MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 41.56,-70.84 Latitude: 41.56 Longitude: -70.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1020 9 23.0 21.9 94 1.0 22.2 176 6 294.4 297.3 294.7 341.4 16.45 1 1000 184 23.9 21.6 87 2.2 22.3 184 12 297.0 300.0 295.4 344.7 16.48 2 950 633 22.5 18.3 77 4.2 19.6 195 13 300.0 302.6 294.6 341.1 14.05 3 900 1103 20.8 14.2 66 6.5 16.4 198 11 302.9 305.0 293.5 336.8 11.42 4 850 1596 18.5 11.5 64 7.0 14.0 191 8 305.5 307.4 293.3 335.8 10.09 5 800 2114 15.7 8.5 62 7.2 11.3 186 7 307.9 309.5 292.9 334.5 8.75 6 750 2659 12.6 4.9 60 7.7 8.1 187 7 310.2 311.6 292.4 332.7 7.27 7 700 3236 9.4 0.7 55 8.7 4.6 186 6 312.9 314.0 292.0 331.0 5.77 8 650 3847 6.1 -4.8 46 10.8 0.8 170 5 315.8 316.6 291.5 329.1 4.13 9 600 4498 2.7 -14.3 27 17.1 -4.0 142 6 319.3 319.7 290.6 326.3 2.10 10 550 5196 -1.2 -26.1 13 24.9 -8.6 133 8 322.7 322.8 290.5 325.6 0.83 11 500 5949 -5.8 -30.2 12 24.5 -12.1 139 14 326.0 326.1 291.2 328.3 0.62 12 450 6766 -11.3 -31.4 17 20.0 -16.0 140 16 329.0 329.1 292.0 331.3 0.62 13 400 7658 -17.4 -35.1 20 17.7 -20.8 159 19 332.4 332.5 292.9 334.2 0.48 14 350 8643 -24.3 -25.5 89 1.2 -24.6 157 20 336.0 336.3 294.6 341.0 1.37 15 300 9757 -29.3 -29.3 100 -0.0 -29.3 228 36 344.0 344.3 296.3 348.3 1.12 16 250 11029 -40.6 -40.6 100 -0.0 -40.6 247 30 345.6 345.7 296.0 347.4 0.44 17 200 12503 -53.8 -53.9 100 0.0 -53.8 247 36 347.5 347.5 296.2 348.0 0.13 18 150 14310 -64.1 -65.7 80 1.6 -64.1 270 58 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.9 0.04 19 100 16763 -67.8 -82.9 10 15.2 -67.9 314 11 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.16 m Freezing level: 565.29 mb = 4982.87 m = 16347.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.87 mb = 3949.14 m = 12956.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.97 % Est. max temperature: 33.04 C = 91.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1005.62 mb = 135.32 m = 443.96 ft T: 23.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 19.10 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.70 mb = 1895.84 m = 6219.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.51 C = 95.92 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: 0.20 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.11 C Showalter Index: 2.84 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.24 C Cross Totals Index: 17.27 C K Index: 27.09 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 58.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 250.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.06 mb = 883.12 m = 2897.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 478.06 mb = 6296.88 m = 20658.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 338.06 mb = 8893.94 m = 29179.25 ft B at Equ Level: 54.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 308.06 mb = 9565.76 m = 31383.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 171.4 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 201.4 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.3 neg: -2.5 tot: 6.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 37.27 Bulk Shear: 1.58 m/s