MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 42.92,-71.32 Latitude: 42.92 Longitude: -71.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 94 32.6 12.0 29 20.5 19.2 318 2 305.0 306.7 292.1 331.4 8.78 1 1000 161 30.1 10.0 29 20.1 17.5 314 2 303.2 304.6 290.6 326.3 7.71 2 950 615 25.4 8.9 35 16.5 15.3 313 4 303.0 304.4 290.5 325.6 7.57 3 900 1086 20.8 8.0 43 12.9 13.1 313 5 303.0 304.3 290.3 325.3 7.47 4 850 1576 16.1 7.0 55 9.1 10.7 313 6 303.0 304.4 290.3 325.2 7.41 5 800 2087 11.2 6.0 70 5.3 8.2 314 6 303.1 304.5 290.3 325.1 7.33 6 750 2622 6.4 4.1 85 2.3 5.1 316 7 303.5 304.7 290.0 324.0 6.84 7 700 3186 4.8 -7.4 41 12.3 -0.6 312 8 307.8 308.4 288.0 317.7 3.12 8 650 3787 1.6 -14.0 30 15.6 -4.3 299 9 310.8 311.2 287.9 317.3 1.99 9 600 4427 -2.2 -19.8 25 17.6 -7.8 285 13 313.6 313.9 288.1 318.1 1.33 10 550 5112 -6.8 -24.9 22 18.1 -11.8 277 18 316.0 316.2 288.5 319.2 0.92 11 500 5848 -11.9 -32.2 17 20.3 -16.2 274 19 318.6 318.7 288.9 320.4 0.51 12 450 6646 -17.2 -41.0 11 23.8 -20.8 277 13 321.6 321.6 289.5 322.5 0.24 13 400 7516 -24.2 -43.5 15 19.3 -26.5 285 15 323.6 323.6 290.1 324.4 0.20 14 350 8475 -31.6 -49.8 15 18.2 -33.1 290 18 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.6 0.12 15 300 9546 -40.0 -54.5 20 14.5 -40.8 284 20 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.08 16 250 10765 -48.7 -59.2 28 10.5 -49.0 270 24 333.7 333.7 292.8 333.9 0.05 17 200 12217 -52.0 -70.2 9 18.3 -52.3 262 44 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14059 -57.0 -80.1 4 23.1 -57.3 266 48 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.9 0.00 19 100 16597 -60.5 -84.9 3 24.4 -60.8 261 29 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.57 m Freezing level: 628.49 mb = 4062.20 m = 13327.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.03 mb = 3127.74 m = 10261.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.85 % Est. max temperature: 30.52 C = 86.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 747.96 mb = 2644.13 m = 8674.87 ft T: 6.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 14.12 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.92 mb = 3245.35 m = 10647.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.64 C = 96.16 F Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lifted Index: 1.34 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.99 C Showalter Index: 1.75 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.99 C Cross Totals Index: 18.89 C K Index: 22.73 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 114.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6600.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.19 mb = 2674.45 m = 8774.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.5 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 321.5 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.86 Bulk Shear: 6.96 m/s