MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 42.36,-71.61 Latitude: 42.36 Longitude: -71.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 999 129 19.7 16.9 84 2.8 17.8 236 7 292.9 295.1 291.0 327.5 12.18 2 950 560 15.9 13.2 84 2.7 14.2 230 16 293.3 295.1 289.3 322.0 10.06 3 900 1017 12.5 11.0 91 1.5 11.6 221 19 294.4 296.0 289.0 320.8 9.19 4 850 1494 9.0 8.4 96 0.7 8.6 218 21 295.6 297.1 288.5 319.2 8.15 5 800 1995 6.0 4.9 93 1.1 5.4 224 24 297.5 298.7 287.9 317.5 6.80 6 750 2521 2.9 1.3 89 1.7 2.1 229 27 299.8 300.8 287.6 316.5 5.61 7 700 3077 -0.3 -3.6 78 3.3 -1.8 228 32 302.2 302.9 287.1 314.9 4.18 8 650 3666 -3.7 -10.8 58 7.1 -6.4 228 33 304.8 305.3 286.4 312.9 2.58 9 600 4294 -7.0 -16.1 48 9.0 -10.0 231 30 308.0 308.3 286.7 313.8 1.82 10 550 4967 -11.0 -23.4 35 12.4 -14.3 241 33 311.0 311.2 286.9 314.5 1.05 11 500 5692 -16.1 -26.9 39 10.7 -18.5 241 38 313.4 313.6 287.5 316.3 0.85 12 450 6476 -21.7 -27.9 57 6.3 -22.9 240 41 316.0 316.2 288.4 318.9 0.85 13 400 7332 -28.4 -32.6 67 4.3 -29.0 240 43 318.1 318.3 288.8 320.3 0.62 14 350 8274 -36.1 -37.3 89 1.1 -36.2 238 46 320.0 320.1 289.2 321.6 0.44 15 300 9324 -44.6 -45.7 89 1.1 -44.7 231 49 322.5 322.5 289.8 323.3 0.21 16 250 10520 -53.0 -54.4 85 1.3 -53.1 229 56 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.6 0.09 17 200 11952 -52.9 -67.8 15 14.9 -53.2 233 56 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 13815 -52.9 -81.0 2 28.1 -53.4 236 40 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.00 19 100 16426 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.1 233 19 422.3 422.3 308.0 422.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5571.73 m Freezing level: 704.35 mb = 3028.37 m = 9935.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.05 mb = 2815.65 m = 9237.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.45 % Est. max temperature: 22.41 C = 72.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.61 mb = 482.37 m = 1582.56 ft T: 16.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 14.60 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.69 mb = 973.02 m = 3192.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.05 C = 69.89 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.94 C Showalter Index: 0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.16 C Cross Totals Index: 24.50 C K Index: 30.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 266.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 383.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.45 mb = 873.01 m = 2864.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 890.45 mb = 1106.09 m = 3628.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 310.45 mb = 9090.89 m = 29825.40 ft B at Equ Level: 383.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 220.45 mb = 11327.23 m = 37162.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.8 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 261.8 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 85.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 11.51 Bulk Shear: 33.32 m/s