MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 42.48,-71.62 Latitude: 42.48 Longitude: -71.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 20.0 14.3 70 5.7 16.4 243 5 292.6 294.4 289.2 321.6 10.22 1 1000 196 19.2 13.8 71 5.4 15.8 248 8 292.3 294.1 288.9 320.6 9.95 2 950 638 20.7 12.9 61 7.8 15.8 272 14 298.2 300.0 290.9 327.1 9.92 3 900 1105 18.8 11.5 62 7.3 14.1 292 10 300.9 302.6 291.4 328.8 9.48 4 850 1593 15.1 7.1 58 8.1 10.4 291 8 302.0 303.4 290.0 324.2 7.45 5 800 2103 11.2 4.9 65 6.4 7.6 309 8 303.1 304.3 289.8 323.4 6.78 6 750 2638 7.2 1.9 69 5.2 4.4 335 8 304.4 305.5 289.4 322.2 5.88 7 700 3203 4.8 -2.8 58 7.6 1.1 332 10 307.8 308.6 289.2 321.5 4.44 8 650 3807 3.9 -10.0 35 13.9 -2.0 325 16 313.4 313.9 289.5 322.3 2.76 9 600 4453 0.5 -12.7 36 13.2 -4.8 315 19 316.7 317.2 290.2 324.7 2.40 10 550 5147 -3.0 -17.2 33 14.2 -8.1 309 22 320.5 320.8 290.7 326.6 1.80 11 500 5895 -7.3 -19.5 37 12.2 -11.4 312 23 324.1 324.4 291.6 329.7 1.62 12 450 6708 -12.3 -19.2 56 6.9 -14.5 316 26 327.8 328.2 292.9 334.3 1.86 13 400 7598 -18.4 -29.5 37 11.2 -20.9 324 32 331.1 331.3 292.9 334.2 0.83 14 350 8581 -25.1 -37.4 31 12.3 -27.0 334 34 335.0 335.1 293.5 336.7 0.44 15 300 9683 -33.0 -44.3 31 11.3 -34.1 346 31 338.9 339.0 294.3 339.9 0.25 16 250 10934 -44.5 -47.4 73 2.9 -44.7 342 31 339.9 339.9 294.5 340.7 0.21 17 200 12387 -55.9 -57.5 82 1.7 -55.9 352 39 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.7 0.08 18 150 14166 -67.0 -68.5 81 1.5 -67.0 341 38 354.6 354.6 297.7 354.8 0.03 19 100 16654 -62.5 -84.2 4 21.7 -62.7 321 14 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.83 m Freezing level: 592.52 mb = 4556.99 m = 14950.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.70 mb = 3407.09 m = 11177.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.10 % Est. max temperature: 29.31 C = 84.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.62 mb = 862.62 m = 2830.09 ft T: 19.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.49 C/km ThetaE index: 7.30 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.18 mb = 2268.75 m = 7443.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.95 C = 87.72 F Cap Strength: 5.59 C Lifted Index: 6.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.10 C Showalter Index: 6.80 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.48 C Cross Totals Index: 14.40 C K Index: 21.96 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 123.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7557.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.08 mb = 1472.32 m = 4830.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.5 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 339.5 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.8 neg: -11.0 tot: 28.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.23 Bulk Shear: 14.80 m/s