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: 42.76,-71.23 Latitude: 42.76 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 69 19.6 17.1 86 2.5 17.9 267 5 292.3 294.5 290.9 327.1 12.28 1 1000 116 19.3 15.0 76 4.3 16.5 268 8 292.4 294.3 289.7 323.0 10.78 2 950 555 15.5 11.9 79 3.6 13.3 270 14 292.9 294.6 288.5 319.4 9.25 3 900 1011 12.2 9.5 83 2.8 10.6 260 15 294.1 295.6 288.1 318.0 8.29 4 850 1488 9.0 7.0 88 1.9 7.9 245 17 295.5 296.9 287.8 317.1 7.43 5 800 1988 5.8 4.0 88 1.8 4.8 232 20 297.3 298.5 287.5 316.1 6.38 6 750 2514 2.6 0.3 85 2.3 1.5 226 24 299.4 300.4 287.1 315.0 5.21 7 700 3069 -0.5 -4.3 75 3.8 -2.2 225 27 302.0 302.7 286.8 314.0 3.97 8 650 3658 -3.5 -9.4 64 5.8 -5.8 226 28 305.0 305.5 286.7 314.0 2.89 9 600 4287 -6.9 -18.6 39 11.6 -10.5 229 29 308.1 308.4 286.4 312.9 1.47 10 550 4960 -11.3 -26.5 27 15.2 -14.9 235 32 310.7 310.8 286.5 313.4 0.80 11 500 5684 -16.1 -29.1 32 13.0 -18.8 239 38 313.4 313.6 287.3 315.8 0.69 12 450 6469 -21.7 -27.9 57 6.2 -22.9 239 42 316.0 316.2 288.4 319.0 0.86 13 400 7324 -28.6 -31.2 78 2.6 -29.0 236 43 317.8 317.9 288.8 320.3 0.71 14 350 8265 -36.4 -37.7 88 1.3 -36.6 234 44 319.6 319.7 289.1 321.1 0.42 15 300 9313 -45.1 -48.1 72 3.0 -45.3 236 47 321.8 321.8 289.5 322.4 0.16 16 250 10506 -53.2 -55.3 78 2.1 -53.3 225 54 326.9 327.0 290.9 327.3 0.08 17 200 11943 -51.5 -69.4 10 17.9 -51.8 232 51 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.02 18 150 13811 -52.0 -80.8 2 28.9 -52.5 241 39 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.6 0.00 19 100 16424 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.8 234 24 423.0 423.0 308.0 423.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5567.75 m Freezing level: 707.66 mb = 2984.01 m = 9789.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.89 mb = 2732.56 m = 8964.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.55 % Est. max temperature: 22.68 C = 72.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.31 mb = 382.78 m = 1255.82 ft T: 17.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 14.21 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.94 mb = 1142.88 m = 3749.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.82 C = 71.27 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: 0.12 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.02 C Showalter Index: 1.94 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.04 C Cross Totals Index: 23.14 C K Index: 28.24 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 82.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.52 mb = 959.85 m = 3149.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 850.52 mb = 1483.32 m = 4866.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 510.52 mb = 5525.74 m = 18128.86 ft B at Equ Level: 82.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 300.52 mb = 9301.22 m = 30515.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.1 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 265.1 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.4 neg: -3.2 tot: 27.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.03 Bulk Shear: 40.95 m/s