MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 43.05,-72.02 Latitude: 43.05 Longitude: -72.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 212 SFC 984 354 23.1 18.7 76 4.4 20.1 206 2 297.6 300.1 293.8 337.9 13.92 2 950 658 20.6 14.1 66 6.5 16.4 204 5 298.1 300.0 291.5 329.2 10.71 3 900 1123 16.7 12.1 74 4.6 13.8 182 6 298.7 300.5 291.0 327.6 9.89 4 850 1607 12.9 10.2 83 2.8 11.3 172 8 299.7 301.4 290.8 326.8 9.22 5 800 2114 9.6 6.7 82 3.0 7.9 199 5 301.4 302.8 290.0 324.2 7.69 6 750 2647 6.3 2.9 79 3.4 4.5 296 4 303.5 304.6 289.5 322.5 6.30 7 700 3211 3.3 -0.6 75 3.9 1.3 317 6 306.1 307.1 289.4 322.1 5.22 8 650 3809 0.3 -6.0 62 6.3 -2.6 309 6 309.3 310.0 289.0 321.1 3.75 9 600 4447 -3.2 -9.9 60 6.7 -5.9 307 9 312.5 313.0 289.4 322.1 3.01 10 550 5130 -7.1 -13.1 63 5.9 -9.4 305 12 315.6 316.1 289.9 323.9 2.54 11 500 5867 -12.0 -16.3 70 4.3 -13.5 301 12 318.4 318.8 290.5 325.6 2.15 12 450 6665 -17.5 -18.7 90 1.2 -17.9 300 9 321.2 321.6 291.1 327.8 1.94 13 400 7536 -23.6 -23.8 99 0.1 -23.7 301 11 324.3 324.5 291.5 329.1 1.40 14 350 8497 -31.0 -33.8 76 2.8 -31.4 264 12 327.0 327.1 291.5 329.3 0.63 15 300 9573 -38.1 -43.9 55 5.8 -38.6 276 37 331.7 331.7 292.4 332.7 0.26 16 250 10807 -46.3 -55.0 36 8.8 -46.6 275 63 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.7 0.09 17 200 12266 -52.5 -64.2 23 11.6 -52.8 268 64 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.8 0.03 18 150 14111 -55.7 -77.7 5 22.0 -56.0 277 36 374.1 374.1 301.3 374.2 0.01 19 100 16652 -61.9 -84.6 3 22.7 -62.1 277 20 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.51 m Freezing level: 645.49 mb = 3866.29 m = 12684.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.08 mb = 3408.20 m = 11181.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.85 % Est. max temperature: 25.70 C = 78.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.76 mb = 907.89 m = 2978.61 ft T: 18.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 16.85 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.55 mb = 1670.72 m = 5481.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.38 C = 77.68 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.00 C Showalter Index: 0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.94 C Cross Totals Index: 22.18 C K Index: 31.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 149.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 161.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.65 mb = 1472.01 m = 4829.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.65 mb = 2024.34 m = 6641.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 348.65 mb = 8524.48 m = 27967.12 ft B at Equ Level: 160.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 268.65 mb = 10320.48 m = 33859.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.5 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 317.5 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.5 neg: -4.8 tot: 6.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 18.02 Bulk Shear: 8.95 m/s