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: 46.55,-72.2 Latitude: 46.55 Longitude: -72.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1005 94 26.3 22.4 80 3.8 23.5 165 6 299.0 302.1 296.5 349.3 17.27 1 1000 137 28.9 21.8 65 7.1 23.8 175 12 302.0 305.1 296.9 351.1 16.63 2 950 595 28.5 17.5 51 11.0 20.8 211 11 306.1 308.6 295.8 346.3 13.40 3 900 1073 25.5 15.0 52 10.5 18.4 254 18 307.8 310.1 295.3 344.2 12.03 4 850 1573 22.0 10.8 49 11.2 14.8 263 18 309.2 311.0 294.0 338.6 9.64 5 800 2097 20.0 -2.4 22 22.4 8.2 254 16 312.5 313.2 290.3 325.2 4.01 6 750 2649 16.6 -7.8 18 24.4 5.0 243 16 314.6 315.1 289.9 323.8 2.82 7 700 3231 11.9 -9.0 22 20.9 2.3 253 16 315.7 316.2 290.2 324.7 2.77 8 650 3845 6.7 -4.3 45 11.0 1.2 274 16 316.5 317.4 291.8 330.3 4.27 9 600 4495 1.2 -7.8 51 9.0 -2.9 277 16 317.5 318.2 291.5 329.1 3.55 10 550 5188 -4.1 -15.7 40 11.5 -8.4 276 16 319.2 319.6 290.6 326.1 2.05 11 500 5932 -9.5 -18.0 50 8.6 -12.3 269 20 321.5 321.9 291.1 327.8 1.85 12 450 6740 -13.3 -24.5 39 11.1 -16.4 260 24 326.5 326.7 291.9 330.6 1.17 13 400 7628 -18.5 -31.8 30 13.3 -21.3 259 28 330.9 331.0 292.6 333.4 0.67 14 350 8609 -26.0 -37.0 35 11.0 -27.8 248 32 333.7 333.8 293.2 335.4 0.46 15 300 9705 -34.0 -37.3 72 3.4 -34.4 255 26 337.5 337.6 294.2 339.5 0.52 16 250 10955 -43.9 -49.1 56 5.2 -44.2 250 34 340.8 340.8 294.7 341.5 0.18 17 200 12416 -53.7 -63.4 30 9.7 -53.9 253 29 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.9 0.04 18 150 14228 -62.7 -75.3 17 12.6 -62.8 258 33 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16723 -62.9 -83.8 4 20.9 -63.1 292 26 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.28 m Freezing level: 588.58 mb = 4653.66 m = 15267.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.26 mb = 4031.12 m = 13225.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.82 % Est. max temperature: 36.33 C = 97.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.04 mb = 584.77 m = 1918.51 ft T: 28.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.92 C/km ThetaE index: 27.37 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.88 mb = 2971.32 m = 9748.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.51 C = 108.51 F Cap Strength: 5.16 C Lifted Index: -5.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.06 C Showalter Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.47 C Cross Totals Index: 20.31 C K Index: 21.39 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1235.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 328.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.76 mb = 1781.60 m = 5845.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.76 mb = 3784.22 m = 12415.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.76 mb = 12261.98 m = 40229.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1233.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.76 mb = 15361.69 m = 50398.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.8 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 289.8 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.0 neg: -14.5 tot: 75.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 36.77 Bulk Shear: 33.60 m/s