MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 18Z FRI 5 SEP 25 Station: 44.5,-70.42 Latitude: 44.50 Longitude: -70.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 982 259 28.8 14.3 41 14.4 19.2 204 11 303.5 305.5 293.0 334.8 10.52 2 950 549 24.5 13.1 49 11.5 17.1 211 22 302.1 303.9 292.2 331.6 9.98 3 900 1020 20.0 12.2 61 7.8 15.0 217 24 302.1 303.9 292.2 331.6 9.98 4 850 1509 15.4 11.4 77 4.0 12.9 223 23 302.3 304.1 292.3 332.0 10.02 5 800 2020 10.9 10.4 96 0.6 10.6 232 23 302.8 304.6 292.3 332.3 9.93 6 750 2559 9.6 7.1 85 2.4 8.1 248 32 306.9 308.5 292.4 332.7 8.50 7 700 3129 6.3 4.2 86 2.1 5.1 243 34 309.5 310.9 292.3 332.3 7.42 8 650 3734 2.5 1.5 93 1.0 1.9 242 37 311.8 313.0 292.3 332.2 6.56 9 600 4377 -1.1 -3.2 86 2.1 -2.1 236 40 314.9 315.8 292.0 330.9 5.06 10 550 5068 -4.2 -7.3 79 3.1 -5.6 234 40 319.1 319.9 292.3 332.1 4.01 11 500 5815 -8.0 -13.5 64 5.5 -10.1 231 43 323.3 323.8 292.3 332.4 2.70 12 450 6626 -13.0 -21.5 49 8.5 -15.6 226 46 326.9 327.2 292.3 332.2 1.52 13 400 7514 -18.5 -31.4 31 12.9 -21.2 229 48 330.9 331.0 292.6 333.4 0.69 14 350 8495 -25.9 -41.8 21 16.0 -28.0 228 51 333.9 333.9 293.0 335.0 0.28 15 300 9593 -34.0 -48.6 22 14.5 -35.3 224 53 337.4 337.4 293.8 338.0 0.15 16 250 10842 -44.4 -53.0 38 8.6 -44.9 231 52 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.5 0.11 17 200 12296 -57.1 -60.5 65 3.5 -57.1 234 45 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.6 0.06 18 150 14061 -65.8 -71.1 47 5.3 -65.8 235 45 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.02 19 100 16558 -61.5 -84.1 3 22.6 -61.8 232 30 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.14 m Freezing level: 615.11 mb = 4182.96 m = 13723.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.03 mb = 4035.98 m = 13241.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.81 % Est. max temperature: 27.76 C = 81.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 795.52 mb = 2066.71 m = 6780.47 ft T: 10.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 3.20 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.25 mb = 2489.41 m = 8167.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.67 C = 89.01 F Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lifted Index: 2.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.26 C Showalter Index: 2.31 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.39 C Cross Totals Index: 19.39 C K Index: 32.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 268.52 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5214.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.42 mb = 2004.89 m = 6577.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.7 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 263.7 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.4 neg: -1.2 tot: 110.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 39.15 m/s