MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F075.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F075.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 75 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 41.81,-72.38 Latitude: 41.81 Longitude: -72.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 19.9 17.2 85 2.7 18.1 207 8 292.9 295.1 291.2 328.2 12.42 1 1000 131 19.5 15.6 78 3.9 17.0 208 10 292.7 294.7 290.2 324.6 11.23 2 950 570 15.4 13.3 87 2.1 14.1 214 17 292.9 294.7 289.3 321.8 10.15 3 900 1026 12.0 10.6 91 1.4 11.2 219 20 293.9 295.5 288.6 319.6 8.96 4 850 1503 9.4 6.7 83 2.8 7.9 223 24 296.0 297.3 287.8 317.1 7.24 5 800 2004 6.2 3.6 83 2.7 4.8 228 28 297.8 298.9 287.4 316.0 6.18 6 750 2530 2.8 1.7 93 1.0 2.2 231 29 299.6 300.6 287.6 316.7 5.78 7 700 3085 -0.9 -1.8 93 0.9 -1.4 229 29 301.5 302.3 287.3 315.9 4.77 8 650 3674 -4.0 -8.2 73 4.2 -5.7 232 30 304.4 305.0 286.8 314.3 3.18 9 600 4302 -7.0 -23.4 26 16.4 -11.4 240 33 308.0 308.2 285.8 311.2 0.96 10 550 4975 -10.8 -32.7 15 21.9 -15.2 246 35 311.2 311.3 286.3 312.8 0.44 11 500 5700 -15.8 -31.6 24 15.8 -18.8 248 38 313.8 313.9 287.3 315.7 0.55 12 450 6486 -21.4 -30.9 42 9.5 -23.2 248 39 316.3 316.4 288.3 318.6 0.65 13 400 7342 -28.2 -35.8 48 7.6 -29.2 249 42 318.3 318.4 288.7 319.9 0.45 14 350 8285 -35.8 -45.8 35 10.0 -36.5 243 45 320.5 320.5 289.1 321.2 0.18 15 300 9336 -44.7 -49.1 61 4.4 -45.0 244 46 322.3 322.3 289.6 322.9 0.15 16 250 10530 -53.4 -55.3 80 1.9 -53.5 240 50 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.0 0.08 17 200 11959 -53.5 -67.7 16 14.2 -53.8 238 53 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 13817 -53.4 -81.0 2 27.5 -53.9 245 40 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16426 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.2 252 17 424.2 424.2 308.2 424.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5569.84 m Freezing level: 712.55 mb = 2946.11 m = 9665.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.40 mb = 2865.48 m = 9401.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.76 % Est. max temperature: 22.95 C = 73.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.08 mb = 452.46 m = 1484.44 ft T: 16.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 12.17 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.89 mb = 942.99 m = 3093.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.68 C = 69.22 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.17 C Showalter Index: 2.27 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.20 C Cross Totals Index: 22.44 C K Index: 30.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 214.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.68 mb = 861.67 m = 2826.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 892.68 mb = 1094.08 m = 3589.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 362.68 mb = 8033.53 m = 26356.40 ft B at Equ Level: 214.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 232.68 mb = 10989.63 m = 36054.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.8 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 264.8 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.1 neg: -1.9 tot: 102.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 5.66 Bulk Shear: 37.93 m/s