MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 44.45,-71.68 Latitude: 44.45 Longitude: -71.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 968 457 22.1 19.7 86 2.4 20.4 106 1 298.0 300.8 294.7 341.8 15.07 2 950 619 19.8 18.7 93 1.1 19.1 111 2 297.3 299.9 294.1 339.0 14.40 3 900 1084 17.0 16.8 99 0.2 16.9 149 1 299.0 301.5 293.9 338.4 13.52 4 850 1572 15.3 14.7 96 0.6 14.9 288 1 302.2 304.5 294.1 339.0 12.48 5 800 2085 13.2 11.7 91 1.4 12.3 310 4 305.2 307.2 293.7 337.8 10.88 6 750 2628 11.5 5.8 68 5.6 8.1 352 7 309.0 310.5 292.4 332.7 7.75 7 700 3203 9.6 -3.5 39 13.1 3.0 18 13 313.1 313.9 290.7 326.5 4.21 8 650 3814 6.5 -8.7 33 15.2 -0.4 22 14 316.3 316.9 290.6 326.2 3.05 9 600 4466 3.0 -16.7 22 19.7 -4.4 24 13 319.6 320.0 290.4 325.5 1.73 10 550 5165 -1.3 -21.4 20 20.1 -7.9 24 12 322.6 322.8 290.9 327.0 1.26 11 500 5917 -6.4 -28.3 16 21.8 -12.3 19 13 325.2 325.4 291.1 327.9 0.75 12 450 6730 -12.5 -34.5 14 22.0 -17.1 16 13 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.3 0.46 13 400 7618 -18.8 -39.7 14 20.9 -22.2 19 13 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.7 0.30 14 350 8597 -26.7 -42.1 22 15.4 -28.7 11 13 332.7 332.8 292.7 333.8 0.27 15 300 9688 -36.1 -46.4 34 10.3 -37.0 42 13 334.5 334.6 293.2 335.3 0.20 16 250 10928 -45.8 -52.4 47 6.7 -46.1 58 22 338.0 338.1 294.0 338.5 0.12 17 200 12381 -55.3 -62.9 38 7.6 -55.5 70 30 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.04 18 150 14186 -59.6 -76.6 9 16.9 -59.8 302 10 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16698 -62.9 -83.8 4 20.9 -63.1 325 10 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.05 m Freezing level: 564.61 mb = 4960.77 m = 16275.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.74 mb = 3741.59 m = 12275.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.54 % Est. max temperature: 28.11 C = 82.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.40 mb = 761.74 m = 2499.13 ft T: 18.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 13.55 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.88 mb = 1037.70 m = 3404.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.96 C = 73.32 F Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lifted Index: 0.78 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.26 C Showalter Index: 0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.71 C Cross Totals Index: 21.12 C K Index: 23.30 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 149.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 244.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.38 mb = 1014.02 m = 3326.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 452.38 mb = 6689.75 m = 21947.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.38 mb = 11129.20 m = 36512.67 ft B at Equ Level: 142.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.38 mb = 12303.99 m = 40366.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 17.4 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 47.4 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.1 neg: -0.6 tot: 33.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 13.00 Bulk Shear: 11.50 m/s