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: 46.75,-71.88 Latitude: 46.75 Longitude: -71.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 981 217 25.6 21.3 77 4.3 22.5 205 10 300.4 303.5 296.4 348.7 16.46 2 950 494 22.7 17.6 73 5.0 19.2 212 19 300.2 302.7 294.3 339.7 13.48 3 900 962 18.5 15.7 84 2.8 16.7 219 24 300.6 302.9 293.7 337.5 12.59 4 850 1451 15.4 13.1 86 2.3 13.9 230 29 302.3 304.3 293.2 335.4 11.19 5 800 1963 12.0 9.5 85 2.5 10.4 237 32 303.9 305.7 292.2 331.9 9.36 6 750 2501 8.1 5.3 83 2.7 6.5 242 33 305.4 306.7 291.2 328.0 7.49 7 700 3068 4.9 0.7 74 4.2 2.7 245 31 307.9 309.0 290.5 325.6 5.75 8 650 3669 1.1 -4.0 69 5.0 -1.3 244 32 310.2 311.0 289.9 323.9 4.39 9 600 4308 -3.0 -11.4 52 8.5 -6.3 241 36 312.7 313.2 289.1 321.2 2.65 10 550 4991 -7.1 -22.0 29 14.9 -11.5 240 43 315.7 315.9 288.6 319.7 1.19 11 500 5728 -10.8 -23.7 34 12.9 -14.3 243 47 319.9 320.1 289.9 323.8 1.13 12 450 6530 -16.0 -28.2 34 12.2 -18.8 245 50 323.2 323.3 290.6 326.1 0.83 13 400 7408 -21.2 -38.3 20 17.1 -23.9 236 65 327.5 327.5 291.4 328.8 0.35 14 350 8379 -28.5 -42.1 26 13.6 -30.1 233 77 330.4 330.4 292.1 331.4 0.27 15 300 9462 -37.7 -41.3 69 3.6 -38.0 230 82 332.3 332.3 292.7 333.6 0.34 16 250 10694 -47.1 -50.1 71 3.0 -47.2 232 87 336.1 336.1 293.5 336.7 0.16 17 200 12145 -53.3 -61.9 34 8.6 -53.5 230 74 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.05 18 150 13994 -53.1 -80.9 2 27.7 -53.6 240 54 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16584 -56.9 -84.5 2 27.6 -57.3 242 30 417.8 417.8 307.4 417.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.48 m Freezing level: 636.74 mb = 3837.96 m = 12591.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.66 mb = 3463.30 m = 11362.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.58 % Est. max temperature: 28.07 C = 82.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.85 mb = 763.84 m = 2506.00 ft T: 20.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 29.02 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.55 mb = 1345.57 m = 4414.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.08 C = 80.75 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -3.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.82 C Showalter Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.16 C Cross Totals Index: 23.83 C K Index: 35.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 336.02 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1172.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.69 mb = 1167.12 m = 3829.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 833.69 mb = 1614.70 m = 5297.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.69 mb = 11132.31 m = 36522.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1168.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.69 mb = 13837.18 m = 45397.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.8 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 268.8 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 155.5 neg: -0.2 tot: 155.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.10 Bulk Rich Number: 20.64 Bulk Shear: 56.81 m/s