MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 46.42,-72.83 Latitude: 46.42 Longitude: -72.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 997 140 25.7 21.8 79 3.9 22.9 215 6 299.0 302.1 296.1 347.7 16.68 2 950 567 23.7 17.7 69 5.9 19.6 231 21 301.2 303.7 294.6 341.2 13.58 3 900 1038 19.9 16.5 81 3.4 17.6 239 28 302.0 304.4 294.6 341.1 13.24 4 850 1528 16.0 15.1 94 0.9 15.4 246 31 302.9 305.3 294.5 340.8 12.80 5 800 2042 13.0 12.5 97 0.4 12.7 253 34 305.0 307.1 294.1 339.4 11.50 6 750 2583 10.2 8.5 89 1.7 9.2 265 41 307.7 309.4 293.3 336.0 9.34 7 700 3155 6.9 5.8 93 1.0 6.3 270 42 310.1 311.7 293.2 335.6 8.32 8 650 3762 3.4 2.3 92 1.1 2.8 274 41 312.8 314.1 292.9 334.5 6.96 9 600 4407 -0.4 -2.2 88 1.8 -1.3 278 43 315.6 316.7 292.5 332.9 5.42 10 550 5100 -3.5 -5.0 89 1.5 -4.2 285 37 320.0 320.9 293.2 335.6 4.81 11 500 5850 -6.8 -8.2 90 1.4 -7.4 284 35 324.8 325.6 293.9 338.5 4.12 12 450 6666 -11.6 -12.3 94 0.7 -11.9 284 37 328.7 329.3 294.3 339.9 3.30 13 400 7559 -17.1 -18.8 87 1.6 -17.7 287 35 332.7 333.2 294.4 340.4 2.17 14 350 8547 -24.1 -29.4 62 5.3 -25.3 289 34 336.2 336.4 294.3 339.7 0.96 15 300 9651 -32.7 -35.5 77 2.7 -33.1 296 43 339.2 339.4 294.7 341.6 0.62 16 250 10908 -43.2 -51.3 40 8.1 -43.7 291 51 341.8 341.9 294.9 342.4 0.14 17 200 12368 -55.3 -59.4 60 4.1 -55.4 301 58 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.5 0.06 18 150 14147 -67.6 -69.3 79 1.7 -67.6 297 32 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.02 19 100 16643 -60.6 -84.1 3 23.5 -60.9 283 17 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.36 m Freezing level: 605.38 mb = 4337.57 m = 14230.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.19 mb = 4192.39 m = 13754.39 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.50 % Est. max temperature: 29.63 C = 85.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.40 mb = 636.90 m = 2089.54 ft T: 23.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 14.81 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.33 mb = 1414.63 m = 4641.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.32 C = 84.78 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.66 C Showalter Index: -0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.77 C Cross Totals Index: 21.86 C K Index: 36.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 380.27 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 358.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.53 mb = 1196.17 m = 3924.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.53 mb = 1643.49 m = 5391.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 268.53 mb = 10415.03 m = 34169.64 ft B at Equ Level: 357.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.53 mb = 13805.04 m = 45291.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.9 at 35.2 knts Storm direction: 297.9 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 314.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 314.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 4.10 Bulk Shear: 87.35 m/s