MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 18Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 42.9,-71.34 Latitude: 42.90 Longitude: -71.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 96 35.5 17.7 35 17.8 22.9 260 6 308.3 310.7 296.0 347.0 12.78 1 1000 129 33.9 17.0 37 16.9 22.1 262 7 307.0 309.3 295.3 343.9 12.25 2 950 590 29.0 15.8 45 13.2 19.9 270 11 306.6 308.8 294.9 342.5 11.95 3 900 1067 24.4 14.7 55 9.6 17.9 275 11 306.6 308.8 294.8 342.1 11.80 4 850 1565 19.7 13.6 68 6.1 15.7 279 11 306.8 309.0 294.8 341.9 11.63 5 800 2084 14.9 12.4 85 2.5 13.3 283 12 307.1 309.2 294.7 341.5 11.40 6 750 2627 10.1 9.8 98 0.2 9.9 286 13 307.5 309.4 293.9 338.5 10.23 7 700 3198 8.3 2.0 65 6.2 4.8 290 17 311.7 312.9 292.1 331.4 6.35 8 650 3809 5.9 -3.6 50 9.5 1.1 283 17 315.7 316.5 291.7 330.1 4.52 9 600 4460 2.3 -7.8 47 10.1 -2.3 273 18 318.8 319.5 291.8 330.3 3.54 10 550 5158 -2.0 -10.5 52 8.5 -5.6 270 19 321.8 322.4 292.3 332.1 3.13 11 500 5909 -6.4 -11.9 65 5.5 -8.7 271 21 325.2 325.8 293.2 335.6 3.07 12 450 6726 -11.3 -18.1 57 6.8 -13.6 261 25 329.0 329.4 293.3 336.1 2.04 13 400 7618 -17.7 -22.7 65 4.9 -19.1 258 23 332.0 332.3 293.7 337.5 1.55 14 350 8604 -24.5 -30.7 57 6.1 -25.8 266 25 335.7 335.8 294.0 338.8 0.85 15 300 9707 -33.2 -41.6 43 8.4 -34.1 266 28 338.6 338.7 294.3 339.9 0.33 16 250 10959 -43.8 -51.4 43 7.6 -44.2 273 29 341.0 341.0 294.7 341.6 0.13 17 200 12418 -55.7 -59.2 65 3.5 -55.8 281 30 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.8 0.06 18 150 14207 -63.9 -72.1 32 8.2 -63.9 254 32 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.02 19 100 16694 -64.1 -83.9 5 19.8 -64.3 254 17 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.86 m Freezing level: 573.00 mb = 4836.78 m = 15868.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.61 mb = 4016.61 m = 13177.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.24 % Est. max temperature: 33.99 C = 93.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 777.38 mb = 2325.02 m = 7627.91 ft T: 12.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 16.87 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.34 mb = 2325.40 m = 7629.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.45 C = 94.02 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Showalter Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.13 C Cross Totals Index: 20.04 C K Index: 33.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 234.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.53 mb = 2258.68 m = 7410.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.53 mb = 2421.33 m = 7943.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 668.53 mb = 3577.26 m = 11736.29 ft B at Equ Level: 23.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.53 mb = 13482.47 m = 44233.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.9 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 306.9 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 18.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 37.13 Bulk Shear: 6.32 m/s