MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F207.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F207.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 207 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 42.3,-71.86 Latitude: 42.30 Longitude: -71.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 988 215 21.9 21.6 98 0.4 21.7 222 9 296.1 299.1 295.3 344.0 16.62 2 950 556 21.0 19.4 91 1.5 19.9 238 22 298.5 301.2 294.9 342.5 15.13 3 900 1025 19.6 15.5 77 4.2 16.8 244 22 301.7 304.0 293.9 338.3 12.38 4 850 1516 17.3 13.0 76 4.3 14.5 243 20 304.3 306.3 293.7 337.5 11.13 5 800 2033 14.8 10.6 76 4.2 12.1 242 20 306.9 308.8 293.7 337.3 10.08 6 750 2578 11.7 8.2 79 3.5 9.5 234 20 309.2 310.9 293.6 337.0 9.11 7 700 3152 8.0 5.6 85 2.4 6.6 224 23 311.3 312.9 293.4 336.5 8.17 8 650 3761 4.0 2.8 92 1.2 3.3 219 26 313.5 314.9 293.3 336.1 7.23 9 600 4409 0.7 -0.0 95 0.8 0.3 219 31 317.0 318.2 293.6 337.2 6.38 10 550 5106 -2.3 -3.3 93 1.0 -2.8 220 32 321.3 322.4 294.1 339.0 5.46 11 500 5859 -6.0 -6.9 93 0.9 -6.5 226 32 325.7 326.6 294.5 340.8 4.55 12 450 6678 -10.5 -11.2 94 0.8 -10.8 234 31 330.1 330.8 294.9 342.3 3.60 13 400 7575 -16.0 -16.3 97 0.3 -16.1 240 32 334.2 334.8 295.2 343.6 2.68 14 350 8567 -22.8 -22.8 100 0.0 -22.8 240 32 338.0 338.3 295.3 344.3 1.74 15 300 9678 -31.2 -31.2 100 -0.0 -31.2 231 31 341.4 341.6 295.5 344.9 0.94 16 250 10941 -41.6 -41.6 100 -0.0 -41.6 222 33 344.2 344.3 295.7 345.8 0.40 17 200 12412 -54.5 -54.5 99 0.1 -54.5 214 36 346.5 346.5 296.0 347.0 0.12 18 150 14188 -66.8 -67.9 87 1.0 -66.9 241 31 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.0 0.03 19 100 16677 -63.5 -82.8 6 19.4 -63.6 286 17 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.21 m Freezing level: 587.93 mb = 4577.40 m = 15017.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.01 mb = 4476.05 m = 14685.03 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.46 % Est. max temperature: 30.69 C = 87.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.88 mb = 260.62 m = 855.04 ft T: 21.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 7.92 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.55 mb = 1662.52 m = 5454.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.81 C = 87.47 F Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lifted Index: 0.29 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Showalter Index: 1.81 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.33 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.32 C Cross Totals Index: 19.01 C K Index: 33.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.35 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 77.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 103.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.92 mb = 958.40 m = 3144.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.92 mb = 3129.67 m = 10267.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 511.92 mb = 5672.61 m = 18610.70 ft B at Equ Level: 76.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 371.92 mb = 8115.85 m = 26626.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.0 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 258.0 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.1 neg: -3.6 tot: 29.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 9.18 Bulk Shear: 8.46 m/s