MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F273.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F273.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 273 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 6 SEP 25 Station: 41.47,-72.56 Latitude: 41.47 Longitude: -72.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 103 22.7 20.2 86 2.5 20.9 222 10 295.8 298.5 294.1 339.1 15.05 1 1000 110 22.7 19.5 82 3.2 20.5 224 10 295.9 298.5 293.7 337.4 14.45 2 950 555 18.8 16.3 85 2.5 17.2 230 23 296.3 298.5 292.3 332.0 12.37 3 900 1017 15.6 14.0 90 1.5 14.6 230 24 297.6 299.6 291.7 330.2 11.26 4 850 1501 13.0 9.7 80 3.3 11.0 224 29 299.8 301.4 290.6 326.0 8.94 5 800 2009 10.2 6.7 79 3.5 8.2 216 34 302.0 303.4 290.3 325.0 7.72 6 750 2543 6.6 5.2 90 1.4 5.8 215 37 303.8 305.2 290.6 326.0 7.41 7 700 3107 2.9 1.2 89 1.7 2.1 219 40 305.7 306.9 290.0 324.0 5.99 8 650 3704 -0.0 -3.1 80 3.1 -1.5 222 41 308.9 309.8 289.8 323.5 4.68 9 600 4343 -2.4 -3.7 91 1.3 -3.0 219 46 313.3 314.3 291.3 328.7 4.87 10 550 5030 -5.7 -6.0 98 0.2 -5.8 226 51 317.3 318.2 292.2 331.6 4.46 11 500 5772 -9.6 -10.2 95 0.6 -9.8 230 48 321.4 322.1 292.5 333.0 3.52 12 450 6579 -14.3 -15.0 95 0.7 -14.6 220 60 325.2 325.7 292.9 334.2 2.65 13 400 7462 -20.4 -23.9 74 3.5 -21.3 216 70 328.5 328.8 292.6 333.4 1.39 14 350 8438 -27.0 -45.3 16 18.3 -29.1 219 72 332.3 332.4 292.6 333.1 0.19 15 300 9530 -35.2 -52.9 15 17.7 -36.4 224 78 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.2 0.09 16 250 10770 -46.0 -55.8 32 9.8 -46.4 223 78 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.0 0.08 17 200 12218 -57.0 -60.9 61 4.0 -57.1 232 84 342.5 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.05 18 150 14024 -59.5 -75.8 10 16.2 -59.7 222 80 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16559 -60.7 -83.7 3 23.0 -61.0 222 34 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.37 m Freezing level: 650.61 mb = 3696.52 m = 12127.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.03 mb = 3447.12 m = 11309.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.88 % Est. max temperature: 26.65 C = 79.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.13 mb = 417.68 m = 1370.34 ft T: 20.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.69 C/km ThetaE index: 14.05 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.10 mb = 978.43 m = 3210.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.37 C = 75.87 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: 0.26 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.41 C Showalter Index: 3.60 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.57 C Cross Totals Index: 19.29 C K Index: 30.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 186.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.85 mb = 858.64 m = 2817.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 871.85 mb = 1286.24 m = 4219.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 511.85 mb = 5589.81 m = 18339.05 ft B at Equ Level: 186.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 311.85 mb = 9255.38 m = 30365.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.8 at 38.0 knts Storm direction: 252.8 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.8 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 103.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 3.11 Bulk Shear: 60.14 m/s