MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 46.46,-72.81 Latitude: 46.46 Longitude: -72.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 SFC 996 145 23.1 21.9 93 1.2 22.3 291 6 296.6 299.7 295.6 345.2 16.82 2 950 559 23.1 18.6 76 4.4 20.0 270 24 300.6 303.2 295.0 342.8 14.38 3 900 1029 20.0 16.9 82 3.1 17.9 261 32 302.1 304.6 294.8 342.2 13.57 4 850 1520 16.6 15.3 92 1.3 15.7 259 37 303.5 305.9 294.8 342.1 12.98 5 800 2036 14.0 12.9 93 1.1 13.3 263 40 306.0 308.2 294.6 341.3 11.74 6 750 2578 10.5 10.2 98 0.3 10.3 270 43 308.0 309.9 294.3 339.7 10.46 7 700 3151 7.3 5.9 90 1.5 6.5 275 44 310.6 312.2 293.4 336.2 8.32 8 650 3758 4.0 2.3 89 1.7 3.1 282 39 313.5 314.8 293.2 335.3 6.97 9 600 4406 0.7 -0.9 89 1.6 -0.1 286 36 317.0 318.1 293.3 336.0 5.99 10 550 5101 -2.5 -4.1 88 1.7 -3.3 291 31 321.2 322.2 293.8 337.8 5.12 11 500 5853 -6.1 -8.8 81 2.7 -7.4 285 27 325.6 326.4 294.0 338.7 3.92 12 450 6672 -10.3 -16.2 62 5.9 -12.5 286 24 330.3 330.8 294.0 338.6 2.40 13 400 7569 -16.4 -26.4 42 10.0 -19.0 291 25 333.6 333.9 293.7 337.7 1.11 14 350 8558 -24.2 -29.0 64 4.8 -25.2 290 29 336.2 336.4 294.3 339.8 0.99 15 300 9662 -32.8 -38.3 58 5.5 -33.5 292 33 339.2 339.3 294.6 341.0 0.47 16 250 10919 -42.8 -53.1 32 10.2 -43.4 283 47 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.9 0.11 17 200 12381 -55.4 -59.8 58 4.4 -55.5 294 49 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.4 0.06 18 150 14158 -67.2 -69.8 69 2.6 -67.2 287 31 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.5 0.02 19 100 16646 -60.6 -84.0 3 23.5 -60.9 280 15 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.78 m Freezing level: 588.39 mb = 4567.15 m = 14983.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.54 mb = 4384.84 m = 14385.79 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.55 % Est. max temperature: 30.21 C = 86.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.39 mb = 300.80 m = 986.87 ft T: 23.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.97 C/km ThetaE index: 9.92 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.50 mb = 1394.80 m = 4576.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.65 C = 85.38 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.32 C Showalter Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.69 C Cross Totals Index: 21.42 C K Index: 36.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 256.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.53 mb = 1023.74 m = 3358.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 785.53 mb = 2189.00 m = 7181.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 455.53 mb = 6576.93 m = 21577.60 ft B at Equ Level: 191.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.53 mb = 13549.15 m = 44452.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.5 at 34.4 knts Storm direction: 305.5 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 5.7 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 200.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 6.24 Bulk Shear: 41.18 m/s