MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F339.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F339.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 339 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 42.65,-71.79 Latitude: 42.65 Longitude: -71.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 SFC 988 226 25.0 22.2 84 2.8 23.0 128 4 299.1 302.3 296.5 349.6 17.27 2 950 570 22.6 17.6 73 5.0 19.2 144 5 300.1 302.6 294.2 339.6 13.48 3 900 1039 19.4 15.6 79 3.8 16.8 229 3 301.5 303.8 293.9 338.3 12.50 4 850 1529 16.3 13.1 82 3.1 14.2 278 7 303.2 305.3 293.4 336.6 11.24 5 800 2043 12.9 10.3 84 2.6 11.3 287 10 304.9 306.8 293.0 334.6 9.91 6 750 2584 10.0 7.2 83 2.8 8.3 275 8 307.4 309.0 292.6 333.4 8.54 7 700 3156 7.6 4.0 78 3.6 5.5 246 6 310.9 312.3 292.6 333.4 7.30 8 650 3764 4.9 -1.8 62 6.6 1.4 251 6 314.5 315.4 291.9 330.8 5.18 9 600 4413 1.7 -12.1 35 13.8 -4.0 274 10 318.1 318.6 290.7 326.4 2.52 10 550 5109 -2.2 -23.8 17 21.6 -8.8 281 14 321.5 321.7 290.3 325.1 1.02 11 500 5858 -7.5 -28.0 18 20.5 -12.9 279 16 323.9 324.1 290.7 326.6 0.76 12 450 6668 -13.9 -31.9 20 18.0 -17.9 277 20 325.7 325.8 291.1 327.8 0.59 13 400 7551 -20.2 -38.7 18 18.4 -23.2 278 22 328.7 328.8 291.7 330.0 0.34 14 350 8525 -27.3 -45.7 16 18.4 -29.3 267 24 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.6 0.18 15 300 9617 -35.0 -50.4 19 15.4 -36.1 279 28 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.6 0.13 16 250 10861 -45.0 -55.4 30 10.4 -45.4 280 46 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.5 0.08 17 200 12317 -55.7 -58.5 71 2.8 -55.8 276 71 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.9 0.07 18 150 14121 -60.2 -76.6 10 16.4 -60.3 268 44 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16648 -60.3 -84.1 3 23.8 -60.6 272 17 411.2 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.78 m Freezing level: 577.96 mb = 4719.82 m = 15484.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.77 mb = 3930.64 m = 12895.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.91 % Est. max temperature: 29.40 C = 84.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.10 mb = 578.43 m = 1897.73 ft T: 22.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 16.18 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.80 mb = 1531.40 m = 5024.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.01 C = 84.21 F Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lifted Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.40 C Showalter Index: 0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.75 C Cross Totals Index: 20.62 C K Index: 33.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 455.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.63 mb = 1196.69 m = 3926.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.63 mb = 1952.35 m = 6405.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 608.63 mb = 4297.27 m = 14098.50 ft B at Equ Level: 35.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.63 mb = 13386.96 m = 43919.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.4 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 301.4 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.9 neg: -6.9 tot: 14.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 22.27 Bulk Shear: 20.44 m/s