MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 18Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.10,-71.20 Latitude: 44.10 Longitude: -71.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 220 SFC 979 405 26.5 14.3 47 12.2 18.5 180 4 301.5 303.4 292.4 332.6 10.55 2 950 667 22.7 11.7 50 11.0 15.7 191 5 300.2 301.9 290.9 327.0 9.10 3 900 1134 18.2 10.5 61 7.7 13.4 206 5 300.2 301.9 290.7 326.3 8.86 4 850 1620 13.7 9.3 75 4.4 11.0 230 4 300.5 302.0 290.6 326.1 8.68 5 800 2128 9.1 8.0 93 1.1 8.5 254 4 300.9 302.4 290.5 325.9 8.45 6 750 2660 5.0 4.5 96 0.5 4.8 285 5 302.0 303.3 289.7 323.1 7.07 7 700 3221 3.7 -3.1 61 6.8 0.4 334 7 306.6 307.4 288.8 320.0 4.35 8 650 3820 0.7 -11.5 39 12.2 -4.1 322 5 309.8 310.2 287.9 317.6 2.44 9 600 4459 -1.7 -29.4 10 27.7 -8.8 316 5 314.1 314.2 287.5 316.1 0.56 10 550 5146 -5.4 -28.8 14 23.4 -11.3 293 5 317.7 317.8 288.7 320.0 0.64 11 500 5887 -10.0 -37.7 8 27.7 -15.3 265 6 320.8 320.9 289.3 321.9 0.30 12 450 6689 -16.2 -43.4 8 27.2 -20.2 288 8 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.6 0.18 13 400 7564 -22.9 -32.7 40 9.8 -24.6 280 13 325.2 325.4 291.0 327.5 0.61 14 350 8527 -30.6 -37.1 53 6.6 -31.4 293 16 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.2 0.45 15 300 9606 -37.8 -46.4 40 8.5 -38.5 305 40 332.1 332.1 292.5 332.9 0.20 16 250 10835 -47.4 -54.4 44 7.0 -47.7 304 46 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.09 17 200 12285 -54.4 -63.1 34 8.7 -54.6 298 48 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.04 18 150 14114 -57.1 -77.8 6 20.7 -57.4 284 40 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.01 19 100 16647 -60.7 -85.2 3 24.4 -61.0 307 25 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.18 m Freezing level: 635.50 mb = 4005.16 m = 13140.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.30 mb = 3275.84 m = 10747.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.74 % Est. max temperature: 25.67 C = 78.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.40 mb = 1927.24 m = 6322.88 ft T: 10.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 16.55 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.46 mb = 2112.52 m = 6930.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.90 C = 78.61 F Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lifted Index: 2.43 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.30 C Showalter Index: 3.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.69 C Cross Totals Index: 19.33 C K Index: 26.19 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 126.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.66 mb = 2058.42 m = 6753.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.66 mb = 2214.16 m = 7264.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 701.66 mb = 3202.11 m = 10505.47 ft B at Equ Level: 25.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 611.66 mb = 4305.59 m = 14125.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.5 at 5.3 knts Storm direction: 311.5 at 4.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -160.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.5 neg: -0.1 tot: 12.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.79 Bulk Shear: 6.87 m/s