MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 42.41,-71.79 Latitude: 42.41 Longitude: -71.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 141 SFC 993 202 26.9 24.2 85 2.7 24.9 225 4 300.7 304.2 298.3 358.1 19.50 2 950 593 24.5 19.0 71 5.5 20.6 248 9 302.1 304.8 295.6 345.5 14.73 3 900 1066 20.9 17.5 81 3.5 18.5 271 10 303.1 305.7 295.4 344.8 14.07 4 850 1559 17.6 15.8 89 1.8 16.4 280 11 304.6 307.0 295.4 344.4 13.37 5 800 2076 14.4 12.9 90 1.6 13.4 289 13 306.5 308.7 294.8 341.8 11.73 6 750 2621 12.5 8.9 79 3.6 10.3 292 12 310.2 312.0 294.2 339.6 9.61 7 700 3198 9.5 5.6 76 4.0 7.2 283 13 313.1 314.6 293.9 338.4 8.16 8 650 3810 6.1 0.6 68 5.5 3.1 273 14 315.9 317.1 293.2 335.4 6.17 9 600 4461 2.1 -5.6 57 7.7 -1.6 268 15 318.5 319.3 292.3 332.1 4.19 10 550 5158 -2.5 -9.8 57 7.3 -5.7 265 18 321.1 321.8 292.3 332.1 3.32 11 500 5908 -6.8 -13.1 61 6.3 -9.3 272 19 324.7 325.3 292.8 334.1 2.78 12 450 6724 -11.3 -14.4 78 3.1 -12.5 265 19 329.0 329.6 294.0 338.6 2.79 13 400 7618 -17.2 -17.8 95 0.6 -17.4 272 24 332.6 333.0 294.5 340.8 2.36 14 350 8606 -24.1 -25.1 91 1.1 -24.3 273 34 336.3 336.6 294.7 341.5 1.42 15 300 9711 -32.7 -33.8 90 1.1 -32.9 265 36 339.3 339.4 294.8 342.0 0.73 16 250 10967 -42.9 -44.4 85 1.5 -43.0 274 38 342.3 342.3 295.1 343.4 0.30 17 200 12433 -54.2 -57.9 64 3.7 -54.4 265 31 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.2 0.08 18 150 14219 -65.5 -69.7 56 4.2 -65.6 277 33 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.3 0.02 19 100 16701 -63.8 -83.4 5 19.6 -64.0 295 12 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.12 m Freezing level: 577.23 mb = 4778.62 m = 15677.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.29 mb = 4230.15 m = 13878.29 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.22 % Est. max temperature: 31.07 C = 87.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.02 mb = 546.89 m = 1794.24 ft T: 24.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 25.98 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.96 mb = 1458.21 m = 4784.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.50 C = 86.90 F Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lifted Index: -3.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.49 C Showalter Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.39 C Cross Totals Index: 22.58 C K Index: 36.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 926.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.00 mb = 1191.09 m = 3907.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 822.00 mb = 1844.33 m = 6050.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.00 mb = 12686.75 m = 41622.69 ft B at Equ Level: 919.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.00 mb = 15483.58 m = 50798.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.2 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 303.2 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.6 neg: -0.7 tot: 21.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 105.34 Bulk Shear: 8.80 m/s