MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 42.22,-72.09 Latitude: 42.22 Longitude: -72.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 228 18.0 16.3 90 1.7 16.9 200 3 290.9 293.0 289.9 323.9 11.69 1 1000 251 17.6 15.6 88 2.0 16.3 202 4 290.7 292.7 289.5 322.3 11.21 2 950 688 15.2 13.8 91 1.4 14.4 216 6 292.6 294.5 289.5 322.6 10.52 3 900 1146 13.5 12.0 91 1.4 12.6 227 6 295.4 297.1 289.9 323.8 9.85 4 850 1626 11.0 9.8 92 1.3 10.3 240 4 297.7 299.3 289.9 323.8 8.95 5 800 2130 8.2 7.5 95 0.7 7.8 287 1 299.9 301.4 289.9 323.9 8.15 6 750 2661 5.2 4.2 94 0.9 4.6 350 2 302.2 303.4 289.6 322.9 6.93 7 700 3222 1.9 1.5 97 0.4 1.7 343 4 304.6 305.7 289.7 323.0 6.10 8 650 3817 -1.4 -1.7 98 0.3 -1.6 2 5 307.4 308.4 289.8 323.4 5.20 9 600 4452 -4.6 -5.3 94 0.8 -4.9 25 6 310.8 311.7 290.0 324.3 4.28 10 550 5133 -8.7 -9.5 94 0.8 -9.0 8 4 313.8 314.4 290.2 324.7 3.39 11 500 5866 -12.6 -13.3 94 0.7 -12.9 249 0 317.7 318.2 290.7 326.6 2.74 12 450 6663 -17.5 -17.9 97 0.4 -17.6 276 5 321.3 321.7 291.2 328.3 2.08 13 400 7536 -22.9 -22.9 100 0.0 -22.9 276 14 325.2 325.5 291.9 330.5 1.52 14 350 8501 -30.2 -30.1 100 -0.0 -30.2 257 17 328.1 328.3 292.1 331.3 0.89 15 300 9577 -39.3 -39.2 100 -0.0 -39.2 241 30 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.6 0.42 16 250 10800 -47.3 -52.6 55 5.3 -47.6 237 64 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.2 0.12 17 200 12266 -50.2 -68.7 10 18.5 -50.6 258 51 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.02 18 150 14124 -55.5 -78.1 4 22.6 -55.8 260 33 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.01 19 100 16661 -61.8 -84.0 4 22.2 -62.1 302 19 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5615.47 m Freezing level: 671.36 mb = 3563.18 m = 11690.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.24 mb = 3523.46 m = 11559.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.07 % Est. max temperature: 24.63 C = 76.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.93 mb = 441.02 m = 1446.90 ft T: 16.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 1.56 C Layer 1000.0- 950.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.50 mb = 1263.24 m = 4144.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.02 C = 73.43 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: 2.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.26 C Showalter Index: 1.72 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.63 C Cross Totals Index: 22.37 C K Index: 33.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 124.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7297.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.99 mb = 868.31 m = 2848.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.9 at 3.8 knts Storm direction: 352.9 at 2.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: -0.6 tot: 6.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.23 Bulk Shear: 7.78 m/s