MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 46.5,-72.43 Latitude: 46.50 Longitude: -72.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 999 67 18.9 16.4 85 2.5 17.2 319 6 292.1 294.2 290.5 325.6 11.81 2 950 499 15.0 12.3 84 2.7 13.3 304 7 292.4 294.1 288.6 319.5 9.51 3 900 955 12.0 10.1 88 1.9 10.9 267 8 293.9 295.4 288.3 318.7 8.64 4 850 1432 9.3 7.6 89 1.7 8.3 253 11 295.9 297.3 288.2 318.3 7.72 5 800 1933 6.4 4.7 89 1.7 5.5 254 11 298.0 299.2 288.0 317.6 6.69 6 750 2460 3.6 -0.2 76 3.8 1.7 247 13 300.5 301.4 287.3 315.6 5.03 7 700 3017 0.1 -3.3 78 3.3 -1.5 241 16 302.6 303.3 287.3 315.6 4.29 8 650 3607 -3.6 -7.0 77 3.4 -5.0 241 18 304.9 305.6 287.3 315.7 3.48 9 600 4235 -7.2 -11.3 73 4.1 -8.7 239 20 307.8 308.3 287.5 316.3 2.69 10 550 4909 -11.1 -15.6 70 4.4 -12.6 233 22 310.9 311.3 287.9 317.6 2.07 11 500 5634 -15.6 -22.7 54 7.1 -17.4 235 25 314.1 314.3 288.2 318.2 1.24 12 450 6421 -21.1 -26.8 60 5.7 -22.3 237 36 316.7 316.9 288.7 320.0 0.95 13 400 7278 -27.9 -36.5 44 8.6 -29.0 235 39 318.8 318.8 288.8 320.3 0.42 14 350 8223 -34.9 -41.7 50 6.7 -35.6 233 50 321.6 321.7 289.6 322.7 0.28 15 300 9281 -42.5 -48.8 50 6.3 -42.9 230 62 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.0 0.15 16 250 10493 -48.1 -59.1 27 11.0 -48.5 222 70 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.05 17 200 11970 -47.0 -75.9 2 28.9 -47.7 221 68 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 18 150 13861 -49.4 -79.2 2 29.8 -50.1 231 42 385.0 385.0 303.1 385.0 0.01 19 100 16500 -52.9 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.5 235 25 425.6 425.6 308.3 425.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5573.06 m Freezing level: 699.11 mb = 3027.61 m = 9933.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.33 mb = 2752.40 m = 9030.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.78 % Est. max temperature: 22.73 C = 72.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.64 mb = 386.14 m = 1266.85 ft T: 16.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 10.01 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.39 mb = 951.33 m = 3121.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.65 C = 69.16 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: 0.42 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.66 C Showalter Index: 1.77 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.87 C Cross Totals Index: 23.15 C K Index: 29.13 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 137.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 68.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.69 mb = 809.20 m = 2654.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.69 mb = 1621.80 m = 5320.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 520.69 mb = 5325.58 m = 17472.16 ft B at Equ Level: 67.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 370.69 mb = 7816.71 m = 25645.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.1 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 273.1 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.4 neg: -1.2 tot: 12.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.32 Bulk Shear: 29.45 m/s