MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 19 AUG 25 Station: 52,-70.35 Latitude: 52.00 Longitude: -70.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 1 950 551 SFC 932 707 10.6 7.1 79 3.5 8.7 233 7 289.5 290.7 284.8 308.8 6.81 3 900 1001 8.7 4.9 77 3.8 6.7 229 17 290.4 291.5 284.4 307.7 6.03 4 850 1471 5.0 3.0 87 2.0 3.9 220 20 291.3 292.3 284.4 307.4 5.59 5 800 1963 1.3 0.4 94 0.9 0.8 216 21 292.5 293.4 284.1 306.8 4.92 6 750 2480 -2.0 -2.9 94 0.8 -2.4 221 21 294.4 295.1 284.0 306.5 4.13 7 700 3025 -5.3 -6.5 91 1.2 -5.8 226 23 296.6 297.2 284.1 306.7 3.36 8 650 3603 -8.8 -9.4 96 0.6 -9.1 228 25 299.0 299.5 284.5 307.7 2.88 9 600 4218 -12.8 -14.2 89 1.4 -13.3 234 27 301.3 301.7 284.5 307.9 2.11 10 550 4876 -17.4 -18.1 94 0.7 -17.6 241 28 303.4 303.7 284.8 308.7 1.67 11 500 5583 -22.6 -22.6 100 0.0 -22.6 248 27 305.5 305.8 285.2 309.6 1.25 12 450 6347 -28.3 -28.3 100 0.0 -28.3 251 29 307.7 307.8 285.5 310.4 0.82 13 400 7182 -34.0 -35.2 89 1.2 -34.1 250 36 310.8 310.9 286.2 312.5 0.48 14 350 8105 -40.4 -47.5 46 7.1 -40.8 253 43 314.3 314.3 287.1 314.9 0.15 15 300 9138 -47.4 -52.2 58 4.8 -47.6 253 51 318.6 318.6 288.4 318.9 0.10 16 250 10332 -50.6 -61.5 26 10.9 -50.8 255 59 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.0 0.04 17 200 11797 -46.7 -76.1 2 29.5 -47.3 259 49 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 18 150 13704 -46.8 -77.3 2 30.5 -47.7 267 42 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.01 19 100 16375 -49.7 -79.5 2 29.7 -50.7 267 25 431.7 431.7 309.0 431.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5463.64 m Freezing level: 780.87 mb = 2160.54 m = 7088.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 786.97 mb = 2094.38 m = 6871.24 ft Precipitable water: 0.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.42 % Est. max temperature: 14.18 C = 57.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.80 mb = 1141.22 m = 3744.13 ft T: 7.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 2.26 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.88 mb = 1665.46 m = 5464.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.87 C = 55.16 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: 1.20 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: 1.38 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 53.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.53 C Cross Totals Index: 25.56 C K Index: 29.35 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 270.36 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.10 mb = 1537.36 m = 5043.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.10 mb = 2082.90 m = 6833.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 678.10 mb = 3272.82 m = 10737.47 ft B at Equ Level: 12.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 588.10 mb = 4369.95 m = 14336.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.1 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 265.1 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.4 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.2 neg: -1.8 tot: 59.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.90 Bulk Shear: 14.51 m/s