MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 175 SFC 975 391 25.5 12.4 44 13.1 17.1 291 4 300.8 302.5 291.2 328.2 9.30 2 950 621 21.7 10.7 49 11.1 14.9 289 6 299.2 300.8 290.0 324.3 8.52 3 900 1086 17.2 9.5 60 7.7 12.6 288 7 299.3 300.8 289.9 323.7 8.32 4 850 1570 13.3 7.7 69 5.6 10.0 293 11 300.1 301.5 289.7 323.0 7.77 5 800 2078 9.7 4.3 69 5.5 6.7 301 15 301.5 302.7 289.0 321.0 6.51 6 750 2611 6.6 -4.6 45 11.2 1.4 299 13 303.7 304.4 287.1 314.9 3.62 7 700 3174 4.2 -14.1 25 18.3 -2.6 296 15 307.2 307.5 286.4 313.1 1.84 8 650 3773 0.6 -15.6 28 16.2 -5.2 294 18 309.7 310.0 287.2 315.4 1.75 9 600 4410 -3.4 -22.0 22 18.6 -8.9 290 20 312.2 312.4 287.3 315.8 1.09 10 550 5092 -7.6 -30.3 14 22.7 -12.9 281 20 315.1 315.2 287.8 317.1 0.56 11 500 5827 -12.3 -36.2 12 23.9 -16.8 273 23 318.1 318.1 288.5 319.3 0.35 12 450 6622 -18.3 -41.9 11 23.7 -21.7 275 24 320.3 320.3 289.0 321.1 0.21 13 400 7489 -25.0 -42.8 18 17.7 -27.2 282 28 322.4 322.5 289.8 323.3 0.22 14 350 8444 -32.3 -48.4 19 16.2 -33.6 284 28 325.2 325.2 290.5 325.7 0.13 15 300 9511 -41.0 -54.7 21 13.8 -41.6 282 34 327.6 327.7 291.1 327.9 0.08 16 250 10724 -50.7 -57.9 42 7.1 -51.0 284 38 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.9 0.06 17 200 12155 -54.8 -67.0 21 12.2 -55.1 267 39 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 13996 -56.5 -79.1 4 22.6 -56.8 265 46 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.01 19 100 16554 -58.3 -85.2 2 26.9 -58.7 272 30 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.04 m Freezing level: 642.23 mb = 3871.93 m = 12703.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 732.36 mb = 2805.13 m = 9203.08 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.35 % Est. max temperature: 25.49 C = 77.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 804.74 mb = 2028.62 m = 6655.50 ft T: 10.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 15.13 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.52 mb = 2484.94 m = 8152.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.92 C = 82.25 F Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lifted Index: 1.77 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.99 C Showalter Index: 2.47 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.52 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.56 C Cross Totals Index: 19.96 C K Index: 14.95 Risk: None Sweat Index: 136.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7027.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.98 mb = 2047.05 m = 6715.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.3 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 317.3 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.8 neg: -1.8 tot: 16.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 13.49 m/s