MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 6Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 40.72,-71.36 Latitude: 40.72 Longitude: -71.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 1 23.2 22.4 95 0.8 22.7 101 17 295.7 298.8 295.6 345.2 17.21 1 1000 65 23.1 22.4 96 0.7 22.6 107 22 296.3 299.4 295.8 346.2 17.33 2 950 513 21.3 20.6 96 0.7 20.8 125 26 298.8 301.8 295.8 346.3 16.30 3 900 982 19.7 18.6 94 1.0 18.9 135 27 301.8 304.6 295.8 346.5 15.18 4 850 1474 17.6 16.6 94 1.0 16.9 140 25 304.6 307.2 295.9 346.6 14.11 5 800 1992 15.3 14.2 93 1.1 14.6 135 21 307.5 309.9 295.8 346.3 12.87 6 750 2539 13.4 11.7 90 1.7 12.3 130 18 311.1 313.3 295.8 346.6 11.59 7 700 3119 10.9 8.7 86 2.2 9.5 130 17 314.6 316.5 295.8 346.2 10.16 8 650 3735 8.0 5.5 84 2.5 6.5 132 15 318.0 319.7 295.7 345.7 8.74 9 600 4393 5.0 2.4 83 2.6 3.5 134 13 321.9 323.4 295.8 346.4 7.60 10 550 5100 1.8 -1.0 81 2.9 0.3 136 10 326.2 327.5 296.1 347.5 6.46 11 500 5865 -1.7 -6.4 70 4.7 -4.0 171 0 331.0 332.0 296.0 347.1 4.76 12 450 6698 -6.5 -13.6 57 7.1 -9.5 327 9 335.1 335.7 295.6 345.5 2.97 13 400 7608 -12.6 -28.2 26 15.6 -16.9 324 17 338.5 338.7 294.8 342.0 0.93 14 350 8610 -20.8 -36.2 24 15.4 -23.7 330 16 340.7 340.8 295.0 342.6 0.49 15 300 9729 -29.7 -35.3 58 5.6 -30.6 303 12 343.5 343.6 295.7 345.9 0.63 16 250 10999 -40.6 -46.2 55 5.6 -41.1 278 18 345.7 345.8 295.9 346.7 0.24 17 200 12475 -53.3 -55.1 81 1.8 -53.4 268 23 348.4 348.4 296.4 348.8 0.11 18 150 14262 -67.9 -68.5 92 0.6 -67.9 183 25 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.03 19 100 16721 -65.9 -83.0 7 17.2 -66.0 218 4 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.04 m Freezing level: 523.85 mb = 5500.45 m = 18045.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 547.03 mb = 5143.90 m = 16876.09 ft Precipitable water: 2.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.25 % Est. max temperature: 31.63 C = 88.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.70 mb = 94.02 m = 308.46 ft T: 23.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.58 C/km ThetaE index: 0.92 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.67 mb = 851.06 m = 2792.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.42 C = 83.16 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: 2.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.36 C Showalter Index: 2.54 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 37.49 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.24 C Cross Totals Index: 18.25 C K Index: 33.62 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.84 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2271.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.42 mb = 545.53 m = 1789.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 131.6 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 161.6 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.8 neg: -21.6 tot: 63.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.09 Bulk Shear: 9.67 m/s