MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 18Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 42.76,-71.52 Latitude: 42.76 Longitude: -71.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 117 19.3 17.2 88 2.1 17.9 214 6 292.3 294.5 291.0 327.6 12.44 1 1000 131 19.6 15.7 78 3.9 17.0 217 9 292.7 294.7 290.2 324.7 11.26 2 950 571 16.2 12.3 78 3.8 13.8 213 19 293.6 295.3 289.0 320.9 9.52 3 900 1029 12.9 10.0 82 2.9 11.2 208 24 294.8 296.3 288.6 319.5 8.58 4 850 1507 9.7 7.7 88 2.0 8.5 207 26 296.3 297.7 288.4 318.9 7.78 5 800 2008 6.1 4.3 88 1.8 5.2 213 26 297.7 298.9 287.7 316.9 6.54 6 750 2534 2.4 1.2 92 1.2 1.8 220 26 299.2 300.2 287.3 315.8 5.59 7 700 3088 -0.9 -1.2 98 0.3 -1.0 225 26 301.5 302.5 287.6 316.7 5.03 8 650 3677 -4.2 -5.4 91 1.2 -4.7 226 27 304.2 304.9 287.5 316.3 3.93 9 600 4305 -7.1 -13.8 59 6.7 -9.5 226 28 307.9 308.3 287.1 314.9 2.18 10 550 4978 -11.5 -20.9 46 9.3 -14.1 230 29 310.4 310.7 287.0 314.8 1.32 11 500 5701 -16.5 -26.4 42 9.9 -18.7 233 33 312.9 313.0 287.4 315.9 0.88 12 450 6484 -22.0 -30.6 46 8.6 -23.5 233 36 315.6 315.7 288.1 317.9 0.66 13 400 7339 -28.3 -32.6 67 4.3 -29.0 227 40 318.1 318.3 288.8 320.3 0.62 14 350 8281 -35.8 -35.8 100 -0.0 -35.8 228 43 320.5 320.6 289.5 322.4 0.52 15 300 9333 -44.7 -44.7 100 0.0 -44.7 229 43 322.3 322.3 289.8 323.2 0.24 16 250 10525 -54.4 -54.5 99 0.1 -54.4 227 47 325.2 325.2 290.5 325.5 0.09 17 200 11953 -52.5 -66.9 16 14.4 -52.8 231 50 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 13813 -52.2 -81.1 2 28.8 -52.7 236 39 380.1 380.1 302.2 380.1 0.00 19 100 16424 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.7 238 19 423.2 423.2 308.1 423.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5569.43 m Freezing level: 713.01 mb = 2944.09 m = 9658.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 717.69 mb = 2887.78 m = 9474.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.98 % Est. max temperature: 23.21 C = 73.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.38 mb = 380.29 m = 1247.67 ft T: 17.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 11.79 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.32 mb = 1232.82 m = 4044.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.43 C = 72.37 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.93 C Showalter Index: 0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.20 C Cross Totals Index: 24.24 C K Index: 33.61 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 286.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 243.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.50 mb = 1014.71 m = 3329.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 836.50 mb = 1639.31 m = 5378.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 376.50 mb = 7766.50 m = 25480.34 ft B at Equ Level: 243.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.50 mb = 10880.29 m = 35696.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.5 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 252.5 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 3.1 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 81.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 11.89 Bulk Shear: 20.52 m/s