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: 42.84,-71.23 Latitude: 42.84 Longitude: -71.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 74 19.8 16.8 83 3.0 17.8 213 6 292.5 294.6 290.8 326.7 12.07 1 1000 118 19.4 15.1 76 4.2 16.6 210 10 292.5 294.4 289.8 323.4 10.86 2 950 557 15.4 13.1 86 2.3 14.0 214 16 292.8 294.6 289.2 321.3 10.01 3 900 1013 12.0 11.4 96 0.7 11.6 213 19 293.9 295.6 289.0 320.9 9.43 4 850 1490 9.0 8.6 97 0.4 8.8 214 22 295.6 297.1 288.6 319.6 8.29 5 800 1991 6.3 5.7 95 0.7 5.9 218 25 297.9 299.2 288.4 318.9 7.17 6 750 2518 3.2 2.5 95 0.7 2.8 221 26 300.1 301.2 288.2 318.2 6.11 7 700 3074 -0.1 -1.4 91 1.3 -0.7 222 29 302.4 303.3 287.9 317.3 4.93 8 650 3664 -3.7 -7.4 75 3.7 -5.2 225 32 304.8 305.4 287.2 315.3 3.38 9 600 4291 -7.9 -13.4 65 5.4 -9.8 227 33 306.9 307.3 286.8 314.1 2.27 10 550 4962 -11.9 -21.1 46 9.3 -14.4 233 34 310.0 310.2 286.8 314.2 1.29 11 500 5685 -16.5 -27.1 40 10.5 -18.8 237 39 312.9 313.1 287.3 315.8 0.83 12 450 6468 -22.0 -28.9 53 7.0 -23.3 237 43 315.6 315.8 288.2 318.3 0.78 13 400 7323 -28.6 -32.4 70 3.7 -29.2 237 46 317.8 317.9 288.7 320.0 0.63 14 350 8264 -36.3 -37.4 89 1.1 -36.4 234 49 319.8 319.9 289.2 321.4 0.44 15 300 9313 -44.9 -45.3 95 0.4 -44.9 228 54 322.1 322.1 289.6 322.9 0.22 16 250 10507 -53.4 -54.6 87 1.2 -53.4 226 61 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.0 0.09 17 200 11939 -52.5 -68.5 13 15.9 -52.9 231 57 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 13805 -52.5 -81.5 2 29.0 -53.0 237 40 379.6 379.6 302.2 379.6 0.00 19 100 16421 -54.3 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.9 227 19 422.8 422.8 308.0 422.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5566.45 m Freezing level: 701.06 mb = 3062.00 m = 10045.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.38 mb = 2955.17 m = 9695.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.47 % Est. max temperature: 22.73 C = 72.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.38 mb = 446.13 m = 1463.67 ft T: 16.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 12.60 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.18 mb = 927.67 m = 3043.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.98 C = 69.76 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -1.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.32 C Showalter Index: 0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.56 C Cross Totals Index: 25.14 C K Index: 32.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 295.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 290.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.48 mb = 832.52 m = 2731.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 894.48 mb = 1064.63 m = 3492.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 334.48 mb = 8572.21 m = 28123.72 ft B at Equ Level: 290.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 224.48 mb = 11197.90 m = 36738.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.6 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 255.6 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 92.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 8.46 Bulk Shear: 34.35 m/s