MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F312.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F312.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 13 day GFS valid 18Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 42.34,-71.95 Latitude: 42.34 Longitude: -71.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 SFC 986 254 23.2 22.3 95 0.9 22.5 89 3 297.5 300.7 296.2 348.0 17.41 2 950 575 20.2 20.0 99 0.2 20.1 94 4 297.7 300.5 295.1 343.1 15.68 3 900 1042 17.9 17.5 97 0.4 17.7 149 2 300.0 302.6 294.6 341.3 14.13 4 850 1531 15.6 15.4 98 0.3 15.5 237 3 302.5 304.9 294.6 341.1 13.03 5 800 2045 13.0 12.8 99 0.1 12.9 232 5 305.0 307.2 294.3 340.0 11.72 6 750 2586 10.5 10.0 97 0.5 10.2 243 8 308.0 310.0 294.2 339.4 10.37 7 700 3160 7.9 6.9 93 1.0 7.3 250 9 311.3 313.0 294.0 338.9 8.97 8 650 3769 4.8 3.0 88 1.7 3.8 259 9 314.3 315.7 293.6 337.3 7.34 9 600 4418 1.0 -2.4 78 3.4 -0.7 259 13 317.3 318.3 292.9 334.3 5.34 10 550 5113 -2.9 -8.2 67 5.3 -5.3 254 18 320.7 321.4 292.5 333.0 3.76 11 500 5863 -6.8 -13.3 60 6.5 -9.4 246 23 324.8 325.3 292.8 334.0 2.74 12 450 6678 -11.5 -18.6 56 7.1 -13.9 240 28 328.8 329.2 293.2 335.6 1.96 13 400 7572 -17.1 -23.3 58 6.2 -18.8 232 32 332.8 333.1 293.9 338.0 1.46 14 350 8560 -23.8 -27.1 75 3.2 -24.6 229 39 336.6 336.9 294.6 341.0 1.19 15 300 9667 -32.4 -34.2 83 1.9 -32.7 229 47 339.8 339.9 294.9 342.4 0.70 16 250 10924 -42.7 -44.8 80 2.1 -42.8 228 49 342.6 342.7 295.2 343.8 0.28 17 200 12392 -54.1 -57.5 67 3.3 -54.2 231 56 347.0 347.1 296.0 347.4 0.08 18 150 14186 -62.8 -72.3 27 9.5 -62.9 238 44 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16672 -63.2 -83.2 5 20.0 -63.4 266 11 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.71 m Freezing level: 587.03 mb = 4598.35 m = 15086.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.22 mb = 4307.68 m = 14132.63 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.99 % Est. max temperature: 28.82 C = 83.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.49 mb = 363.29 m = 1191.87 ft T: 22.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 14.97 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 931.64 mb = 743.70 m = 2439.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.13 C = 75.43 F Cap Strength: -0.06 C Lifted Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.77 C Showalter Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.41 C Cross Totals Index: 22.15 C K Index: 36.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 305.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.31 mb = 756.03 m = 2480.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 925.31 mb = 802.50 m = 2632.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 275.31 mb = 10258.88 m = 33657.34 ft B at Equ Level: 305.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.31 mb = 13213.58 m = 43351.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.8 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 278.8 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.8 neg: -0.1 tot: 17.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 12.67 Bulk Shear: 24.11 m/s