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: 42.70,-71.95 Latitude: 42.70 Longitude: -71.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 980 301 18.3 14.3 77 4.0 15.7 217 8 293.1 295.0 289.6 323.0 10.48 2 950 565 14.9 11.8 82 3.1 13.0 220 15 292.3 294.0 288.3 318.6 9.21 3 900 1020 11.1 10.2 94 1.0 10.6 221 18 293.0 294.5 288.1 317.8 8.69 4 850 1496 8.7 6.3 85 2.4 7.3 221 24 295.3 296.5 287.3 315.7 7.04 5 800 1995 5.6 3.6 87 2.0 4.5 220 30 297.1 298.2 287.2 315.4 6.22 6 750 2520 2.1 1.3 94 0.8 1.7 224 32 298.9 299.9 287.3 315.5 5.61 7 700 3074 -1.4 -1.7 98 0.3 -1.6 226 32 300.9 301.8 287.2 315.4 4.82 8 650 3661 -4.9 -6.8 86 1.9 -5.7 224 33 303.4 304.1 286.8 314.3 3.53 9 600 4287 -8.0 -19.5 39 11.5 -11.3 226 35 306.9 307.2 285.8 311.3 1.36 10 550 4958 -11.7 -30.3 20 18.6 -15.6 234 37 310.2 310.3 286.1 312.1 0.56 11 500 5681 -16.5 -31.2 27 14.7 -19.3 238 42 312.9 313.0 287.1 314.9 0.56 12 450 6464 -22.4 -30.4 48 8.0 -23.8 237 45 315.1 315.2 287.9 317.4 0.67 13 400 7317 -28.9 -34.9 56 6.0 -29.7 241 49 317.4 317.5 288.5 319.2 0.49 14 350 8257 -36.5 -40.9 63 4.5 -36.9 243 55 319.6 319.6 288.9 320.7 0.30 15 300 9305 -45.3 -47.9 75 2.6 -45.4 240 57 321.5 321.6 289.4 322.2 0.17 16 250 10496 -53.7 -56.8 69 3.0 -53.8 233 59 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.5 0.07 17 200 11932 -52.4 -68.6 12 16.2 -52.7 231 53 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 13798 -52.6 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.0 242 36 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 19 100 16417 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.5 246 15 425.7 425.7 308.4 425.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5553.50 m Freezing level: 719.72 mb = 2855.81 m = 9369.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.81 mb = 2805.73 m = 9205.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.24 % Est. max temperature: 21.12 C = 70.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.48 mb = 803.41 m = 2635.83 ft T: 12.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 7.63 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.65 mb = 1116.45 m = 3662.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.60 C = 65.48 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: 0.59 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.30 C Showalter Index: 2.35 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.19 C Cross Totals Index: 22.76 C K Index: 31.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 91.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.64 mb = 1042.03 m = 3418.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 822.64 mb = 1765.28 m = 5791.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 562.64 mb = 4782.75 m = 15691.24 ft B at Equ Level: 91.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 362.64 mb = 8007.32 m = 26270.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.2 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 258.2 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 104.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 1.98 Bulk Shear: 46.10 m/s