MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F264.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F264.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 42.49,-71.88 Latitude: 42.49 Longitude: -71.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 SFC 985 251 33.2 19.0 43 14.3 23.0 210 5 307.7 310.3 296.7 350.4 14.15 2 950 576 28.4 17.6 52 10.8 20.8 214 8 306.0 308.5 295.8 346.2 13.40 3 900 1053 23.7 16.4 64 7.3 18.7 214 7 305.9 308.4 295.6 345.5 13.18 4 850 1549 19.1 15.3 79 3.8 16.5 214 6 306.1 308.6 295.5 345.0 12.95 5 800 2068 14.5 13.4 93 1.1 13.8 211 5 306.6 308.9 295.1 343.2 12.16 6 750 2612 12.5 6.6 67 5.9 9.0 154 3 310.2 311.7 293.2 335.3 8.19 7 700 3188 8.9 3.4 68 5.6 5.8 112 4 312.4 313.7 292.8 334.1 6.98 8 650 3799 5.1 0.3 71 4.8 2.5 70 5 314.7 315.9 292.7 333.7 6.01 9 600 4447 0.8 -3.0 76 3.8 -1.2 50 6 317.0 318.0 292.6 333.4 5.11 10 550 5142 -3.2 -7.2 74 4.0 -5.0 34 6 320.3 321.1 292.7 333.5 4.05 11 500 5890 -7.7 -11.3 76 3.6 -9.2 9 8 323.6 324.3 292.9 334.4 3.23 12 450 6703 -12.5 -18.6 60 6.1 -14.6 5 7 327.5 327.9 292.9 334.2 1.95 13 400 7592 -17.9 -27.8 42 9.8 -20.3 5 11 331.7 331.9 293.1 335.2 0.97 14 350 8578 -24.5 -34.3 40 9.8 -26.3 354 12 335.7 335.8 293.8 337.9 0.60 15 300 9682 -32.6 -46.7 23 14.1 -34.0 343 5 339.4 339.5 294.4 340.2 0.19 16 250 10939 -42.8 -54.4 27 11.7 -43.4 310 6 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.9 0.09 17 200 12405 -54.7 -58.4 63 3.8 -54.8 340 7 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.5 0.07 18 150 14189 -66.3 -68.0 80 1.7 -66.3 330 12 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.03 19 100 16653 -62.8 -82.9 5 20.2 -63.0 235 1 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.77 m Freezing level: 589.97 mb = 4586.74 m = 15048.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.86 mb = 4235.97 m = 13897.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.60 % Est. max temperature: 31.85 C = 89.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 802.30 mb = 2043.07 m = 6702.89 ft T: 14.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 17.00 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.27 mb = 2011.45 m = 6599.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.13 C = 89.84 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: -3.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.81 C Cross Totals Index: 23.01 C K Index: 36.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 880.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.03 mb = 1971.64 m = 6468.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.03 mb = 2130.83 m = 6990.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 774.03 mb = 2346.21 m = 7697.43 ft B at Equ Level: 8.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.03 mb = 15344.25 m = 50341.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 84.7 at 5.8 knts Storm direction: 114.7 at 4.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: -3.4 tot: 0.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 48.69 Bulk Shear: 18.09 m/s