MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 13 AUG 25 Station: 44.45,-72.26 Latitude: 44.45 Longitude: -72.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 SFC 967 406 20.3 16.6 79 3.7 17.8 229 2 296.3 298.6 292.3 332.0 12.38 2 950 557 23.0 14.8 60 8.2 17.6 230 8 300.5 302.6 292.7 333.5 11.22 3 900 1026 20.0 11.3 57 8.8 14.5 266 14 302.2 303.9 291.7 329.9 9.36 4 850 1516 16.0 8.8 62 7.2 11.6 291 20 302.9 304.5 291.1 328.0 8.39 5 800 2028 11.5 7.2 75 4.3 8.9 299 21 303.4 304.9 290.9 327.2 7.97 6 750 2564 6.8 4.9 88 1.9 5.8 291 19 304.0 305.3 290.5 325.8 7.27 7 700 3127 3.2 0.4 82 2.8 1.7 297 19 306.0 307.0 289.7 323.2 5.63 8 650 3728 2.8 -17.4 21 20.2 -4.4 268 26 312.1 312.4 287.8 317.1 1.50 9 600 4372 0.0 -29.9 8 30.0 -7.9 262 28 316.2 316.3 288.1 318.0 0.53 10 550 5062 -4.6 -32.2 10 27.6 -11.2 259 28 318.6 318.7 288.8 320.3 0.47 11 500 5803 -10.1 -38.5 8 28.3 -15.4 255 31 320.7 320.8 289.3 321.7 0.28 12 450 6607 -14.7 -45.2 6 30.5 -19.3 251 35 324.7 324.8 290.3 325.3 0.15 13 400 7490 -20.0 -45.0 9 24.9 -23.4 247 45 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.6 0.17 14 350 8463 -28.2 -45.5 18 17.3 -30.0 247 54 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.5 0.19 15 300 9553 -35.1 -53.6 13 18.5 -36.4 236 75 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.2 0.09 16 250 10803 -42.9 -48.6 53 5.7 -43.3 233 94 342.3 342.3 295.0 343.0 0.18 17 200 12271 -53.4 -64.3 25 10.9 -53.7 235 97 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.03 18 150 14098 -56.4 -77.5 5 21.1 -56.7 248 55 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.01 19 100 16651 -59.9 -84.1 3 24.2 -60.2 245 28 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.22 m Freezing level: 599.64 mb = 4376.66 m = 14358.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.90 mb = 3291.94 m = 10800.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.91 % Est. max temperature: 27.18 C = 80.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.78 mb = 885.01 m = 2903.53 ft T: 20.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.96 C/km ThetaE index: 16.39 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.89 mb = 2154.53 m = 7068.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.47 C = 81.45 F Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lifted Index: 0.59 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.56 C Showalter Index: 2.11 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.15 C Cross Totals Index: 18.91 C K Index: 32.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.13 mb = 1880.13 m = 6168.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.13 mb = 2463.19 m = 8081.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 669.13 mb = 3492.48 m = 11458.12 ft B at Equ Level: 46.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 599.13 mb = 4383.15 m = 14380.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.6 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 299.6 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.0 neg: -4.7 tot: 55.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.41 Bulk Shear: 33.76 m/s