MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 42.48,-66.81 Latitude: 42.48 Longitude: -66.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1027 1 18.3 12.6 69 5.7 14.8 344 1 289.3 290.8 286.9 314.4 8.93 1 1000 225 17.8 6.6 48 11.1 11.6 356 1 290.9 292.0 284.7 308.4 6.12 2 950 662 16.5 6.0 50 10.4 10.7 29 3 293.9 295.0 286.0 311.9 6.20 3 900 1121 14.4 6.4 59 7.9 9.9 44 8 296.3 297.5 287.4 316.0 6.73 4 850 1601 10.8 4.8 66 6.0 7.5 56 10 297.5 298.6 287.5 316.2 6.37 5 800 2104 7.7 -0.9 54 8.6 3.5 61 10 299.4 300.2 286.3 312.8 4.47 6 750 2634 6.5 -15.2 19 21.7 -1.4 32 6 303.6 303.9 284.8 308.7 1.57 7 700 3197 4.5 -22.0 12 26.6 -3.8 349 7 307.5 307.7 285.5 310.6 0.93 8 650 3797 1.7 -23.1 14 24.8 -5.8 327 9 310.9 311.0 286.7 313.9 0.91 9 600 4437 -1.7 -30.2 9 28.6 -8.9 313 11 314.2 314.3 287.4 316.0 0.52 10 550 5124 -5.8 -22.4 26 16.7 -10.7 301 14 317.2 317.5 289.1 321.2 1.15 11 500 5863 -11.1 -21.6 41 10.6 -14.2 291 16 319.5 319.8 290.0 324.2 1.36 12 450 6663 -16.7 -27.4 39 10.7 -19.1 293 19 322.3 322.5 290.4 325.4 0.90 13 400 7538 -22.2 -36.9 25 14.7 -24.5 291 34 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.7 0.40 14 350 8506 -28.6 -42.9 24 14.2 -30.3 300 47 330.1 330.2 292.0 331.1 0.25 15 300 9594 -35.9 -44.4 41 8.5 -36.7 291 63 334.7 334.8 293.2 335.7 0.25 16 250 10834 -45.7 -55.0 34 9.3 -46.1 283 59 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.5 0.09 17 200 12284 -55.7 -61.7 47 6.0 -55.8 279 64 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.8 0.05 18 150 14105 -57.0 -76.7 7 19.7 -57.3 291 49 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.01 19 100 16638 -60.8 -85.0 3 24.2 -61.0 303 19 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5638.17 m Freezing level: 624.84 mb = 4119.07 m = 13513.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 764.25 mb = 2479.13 m = 8133.53 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.79 % Est. max temperature: 25.95 C = 78.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.57 mb = 728.81 m = 2391.08 ft T: 16.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 7.54 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 644.14 mb = 3869.25 m = 12694.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.43 C = 104.78 F Cap Strength: 10.38 C Lifted Index: 10.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.10 C Showalter Index: 7.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.89 C Cross Totals Index: 15.90 C K Index: 0.14 Risk: None Sweat Index: 94.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.69 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12702.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.43 mb = 1684.97 m = 5528.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 340.3 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 10.3 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: -7.0 tot: -4.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.01 Bulk Shear: 8.43 m/s