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.70 C Cross Totals Index: 18.68 C K Index: 24.98 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 96.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6417.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 746.15 mb = 2668.16 m = 8753.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.9 at 5.2 knts Storm direction: 335.9 at 3.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 178.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: -1.4 tot: -1.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.0 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 24.99 Bulk Shear: 0.80 m/s