MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 42.14,-72.24 Latitude: 42.14 Longitude: -72.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 993 182 26.8 23.9 84 2.9 24.6 223 8 300.5 304.0 298.0 356.7 19.11 2 950 570 24.5 19.4 73 5.1 20.9 223 22 302.1 304.8 295.9 346.6 15.11 3 900 1042 20.6 17.9 85 2.7 18.7 227 25 302.7 305.4 295.7 345.6 14.49 4 850 1534 17.1 16.2 94 1.0 16.5 232 25 304.1 306.6 295.5 344.9 13.72 5 800 2051 14.4 13.0 91 1.4 13.5 239 25 306.5 308.7 294.8 342.1 11.84 6 750 2595 11.9 10.2 90 1.6 10.8 243 24 309.4 311.4 294.7 341.4 10.49 7 700 3171 9.0 7.0 87 2.0 7.8 240 24 312.4 314.2 294.4 340.3 9.00 8 650 3782 5.6 3.2 85 2.3 4.2 232 26 315.3 316.7 294.0 338.7 7.46 9 600 4433 1.6 -0.7 85 2.3 0.4 223 27 318.0 319.2 293.7 337.4 6.08 10 550 5130 -2.6 -4.5 87 1.9 -3.6 217 26 321.0 321.9 293.6 337.1 4.98 11 500 5880 -7.2 -9.4 84 2.2 -8.2 215 26 324.2 325.0 293.5 336.7 3.75 12 450 6695 -11.4 -12.8 89 1.5 -11.9 227 29 329.0 329.6 294.3 339.8 3.17 13 400 7591 -16.2 -16.4 98 0.3 -16.3 236 32 334.0 334.5 295.1 343.2 2.65 14 350 8584 -22.7 -23.1 97 0.4 -22.8 243 34 338.1 338.5 295.3 344.3 1.70 15 300 9695 -31.3 -31.7 97 0.3 -31.4 245 35 341.2 341.4 295.4 344.6 0.90 16 250 10957 -42.2 -42.3 99 0.1 -42.2 244 40 343.4 343.5 295.5 344.9 0.37 17 200 12422 -55.2 -55.3 99 0.0 -55.2 239 44 345.3 345.3 295.7 345.7 0.11 18 150 14202 -66.3 -70.4 56 4.2 -66.3 252 36 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.02 19 100 16672 -63.7 -83.7 5 20.1 -63.8 261 15 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.50 m Freezing level: 580.94 mb = 4698.98 m = 15416.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.27 mb = 4496.80 m = 14753.09 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.28 % Est. max temperature: 30.65 C = 87.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.53 mb = 546.11 m = 1791.67 ft T: 24.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 20.03 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.27 mb = 1311.38 m = 4302.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.70 C = 85.45 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.16 C Showalter Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.37 C Cross Totals Index: 23.40 C K Index: 38.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 926.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.65 mb = 1121.95 m = 3680.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.65 mb = 1467.08 m = 4813.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.65 mb = 13190.17 m = 43274.32 ft B at Equ Level: 909.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.65 mb = 15733.86 m = 51619.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.4 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 258.4 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.9 neg: -2.3 tot: 62.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 110.86 Bulk Shear: 8.36 m/s