MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 44.33,-71.25 Latitude: 44.33 Longitude: -71.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 176 SFC 967 470 23.9 14.3 55 9.6 17.6 335 4 299.9 301.9 292.0 331.2 10.67 2 950 623 24.4 11.1 43 13.3 16.0 337 6 301.9 303.5 291.1 327.9 8.75 3 900 1093 20.4 9.4 49 11.1 13.6 327 8 302.5 304.1 290.9 327.0 8.22 4 850 1583 15.9 8.2 60 7.7 11.3 311 8 302.8 304.3 290.8 326.8 8.04 5 800 2094 11.3 6.4 72 5.0 8.5 280 6 303.2 304.6 290.5 325.8 7.54 6 750 2629 6.5 4.5 87 2.0 5.4 261 6 303.6 304.9 290.2 324.7 7.04 7 700 3192 2.6 1.3 91 1.3 1.9 264 5 305.4 306.5 289.9 323.7 6.01 8 650 3788 -0.6 -7.1 61 6.6 -3.4 269 7 308.3 309.0 288.5 319.1 3.44 9 600 4424 -3.2 -21.4 23 18.1 -8.7 289 14 312.4 312.6 287.5 316.3 1.16 10 550 5107 -7.2 -28.8 16 21.6 -12.5 287 17 315.5 315.7 288.0 317.8 0.64 11 500 5843 -11.6 -35.5 12 23.9 -16.3 278 19 318.9 319.0 288.8 320.3 0.37 12 450 6641 -17.4 -39.2 13 21.7 -20.9 278 23 321.3 321.4 289.5 322.4 0.28 13 400 7511 -24.1 -44.4 14 20.3 -26.5 273 25 323.6 323.7 290.0 324.3 0.18 14 350 8470 -31.7 -49.1 16 17.4 -33.1 268 28 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.5 0.13 15 300 9540 -40.5 -54.8 20 14.3 -41.2 277 34 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.6 0.07 16 250 10755 -50.0 -59.5 32 9.5 -50.3 271 38 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.0 0.05 17 200 12195 -54.2 -66.3 21 12.2 -54.4 265 51 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.03 18 150 14037 -55.8 -79.7 4 23.9 -56.1 265 53 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.00 19 100 16586 -59.6 -85.1 2 25.4 -59.9 268 37 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.32 m Freezing level: 658.85 mb = 3682.42 m = 12081.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.23 mb = 3398.51 m = 11149.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.16 % Est. max temperature: 27.02 C = 80.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.87 mb = 1683.71 m = 5523.92 ft T: 15.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 14.93 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.96 mb = 2519.51 m = 8265.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.45 C = 81.42 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: 0.82 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.85 C Showalter Index: 1.23 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.51 C Cross Totals Index: 19.77 C K Index: 34.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 132.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.76 mb = 2359.60 m = 7741.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.76 mb = 2740.99 m = 8992.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 609.76 mb = 4296.07 m = 14094.55 ft B at Equ Level: 37.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 469.76 mb = 6315.78 m = 20720.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.6 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 315.6 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: -5.9 tot: -4.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.16 Bulk Shear: 9.00 m/s