MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 44.44,-71.23 Latitude: 44.44 Longitude: -71.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 215 SFC 969 485 15.4 14.4 94 1.0 14.8 10 2 291.2 293.1 289.2 321.5 10.71 2 950 653 18.2 14.0 77 4.2 15.5 20 4 295.6 297.5 290.6 326.2 10.62 3 900 1118 17.9 10.9 64 6.9 13.6 69 2 299.9 301.6 290.8 326.9 9.16 4 850 1604 14.2 8.7 70 5.5 10.9 217 2 301.0 302.5 290.5 325.7 8.33 5 800 2113 10.1 6.3 77 3.8 7.9 248 5 301.9 303.3 290.0 324.3 7.51 6 750 2646 6.2 3.1 81 3.1 4.5 254 10 303.3 304.5 289.5 322.6 6.40 7 700 3208 2.4 -1.3 76 3.7 0.5 259 11 305.1 306.0 288.8 320.3 4.96 8 650 3804 -0.5 -7.8 58 7.3 -3.6 281 8 308.4 309.0 288.3 318.7 3.26 9 600 4440 -3.9 -11.5 55 7.7 -6.8 284 8 311.6 312.1 288.8 320.1 2.63 10 550 5122 -7.8 -16.3 50 8.5 -10.6 272 11 314.9 315.2 289.1 321.3 1.94 11 500 5857 -12.2 -23.8 38 11.6 -15.3 270 16 318.1 318.3 289.3 322.0 1.12 12 450 6654 -17.5 -34.2 22 16.7 -20.5 276 23 321.2 321.3 289.6 322.9 0.47 13 400 7524 -24.2 -40.4 21 16.2 -26.3 278 29 323.6 323.6 290.2 324.6 0.28 14 350 8483 -31.7 -48.2 18 16.5 -33.1 271 38 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.5 0.14 15 300 9554 -39.6 -44.8 57 5.2 -40.0 274 42 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.5 0.24 16 250 10775 -49.0 -54.3 54 5.3 -49.2 279 53 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.09 17 200 12215 -54.4 -64.8 27 10.4 -54.6 275 71 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.03 18 150 14054 -56.1 -79.2 4 23.1 -56.5 271 59 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.01 19 100 16606 -59.7 -84.8 2 25.1 -60.0 272 37 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.86 m Freezing level: 658.94 mb = 3697.50 m = 12130.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.42 mb = 3284.22 m = 10774.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.28 % Est. max temperature: 25.70 C = 78.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.85 mb = 609.35 m = 1999.14 ft T: 17.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 8.23 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.22 mb = 2120.75 m = 6957.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.05 C = 78.89 F Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lifted Index: 0.93 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Showalter Index: 1.17 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.42 C Cross Totals Index: 20.93 C K Index: 31.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 123.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.89 mb = 1624.89 m = 5330.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.89 mb = 2946.19 m = 9665.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 632.89 mb = 4016.05 m = 13175.86 ft B at Equ Level: 34.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 492.89 mb = 5965.25 m = 19570.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.7 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 300.7 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.5 neg: -2.7 tot: 27.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.20 Bulk Shear: 15.77 m/s