MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 12Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 44.5,-72.54 Latitude: 44.50 Longitude: -72.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 173 SFC 975 391 19.0 13.3 70 5.7 15.4 229 2 294.3 296.1 289.6 322.8 9.92 2 950 612 17.8 11.1 65 6.7 13.7 253 4 295.3 296.8 288.9 320.6 8.76 3 900 1075 17.3 6.8 50 10.5 11.2 286 9 299.3 300.6 288.6 319.6 6.88 4 850 1560 14.2 5.1 54 9.1 9.1 301 16 301.0 302.2 288.9 320.4 6.50 5 800 2069 10.1 4.5 69 5.5 7.0 300 20 301.9 303.1 289.3 321.7 6.63 6 750 2601 6.1 -0.5 63 6.6 2.8 299 20 303.2 304.1 288.1 318.1 4.91 7 700 3164 4.0 -12.8 28 16.8 -2.5 293 19 306.9 307.3 286.5 313.4 2.04 8 650 3763 0.6 -15.3 29 15.9 -5.1 288 19 309.6 310.0 287.2 315.4 1.78 9 600 4400 -3.2 -21.6 23 18.4 -8.8 283 19 312.4 312.6 287.5 316.2 1.13 10 550 5083 -7.3 -30.8 13 23.6 -12.7 285 20 315.5 315.6 287.9 317.4 0.53 11 500 5818 -12.4 -35.3 13 22.9 -16.8 283 23 317.9 318.0 288.5 319.3 0.38 12 450 6613 -18.3 -39.4 14 21.1 -21.5 285 26 320.2 320.3 289.1 321.2 0.28 13 400 7480 -24.8 -42.0 19 17.3 -26.9 285 27 322.8 322.9 289.9 323.7 0.24 14 350 8437 -32.2 -47.2 21 14.9 -33.5 278 28 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.9 0.16 15 300 9504 -41.1 -52.2 29 11.0 -41.7 282 28 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.8 0.10 16 250 10716 -50.6 -54.0 67 3.4 -50.7 280 31 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.3 0.10 17 200 12149 -55.4 -64.6 31 9.2 -55.6 272 40 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.03 18 150 13989 -55.9 -80.2 3 24.3 -56.2 261 43 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.00 19 100 16538 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 269 25 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.25 m Freezing level: 642.29 mb = 3860.88 m = 12666.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.55 mb = 2894.31 m = 9495.64 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.81 % Est. max temperature: 26.12 C = 79.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.05 mb = 1112.24 m = 3649.03 ft T: 17.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 8.23 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.49 mb = 2596.03 m = 8517.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.82 C = 82.08 F Cap Strength: 4.04 C Lifted Index: 3.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.39 C Showalter Index: 3.75 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.61 C Cross Totals Index: 17.53 C K Index: 14.99 Risk: None Sweat Index: 115.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8145.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.70 mb = 1905.66 m = 6252.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.1 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 319.1 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.8 neg: -6.7 tot: 27.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.73 Bulk Shear: 26.98 m/s