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: 42.45,-72.02 Latitude: 42.45 Longitude: -72.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 983 289 26.2 24.6 91 1.6 25.0 225 3 300.8 304.5 298.8 360.3 20.21 2 950 593 24.8 19.0 70 5.8 20.8 254 8 302.4 305.1 295.7 346.0 14.75 3 900 1066 21.1 17.6 80 3.5 18.7 271 10 303.2 305.9 295.6 345.3 14.20 4 850 1559 17.3 16.2 93 1.2 16.5 276 13 304.3 306.8 295.6 345.2 13.73 5 800 2076 14.5 12.8 90 1.6 13.4 286 15 306.6 308.7 294.7 341.8 11.72 6 750 2621 12.6 8.8 78 3.8 10.3 297 13 310.3 312.1 294.2 339.5 9.55 7 700 3198 9.7 5.2 73 4.5 7.0 286 12 313.2 314.8 293.8 337.9 7.94 8 650 3810 6.2 -0.3 63 6.5 2.7 271 13 316.0 317.1 292.9 334.2 5.76 9 600 4462 2.0 -5.9 56 7.9 -1.8 265 15 318.4 319.2 292.2 331.7 4.11 10 550 5158 -2.6 -9.6 59 7.0 -5.7 265 18 321.0 321.6 292.3 332.0 3.36 11 500 5908 -7.0 -12.7 63 5.8 -9.3 272 19 324.5 325.1 292.9 334.2 2.87 12 450 6723 -11.4 -13.6 84 2.2 -12.3 266 21 328.9 329.5 294.1 339.0 2.97 13 400 7617 -17.2 -17.9 94 0.7 -17.4 271 25 332.7 333.1 294.6 340.9 2.35 14 350 8605 -23.9 -25.5 87 1.6 -24.3 271 35 336.5 336.8 294.7 341.5 1.37 15 300 9711 -32.7 -33.6 92 0.9 -32.9 265 38 339.3 339.4 294.8 342.1 0.75 16 250 10966 -42.9 -45.1 78 2.2 -43.0 271 39 342.3 342.4 295.1 343.4 0.27 17 200 12433 -54.2 -58.1 62 3.9 -54.4 266 31 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.2 0.07 18 150 14218 -65.5 -69.7 56 4.2 -65.5 276 33 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.02 19 100 16701 -63.6 -83.4 5 19.8 -63.8 297 11 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.35 m Freezing level: 578.55 mb = 4760.30 m = 15617.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.17 mb = 4192.46 m = 13754.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.83 % Est. max temperature: 30.42 C = 86.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.57 mb = 486.42 m = 1595.85 ft T: 25.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 28.58 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.35 mb = 1454.35 m = 4771.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.47 C = 85.05 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -3.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.30 C Cross Totals Index: 23.14 C K Index: 35.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 940.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.01 mb = 1259.41 m = 4131.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 835.01 mb = 1710.43 m = 5611.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.01 mb = 12590.04 m = 41305.39 ft B at Equ Level: 939.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.01 mb = 15333.91 m = 50307.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.7 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 303.7 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.5 neg: -2.0 tot: 26.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 112.97 Bulk Shear: 8.33 m/s