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: 42.45,-72.36 Latitude: 42.45 Longitude: -72.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 SFC 990 207 19.1 14.2 74 4.8 16.0 291 6 293.1 294.9 289.5 322.6 10.36 2 950 560 15.2 11.1 77 4.1 12.7 282 10 292.6 294.2 288.0 317.7 8.79 3 900 1015 11.1 9.9 92 1.2 10.4 271 11 293.0 294.5 287.9 317.4 8.54 4 850 1490 7.9 7.5 97 0.4 7.7 256 13 294.5 295.8 287.6 316.6 7.67 5 800 1989 5.4 4.1 91 1.3 4.6 235 21 296.9 298.1 287.3 315.7 6.40 6 750 2514 2.5 -0.7 79 3.2 1.0 228 28 299.3 300.2 286.6 313.8 4.85 7 700 3069 -0.7 -5.8 68 5.1 -2.9 222 28 301.7 302.3 286.2 312.5 3.53 8 650 3658 -3.6 -15.2 40 11.6 -7.5 227 28 304.9 305.3 285.6 310.7 1.81 9 600 4286 -7.0 -23.1 26 16.2 -11.3 239 29 308.1 308.2 285.8 311.3 0.99 10 550 4959 -10.9 -33.2 14 22.3 -15.3 246 34 311.1 311.2 286.2 312.6 0.42 11 500 5683 -16.4 -36.3 16 19.9 -19.7 244 37 313.1 313.1 286.8 314.3 0.34 12 450 6467 -22.0 -31.9 40 9.9 -23.7 244 43 315.6 315.7 288.0 317.7 0.59 13 400 7321 -28.9 -32.0 75 3.1 -29.3 246 45 317.4 317.6 288.6 319.7 0.66 14 350 8261 -36.5 -38.8 79 2.4 -36.7 243 48 319.6 319.7 289.0 321.0 0.38 15 300 9309 -45.2 -46.3 89 1.1 -45.2 241 51 321.7 321.7 289.5 322.4 0.20 16 250 10504 -52.5 -56.2 64 3.7 -52.7 229 59 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.3 0.08 17 200 11939 -52.1 -68.8 12 16.7 -52.5 239 50 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 13807 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.6 245 34 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 19 100 16421 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.9 240 16 424.7 424.7 308.3 424.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5561.60 m Freezing level: 711.15 mb = 2944.90 m = 9661.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 737.62 mb = 2647.71 m = 8686.62 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.42 % Est. max temperature: 20.95 C = 69.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.69 mb = 814.63 m = 2672.63 ft T: 12.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 11.89 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.84 mb = 1109.57 m = 3640.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.30 C = 66.75 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: 0.84 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Showalter Index: 1.95 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.31 C Cross Totals Index: 23.86 C K Index: 26.69 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 152.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.50 mb = 1056.93 m = 3467.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 880.50 mb = 1197.32 m = 3928.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 650.50 mb = 3651.48 m = 11979.79 ft B at Equ Level: 33.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 540.50 mb = 5091.50 m = 16704.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.8 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 269.8 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.6 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.2 neg: -10.5 tot: 33.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.64 Bulk Shear: 53.58 m/s