MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 13 AUG 25 Station: 42.28,-72.47 Latitude: 42.28 Longitude: -72.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 SFC 999 154 25.7 24.2 91 1.5 24.6 171 6 299.0 302.5 297.8 355.6 19.38 2 950 595 22.7 19.5 82 3.2 20.5 182 15 300.2 303.0 295.4 344.7 15.17 3 900 1065 19.6 17.8 89 1.8 18.4 190 16 301.7 304.3 295.3 344.0 14.36 4 850 1557 17.1 14.7 86 2.4 15.5 197 15 304.0 306.3 294.6 341.1 12.45 5 800 2073 14.2 11.9 86 2.3 12.7 214 15 306.3 308.3 294.2 339.5 11.03 6 750 2616 11.1 8.9 86 2.2 9.7 227 15 308.7 310.5 293.8 337.9 9.60 7 700 3190 7.9 5.4 85 2.4 6.5 228 15 311.2 312.8 293.4 336.2 8.09 8 650 3798 4.3 2.7 89 1.6 3.4 223 17 313.8 315.1 293.4 336.2 7.16 9 600 4447 1.1 -1.4 84 2.5 -0.2 215 21 317.4 318.5 293.3 335.8 5.78 10 550 5143 -2.3 -6.0 76 3.7 -4.0 210 23 321.4 322.3 293.3 335.9 4.45 11 500 5895 -6.3 -11.8 65 5.5 -8.5 205 21 325.4 326.0 293.3 335.8 3.11 12 450 6711 -11.2 -17.5 60 6.2 -13.4 202 21 329.1 329.5 293.4 336.6 2.15 13 400 7605 -17.4 -22.9 62 5.6 -19.0 201 21 332.4 332.7 293.8 337.8 1.51 14 350 8591 -24.6 -29.3 65 4.7 -25.6 200 20 335.5 335.7 294.1 339.1 0.97 15 300 9693 -33.2 -36.7 70 3.6 -33.7 205 20 338.6 338.7 294.5 340.7 0.55 16 250 10948 -42.9 -46.2 69 3.4 -43.1 235 21 342.4 342.4 295.1 343.3 0.24 17 200 12414 -54.4 -56.7 75 2.3 -54.5 249 18 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.0 0.09 18 150 14210 -62.9 -72.7 25 9.8 -63.0 247 17 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16682 -65.1 -82.6 7 17.5 -65.3 294 19 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.31 m Freezing level: 583.62 mb = 4674.63 m = 15336.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.00 mb = 4406.12 m = 14455.59 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.29 % Est. max temperature: 30.82 C = 87.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.66 mb = 343.05 m = 1125.49 ft T: 24.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 19.76 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.92 mb = 1113.78 m = 3654.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.67 C = 83.61 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.91 C Showalter Index: 0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.34 C Cross Totals Index: 20.95 C K Index: 35.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 939.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.05 mb = 911.59 m = 2990.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.05 mb = 1646.69 m = 5402.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.05 mb = 12379.57 m = 40614.89 ft B at Equ Level: 936.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.05 mb = 15033.18 m = 49320.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.0 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 240.0 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 47.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 78.21 Bulk Shear: 12.01 m/s