MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 18Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 42.88,-71.07 Latitude: 42.88 Longitude: -71.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 52 21.2 16.4 74 4.8 18.1 212 6 293.8 295.9 291.0 327.3 11.73 1 1000 107 20.5 14.3 68 6.2 16.5 212 10 293.7 295.5 289.7 323.1 10.30 2 950 547 16.3 12.3 77 4.0 13.8 214 15 293.7 295.4 289.0 320.9 9.50 3 900 1005 12.3 10.9 91 1.4 11.4 212 17 294.2 295.8 288.9 320.4 9.14 4 850 1482 9.0 8.8 99 0.2 8.9 213 18 295.6 297.1 288.7 320.0 8.41 5 800 1982 6.0 4.4 89 1.6 5.1 224 21 297.6 298.7 287.7 316.8 6.56 6 750 2508 3.2 0.3 81 2.9 1.7 227 26 300.0 301.0 287.3 315.6 5.22 7 700 3064 -0.4 -6.2 65 5.8 -2.9 228 31 302.0 302.6 286.2 312.5 3.43 8 650 3652 -4.1 -11.6 56 7.5 -6.9 226 32 304.3 304.7 286.0 311.9 2.42 9 600 4280 -7.3 -18.7 40 11.4 -10.8 224 32 307.6 307.9 286.2 312.4 1.46 10 550 4952 -11.4 -24.4 33 13.1 -14.6 230 33 310.6 310.8 286.7 313.8 0.96 11 500 5676 -16.2 -27.8 36 11.6 -18.7 232 39 313.3 313.4 287.4 315.9 0.77 12 450 6461 -21.4 -29.9 46 8.5 -23.0 233 42 316.4 316.5 288.3 318.8 0.71 13 400 7317 -28.0 -32.6 64 4.6 -28.7 230 45 318.6 318.7 289.0 320.8 0.62 14 350 8261 -35.6 -38.2 78 2.5 -35.9 226 49 320.7 320.8 289.4 322.2 0.41 15 300 9312 -44.6 -46.2 84 1.6 -44.7 226 53 322.5 322.5 289.8 323.2 0.20 16 250 10510 -52.0 -55.9 63 3.9 -52.1 222 60 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.1 0.08 17 200 11949 -52.2 -68.9 12 16.7 -52.5 224 64 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.02 18 150 13810 -52.9 -80.8 2 27.9 -53.4 236 40 378.9 378.9 302.1 379.0 0.00 19 100 16427 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.8 226 19 422.9 422.9 308.0 422.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5568.89 m Freezing level: 706.05 mb = 2996.63 m = 9831.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 731.43 mb = 2710.08 m = 8891.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.59 % Est. max temperature: 22.82 C = 73.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.35 mb = 660.52 m = 2167.04 ft T: 15.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 15.48 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.23 mb = 1095.58 m = 3594.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.83 C = 71.30 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.54 C Showalter Index: 0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.25 C Cross Totals Index: 25.05 C K Index: 28.32 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 272.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 191.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.96 mb = 1014.13 m = 3327.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 873.96 mb = 1249.53 m = 4099.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 423.96 mb = 6894.14 m = 22618.28 ft B at Equ Level: 191.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 253.96 mb = 10406.30 m = 34141.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.6 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 255.6 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 83.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 6.08 Bulk Shear: 31.56 m/s