MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 43.09,-72.04 Latitude: 43.09 Longitude: -72.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 SFC 977 354 26.9 10.3 35 16.6 16.5 241 4 302.0 303.5 290.6 326.0 8.07 2 950 600 24.1 8.2 36 15.9 14.5 252 7 301.6 302.9 289.7 323.0 7.18 3 900 1069 19.5 7.3 45 12.2 12.3 261 7 301.6 302.9 289.6 322.9 7.14 4 850 1557 14.8 6.5 57 8.4 10.0 269 8 301.7 303.0 289.6 322.9 7.13 5 800 2065 9.9 5.5 74 4.4 7.4 277 8 301.7 303.0 289.6 322.9 7.10 6 750 2598 5.4 3.2 86 2.2 4.2 295 9 302.4 303.6 289.3 321.7 6.44 7 700 3161 4.5 -9.0 37 13.5 -1.2 346 9 307.4 308.0 287.5 316.1 2.75 8 650 3761 2.2 -22.3 14 24.5 -5.5 330 12 311.5 311.6 287.0 314.8 0.98 9 600 4403 -1.4 -28.0 11 26.6 -8.5 312 13 314.5 314.7 287.7 316.7 0.64 10 550 5089 -6.3 -33.4 10 27.1 -12.3 292 15 316.6 316.7 288.1 318.1 0.42 11 500 5826 -11.8 -40.1 8 28.3 -16.6 285 17 318.7 318.7 288.6 319.6 0.23 12 450 6622 -17.8 -46.4 6 28.6 -21.5 275 16 320.8 320.9 289.2 321.3 0.13 13 400 7492 -24.4 -45.3 13 20.9 -26.8 291 14 323.3 323.3 289.9 323.9 0.17 14 350 8449 -32.3 -51.2 14 18.9 -33.7 295 14 325.2 325.2 290.5 325.6 0.10 15 300 9514 -41.7 -56.8 18 15.0 -42.4 279 14 326.6 326.6 290.8 326.8 0.06 16 250 10726 -49.2 -61.2 23 12.0 -49.6 266 27 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.1 0.04 17 200 12178 -52.4 -70.5 9 18.1 -52.7 266 39 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 14016 -57.1 -80.3 4 23.2 -57.4 262 44 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.00 19 100 16557 -60.1 -84.9 2 24.9 -60.3 257 30 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.50 m Freezing level: 619.22 mb = 4156.20 m = 13635.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.38 mb = 3029.20 m = 9938.20 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.01 % Est. max temperature: 26.58 C = 79.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.84 mb = 2425.37 m = 7957.15 ft T: 6.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 8.17 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.73 mb = 3422.66 m = 11229.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.00 C = 93.19 F Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lifted Index: 2.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.70 C Showalter Index: 3.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.59 C Cross Totals Index: 18.22 C K Index: 19.53 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 109.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7595.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 752.70 mb = 2568.05 m = 8425.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.2 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 325.2 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -144.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.9 neg: -0.9 tot: 16.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 8.33 m/s