MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 42.59,-71.00 Latitude: 42.59 Longitude: -71.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 29 19.7 18.1 90 1.7 18.6 264 6 292.0 294.3 291.4 328.8 13.01 1 1000 117 19.1 15.8 81 3.4 17.0 264 11 292.3 294.3 290.1 324.4 11.32 2 950 556 15.5 13.1 86 2.4 14.0 260 15 292.9 294.7 289.2 321.5 10.03 3 900 1013 12.6 10.4 86 2.2 11.3 244 18 294.5 296.1 288.7 320.0 8.84 4 850 1490 9.4 7.9 90 1.5 8.5 232 21 296.0 297.4 288.3 318.8 7.87 5 800 1991 6.1 5.2 94 0.9 5.6 228 23 297.6 298.9 288.1 318.0 6.94 6 750 2517 2.7 2.0 95 0.7 2.3 230 25 299.5 300.5 287.8 317.0 5.89 7 700 3073 -0.4 -2.9 83 2.5 -1.6 228 28 302.0 302.8 287.2 315.4 4.42 8 650 3662 -3.4 -8.7 67 5.3 -5.5 227 30 305.1 305.7 287.0 314.7 3.06 9 600 4292 -6.7 -16.3 46 9.6 -9.8 228 30 308.4 308.7 286.8 314.2 1.79 10 550 4965 -11.0 -23.2 36 12.2 -14.2 237 32 311.0 311.2 286.9 314.6 1.07 11 500 5690 -15.8 -26.1 41 10.3 -18.1 241 37 313.8 314.0 287.8 316.9 0.91 12 450 6476 -21.6 -27.6 58 6.0 -22.8 241 41 316.1 316.3 288.5 319.2 0.88 13 400 7332 -28.5 -31.4 76 2.9 -28.9 238 41 318.0 318.1 288.9 320.4 0.69 14 350 8273 -36.2 -37.7 86 1.5 -36.4 234 42 319.9 320.0 289.2 321.4 0.42 15 300 9322 -44.9 -46.6 83 1.7 -45.0 235 46 322.1 322.1 289.6 322.8 0.19 16 250 10517 -53.1 -54.2 87 1.1 -53.1 224 51 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.5 0.10 17 200 11953 -51.9 -68.7 12 16.8 -52.2 229 53 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.02 18 150 13817 -52.4 -80.5 2 28.1 -52.9 238 41 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16427 -54.2 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.8 234 24 423.1 423.1 308.1 423.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5573.57 m Freezing level: 706.78 mb = 2997.35 m = 9833.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 720.20 mb = 2843.63 m = 9329.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.12 % Est. max temperature: 23.41 C = 74.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.00 mb = 237.48 m = 779.13 ft T: 18.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 14.66 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.91 mb = 976.00 m = 3202.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.10 C = 71.78 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.84 C Showalter Index: 1.27 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.17 C Cross Totals Index: 23.63 C K Index: 30.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 282.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.60 mb = 793.81 m = 2604.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.60 mb = 1309.52 m = 4296.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 308.60 mb = 9129.92 m = 29953.45 ft B at Equ Level: 280.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.60 mb = 11092.62 m = 36392.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.7 at 26.5 knts Storm direction: 264.7 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 3.6 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.7 neg: -0.0 tot: 32.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 7.68 Bulk Shear: 36.75 m/s