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: 42.78,-70.89 Latitude: 42.78 Longitude: -70.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 29 19.7 16.7 82 3.1 17.7 188 10 292.0 294.1 290.5 325.6 11.88 1 1000 121 19.1 14.6 75 4.5 16.3 193 16 292.3 294.1 289.4 322.1 10.49 2 950 559 15.4 12.6 84 2.8 13.7 200 23 292.8 294.5 288.9 320.5 9.71 3 900 1016 12.2 11.1 93 1.1 11.5 205 25 294.0 295.7 288.9 320.5 9.23 4 850 1493 9.3 9.0 98 0.3 9.2 211 26 295.9 297.5 288.9 320.6 8.52 5 800 1994 6.5 6.0 97 0.5 6.2 218 27 298.1 299.4 288.6 319.6 7.34 6 750 2521 3.4 2.8 96 0.6 3.1 222 28 300.2 301.4 288.3 318.8 6.25 7 700 3078 0.2 -0.7 94 0.9 -0.2 225 29 302.7 303.7 288.2 318.4 5.20 8 650 3668 -3.4 -5.6 85 2.1 -4.4 227 32 305.1 305.8 287.8 317.1 3.89 9 600 4296 -8.0 -12.8 68 4.8 -9.7 227 34 306.9 307.3 286.9 314.4 2.38 10 550 4966 -11.9 -19.7 52 7.8 -14.1 231 34 310.0 310.3 287.0 314.8 1.46 11 500 5690 -16.4 -24.2 51 7.8 -18.3 236 39 313.0 313.2 287.6 316.6 1.08 12 450 6473 -21.9 -26.9 64 5.1 -22.9 235 42 315.8 316.0 288.4 319.0 0.94 13 400 7329 -28.5 -31.9 72 3.5 -29.0 236 44 318.0 318.1 288.8 320.3 0.66 14 350 8270 -36.1 -37.5 87 1.4 -36.3 232 48 320.0 320.1 289.2 321.6 0.43 15 300 9320 -44.7 -46.0 87 1.2 -44.8 226 53 322.3 322.4 289.7 323.1 0.21 16 250 10514 -53.4 -54.4 88 1.0 -53.4 228 59 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.1 0.09 17 200 11948 -52.7 -68.1 14 15.4 -53.0 228 59 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 13808 -52.5 -81.4 2 28.9 -53.0 241 43 379.6 379.6 302.2 379.6 0.00 19 100 16423 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.1 230 22 422.4 422.4 308.0 422.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5568.97 m Freezing level: 697.20 mb = 3110.73 m = 10205.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.27 mb = 3040.05 m = 9973.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.60 % Est. max temperature: 23.27 C = 73.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.10 mb = 415.48 m = 1363.12 ft T: 16.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 6.19 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.37 mb = 1002.86 m = 3290.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.75 C = 71.14 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.75 C Showalter Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.79 C Cross Totals Index: 25.48 C K Index: 33.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.97 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 168.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.45 mb = 853.59 m = 2800.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.45 mb = 1468.93 m = 4819.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 392.45 mb = 7463.18 m = 24485.21 ft B at Equ Level: 167.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 252.45 mb = 10450.56 m = 34286.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.0 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 253.0 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 120.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 5.02 Bulk Shear: 33.45 m/s