MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F357.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F357.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 357 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 42.49,-71.50 Latitude: 42.49 Longitude: -71.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 85 27.4 21.6 71 5.8 23.2 212 6 300.5 303.5 296.4 348.8 16.46 1 1000 89 26.8 20.6 69 6.2 22.4 215 6 299.9 302.8 295.6 345.2 15.46 2 950 540 23.0 17.0 69 6.0 18.9 225 12 300.5 302.8 293.9 338.3 12.90 3 900 1009 19.4 13.8 70 5.5 15.7 233 14 301.5 303.5 292.9 334.2 11.11 4 850 1499 16.3 11.5 73 4.8 13.3 243 18 303.2 305.1 292.6 333.2 10.08 5 800 2012 12.8 9.9 83 2.9 11.0 241 22 304.8 306.6 292.7 333.7 9.64 6 750 2552 9.1 5.1 76 4.0 6.8 233 22 306.5 307.8 291.4 328.8 7.36 7 700 3120 5.3 -2.3 58 7.6 1.5 235 19 308.4 309.3 289.6 322.7 4.62 8 650 3721 1.5 -5.0 62 6.5 -1.6 249 20 310.6 311.4 289.8 323.4 4.06 9 600 4361 -2.5 -8.4 64 5.9 -5.0 248 29 313.2 313.9 290.0 324.1 3.38 10 550 5046 -6.4 -19.4 35 13.0 -10.6 243 35 316.5 316.7 289.2 321.5 1.49 11 500 5787 -9.6 -26.5 24 16.9 -14.0 250 41 321.3 321.5 290.1 324.4 0.88 12 450 6591 -15.4 -33.4 20 18.0 -19.0 258 51 323.8 323.9 290.5 325.7 0.51 13 400 7468 -22.4 -37.1 25 14.6 -24.7 255 59 325.8 325.9 290.9 327.3 0.40 14 350 8433 -29.6 -39.1 40 9.4 -30.8 257 66 328.8 328.9 291.7 330.2 0.37 15 300 9514 -37.5 -47.2 36 9.7 -38.2 258 71 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.3 0.18 16 250 10754 -44.3 -54.9 30 10.6 -44.8 262 69 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.6 0.09 17 200 12226 -50.3 -69.8 8 19.4 -50.8 266 58 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.02 18 150 14073 -56.4 -77.1 6 20.7 -56.7 270 44 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.01 19 100 16626 -58.7 -84.7 2 26.0 -59.0 301 13 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.47 m Freezing level: 631.51 mb = 3957.97 m = 12985.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.15 mb = 3413.16 m = 11197.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.21 % Est. max temperature: 30.12 C = 86.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.91 mb = 819.21 m = 2687.67 ft T: 20.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 15.56 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.62 mb = 1673.83 m = 5491.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.68 C = 87.23 F Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lifted Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.04 C Showalter Index: 0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.92 C Cross Totals Index: 21.10 C K Index: 29.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 906.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.65 mb = 1283.26 m = 4210.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.65 mb = 2153.09 m = 7063.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.65 mb = 10575.26 m = 34695.31 ft B at Equ Level: 897.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.65 mb = 13397.24 m = 43953.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.9 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 272.9 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.1 neg: -11.6 tot: 37.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 27.22 Bulk Shear: 33.31 m/s