MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F240.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F240.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10 day GFS valid 0Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 42.18,-72.02 Latitude: 42.18 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 93 SFC 984 237 23.0 21.9 93 1.1 22.2 284 8 297.6 300.6 296.0 346.9 17.02 2 950 542 24.3 19.3 74 4.9 20.8 290 21 301.8 304.6 295.7 346.0 15.00 3 900 1015 21.3 17.8 80 3.5 18.9 268 18 303.5 306.1 295.8 346.3 14.42 4 850 1509 17.8 16.1 90 1.7 16.6 251 19 304.7 307.3 295.6 345.4 13.64 5 800 2026 14.8 13.7 93 1.2 14.1 242 20 307.0 309.3 295.3 344.3 12.38 6 750 2570 11.7 11.0 95 0.7 11.3 244 22 309.3 311.4 295.1 343.1 11.08 7 700 3146 8.5 8.1 97 0.4 8.3 250 27 311.9 313.8 294.8 342.0 9.76 8 650 3755 4.8 4.0 94 0.8 4.4 257 28 314.4 315.9 294.1 339.0 7.87 9 600 4404 1.0 -1.8 82 2.7 -0.4 268 22 317.2 318.3 293.1 335.1 5.60 10 550 5100 -1.8 -4.8 80 3.0 -3.3 264 23 321.9 322.9 293.7 337.8 4.86 11 500 5854 -5.4 -9.3 74 3.9 -7.2 264 27 326.4 327.2 294.1 339.1 3.78 12 450 6672 -10.5 -14.1 75 3.6 -11.9 265 28 330.0 330.6 294.3 339.8 2.86 13 400 7567 -16.9 -18.6 87 1.6 -17.5 266 30 333.0 333.4 294.5 340.7 2.21 14 350 8556 -23.8 -24.4 94 0.6 -23.9 257 33 336.7 337.0 294.8 342.2 1.51 15 300 9663 -32.4 -33.2 92 0.8 -32.5 261 40 339.7 339.9 295.0 342.7 0.78 16 250 10921 -42.5 -44.6 80 2.1 -42.7 267 43 342.9 342.9 295.3 344.0 0.29 17 200 12387 -54.7 -57.5 72 2.7 -54.8 253 35 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.4 0.08 18 150 14167 -66.6 -68.9 73 2.3 -66.7 253 40 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.4 0.02 19 100 16643 -64.1 -84.0 5 19.9 -64.3 245 16 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.85 m Freezing level: 582.93 mb = 4641.89 m = 15229.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.67 mb = 4341.36 m = 14243.14 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.82 % Est. max temperature: 30.87 C = 87.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.77 mb = 379.66 m = 1245.60 ft T: 23.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 11.19 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.48 mb = 1544.07 m = 5065.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.31 C = 86.55 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: -1.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Showalter Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.18 C Cross Totals Index: 21.49 C K Index: 38.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 604.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.21 mb = 1167.76 m = 3831.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.21 mb = 2248.13 m = 7375.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.21 mb = 12411.97 m = 40721.19 ft B at Equ Level: 599.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.21 mb = 15078.38 m = 49469.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.4 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 289.4 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.9 neg: -13.9 tot: 20.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 37.97 Bulk Shear: 15.93 m/s