MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 42.01,-72.06 Latitude: 42.01 Longitude: -72.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 989 195 29.1 23.3 71 5.8 24.9 235 9 303.2 306.6 298.4 358.3 18.55 2 950 554 25.4 19.1 68 6.2 21.0 241 21 302.9 305.7 296.0 346.9 14.85 3 900 1027 21.7 17.0 75 4.7 18.5 246 28 303.9 306.5 295.4 344.6 13.69 4 850 1522 18.1 15.3 84 2.8 16.2 252 30 305.1 307.5 295.2 343.8 12.95 5 800 2039 14.4 11.9 85 2.5 12.8 256 30 306.5 308.6 294.3 339.7 11.03 6 750 2582 11.6 7.2 74 4.4 9.0 258 32 309.2 310.8 293.2 335.3 8.54 7 700 3157 8.5 4.7 77 3.9 6.3 257 36 311.9 313.4 293.2 335.7 7.65 8 650 3767 4.9 0.5 73 4.4 2.5 257 38 314.5 315.7 292.7 333.8 6.13 9 600 4416 1.4 -5.5 60 6.8 -1.9 257 38 317.7 318.5 292.1 331.4 4.24 10 550 5112 -2.1 -22.1 20 20.1 -8.5 258 36 321.6 321.9 290.5 325.7 1.18 11 500 5863 -6.3 -24.9 21 18.6 -11.7 261 34 325.4 325.6 291.5 329.0 1.02 12 450 6679 -11.3 -30.0 20 18.7 -15.9 262 35 329.0 329.1 292.2 331.6 0.70 13 400 7571 -17.8 -36.2 18 18.4 -21.2 260 36 331.9 332.0 292.7 333.5 0.43 14 350 8555 -25.3 -43.7 16 18.3 -27.6 260 39 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.5 0.23 15 300 9654 -33.6 -47.1 24 13.6 -34.8 248 51 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.8 0.18 16 250 10906 -43.6 -47.0 69 3.4 -43.8 243 59 341.3 341.3 294.8 342.1 0.22 17 200 12366 -55.5 -57.4 79 2.0 -55.5 248 57 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.3 0.08 18 150 14154 -63.8 -71.2 35 7.5 -63.8 243 52 360.2 360.2 298.8 360.3 0.02 19 100 16647 -62.9 -83.9 4 21.0 -63.1 255 21 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.10 m Freezing level: 580.24 mb = 4691.10 m = 15390.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.49 mb = 4130.71 m = 13552.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.00 % Est. max temperature: 31.29 C = 88.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.40 mb = 926.84 m = 3040.79 ft T: 22.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 22.94 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.58 mb = 1596.53 m = 5237.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.19 C = 88.14 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.55 C Showalter Index: -0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.31 C Cross Totals Index: 21.53 C K Index: 35.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1229.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.18 mb = 1358.68 m = 4457.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 821.18 mb = 1815.96 m = 5957.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.18 mb = 12980.62 m = 42586.82 ft B at Equ Level: 1208.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.18 mb = 15465.99 m = 50740.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.8 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 285.8 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 134.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.90 Bulk Rich Number: 32.04 Bulk Shear: 38.39 m/s