MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F360.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F360.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 42.99,-72.45 Latitude: 42.99 Longitude: -72.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 979 272 24.1 20.8 82 3.3 21.8 306 6 299.0 301.9 295.6 345.5 15.98 2 950 538 21.7 15.5 68 6.3 17.6 301 12 299.3 301.4 292.6 333.5 11.71 3 900 1004 17.4 13.9 80 3.5 15.1 290 12 299.4 301.5 292.3 332.1 11.17 4 850 1491 14.2 11.8 86 2.3 12.7 278 13 301.0 302.9 292.1 331.3 10.30 5 800 2001 11.3 8.5 83 2.8 9.6 271 14 303.2 304.8 291.5 329.2 8.72 6 750 2537 7.9 3.5 74 4.4 5.5 269 16 305.2 306.4 290.3 325.1 6.58 7 700 3103 4.3 -2.8 60 7.1 0.8 273 17 307.2 308.1 289.0 321.0 4.43 8 650 3702 0.4 -8.4 52 8.8 -3.4 271 19 309.4 310.0 288.5 319.3 3.12 9 600 4339 -3.7 -11.0 57 7.3 -6.6 267 23 311.8 312.3 288.9 320.7 2.75 10 550 5020 -8.2 -13.6 65 5.5 -10.2 275 26 314.4 314.9 289.5 322.3 2.42 11 500 5754 -13.1 -19.4 59 6.3 -15.0 283 29 317.0 317.4 289.5 322.6 1.65 12 450 6548 -18.5 -24.3 60 5.8 -19.9 288 33 320.0 320.2 290.0 324.1 1.19 13 400 7416 -24.2 -29.3 63 5.1 -25.2 291 39 323.5 323.7 290.7 326.5 0.84 14 350 8377 -30.2 -36.5 55 6.2 -31.1 290 43 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.8 0.48 15 300 9459 -36.4 -44.3 44 7.8 -37.1 284 46 334.0 334.1 293.0 335.0 0.25 16 250 10708 -42.0 -60.7 11 18.7 -42.8 286 59 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.8 0.04 17 200 12198 -47.0 -73.4 3 26.5 -47.6 286 49 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 18 150 14070 -54.4 -77.9 4 23.6 -54.7 296 40 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.5 0.01 19 100 16632 -59.1 -84.5 2 25.5 -59.4 295 17 413.6 413.6 307.0 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.53 m Freezing level: 645.52 mb = 3758.81 m = 12331.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.04 mb = 3218.67 m = 10559.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.59 % Est. max temperature: 26.93 C = 80.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.00 mb = 684.24 m = 2244.86 ft T: 20.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 26.27 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.00 mb = 1490.51 m = 4890.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.04 C = 78.88 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -4.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.60 C Showalter Index: -2.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.28 C Cross Totals Index: 24.94 C K Index: 31.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 712.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.13 mb = 1291.35 m = 4236.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.13 mb = 2051.37 m = 6730.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 315.13 mb = 9113.46 m = 29899.45 ft B at Equ Level: 712.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 205.13 mb = 12029.06 m = 39464.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.6 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 306.6 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 16.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 47.87 Bulk Shear: 14.89 m/s