MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 46.71,-69.57 Latitude: 46.71 Longitude: -69.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 SFC 974 369 12.5 12.3 99 0.2 12.4 124 2 287.8 289.4 286.6 313.7 9.27 2 950 582 11.2 11.1 99 0.1 11.1 141 7 288.5 290.1 286.4 313.0 8.73 3 900 1033 8.9 8.8 100 0.0 8.9 162 12 290.6 292.0 286.4 313.2 7.93 4 850 1504 6.3 6.1 99 0.2 6.2 185 11 292.7 294.0 286.3 312.7 6.96 5 800 2000 3.7 2.6 92 1.1 3.1 201 15 295.1 296.1 286.0 311.9 5.77 6 750 2521 0.3 0.2 99 0.1 0.3 200 21 296.9 297.8 286.1 312.2 5.17 7 700 3073 -2.0 -2.4 98 0.3 -2.2 190 24 300.2 301.1 286.8 314.0 4.60 8 650 3658 -5.5 -6.1 95 0.6 -5.8 189 25 302.7 303.4 286.8 314.1 3.72 9 600 4282 -9.2 -9.8 95 0.6 -9.5 188 27 305.4 306.0 287.1 314.9 3.02 10 550 4950 -13.4 -13.9 96 0.5 -13.5 181 31 308.2 308.7 287.3 315.8 2.38 11 500 5668 -18.4 -18.4 100 0.1 -18.4 174 36 310.7 311.0 287.6 316.5 1.79 12 450 6446 -24.0 -24.0 100 0.0 -24.0 166 40 313.1 313.3 287.8 317.2 1.22 13 400 7294 -30.7 -30.7 100 0.0 -30.7 162 43 315.1 315.3 288.0 317.7 0.74 14 350 8226 -38.9 -39.2 97 0.3 -38.9 163 43 316.3 316.4 288.0 317.6 0.37 15 300 9264 -46.8 -52.9 50 6.1 -47.0 175 45 319.4 319.4 288.6 319.7 0.09 16 250 10457 -51.2 -59.7 36 8.5 -51.4 189 52 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.1 0.05 17 200 11920 -47.2 -75.5 2 28.4 -47.8 210 47 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.01 18 150 13813 -50.1 -79.7 2 29.7 -50.7 210 33 383.8 383.8 302.9 383.8 0.00 19 100 16440 -52.7 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.4 210 9 425.8 425.8 308.4 425.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5517.09 m Freezing level: 743.44 mb = 2593.50 m = 8508.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 744.84 mb = 2576.35 m = 8452.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.06 % Est. max temperature: 18.60 C = 65.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.72 mb = 392.46 m = 1287.58 ft T: 12.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 1.23 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.48 mb = 836.07 m = 2742.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.43 C = 57.98 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: 2.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.57 C Showalter Index: 2.25 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.64 C Cross Totals Index: 24.46 C K Index: 30.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 134.01 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.22 mb = 829.41 m = 2721.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 887.22 mb = 1150.57 m = 3774.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 817.22 mb = 1825.79 m = 5990.06 ft B at Equ Level: 16.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 637.22 mb = 3812.80 m = 12509.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 182.1 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 212.1 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.8 neg: -7.2 tot: 46.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 45.80 m/s