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: 43.36,-71.54 Latitude: 43.36 Longitude: -71.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 987 228 16.5 14.6 88 2.0 15.3 281 3 290.7 292.6 288.9 320.7 10.61 2 950 557 14.3 11.7 84 2.6 12.7 249 7 291.7 293.4 288.0 317.7 9.13 3 900 1011 10.9 10.0 94 0.9 10.4 230 12 292.8 294.3 287.9 317.3 8.59 4 850 1486 8.1 6.8 92 1.2 7.3 229 17 294.6 295.9 287.3 315.8 7.33 5 800 1985 5.3 4.2 93 1.1 4.7 228 21 296.8 298.0 287.3 315.8 6.48 6 750 2510 2.1 0.7 91 1.4 1.4 222 27 298.8 299.8 287.0 314.8 5.37 7 700 3063 -1.5 -3.9 83 2.4 -2.6 219 31 300.8 301.6 286.5 313.2 4.09 8 650 3650 -4.5 -12.7 53 8.2 -7.4 218 35 303.8 304.2 285.6 310.8 2.21 9 600 4276 -8.1 -19.6 39 11.5 -11.5 224 33 306.7 307.0 285.7 311.1 1.35 10 550 4946 -12.3 -28.7 24 16.5 -15.8 232 36 309.5 309.7 285.9 311.7 0.65 11 500 5668 -16.8 -37.6 15 20.8 -20.1 233 41 312.5 312.6 286.6 313.6 0.30 12 450 6449 -22.8 -38.4 23 15.6 -24.9 234 45 314.6 314.6 287.3 315.7 0.31 13 400 7301 -29.4 -35.4 56 6.0 -30.2 236 49 316.8 316.9 288.2 318.4 0.47 14 350 8239 -36.9 -40.0 73 3.1 -37.2 234 56 319.0 319.1 288.8 320.2 0.34 15 300 9287 -45.4 -47.8 76 2.5 -45.5 230 62 321.4 321.4 289.4 322.0 0.17 16 250 10478 -53.4 -56.6 68 3.2 -53.5 222 69 326.6 326.6 290.8 326.9 0.07 17 200 11917 -51.0 -70.7 8 19.7 -51.4 230 52 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 13791 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.7 233 34 381.9 381.9 302.5 381.9 0.00 19 100 16415 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -54.1 226 16 424.4 424.4 308.2 424.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5547.17 m Freezing level: 720.86 mb = 2832.44 m = 9292.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 732.58 mb = 2698.30 m = 8852.57 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.09 % Est. max temperature: 20.92 C = 69.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.07 mb = 476.05 m = 1561.83 ft T: 14.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 5.00 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.88 mb = 1003.06 m = 3290.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.53 C = 65.36 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: 0.69 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.09 C Showalter Index: 1.98 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.86 C Cross Totals Index: 23.65 C K Index: 29.27 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 72.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.14 mb = 907.84 m = 2978.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 866.14 mb = 1329.91 m = 4363.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 556.14 mb = 4860.70 m = 15946.99 ft B at Equ Level: 72.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 376.14 mb = 7733.30 m = 25371.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.3 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 257.3 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.3 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 75.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.07 Bulk Shear: 67.55 m/s