MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 41.60,-69.92 Latitude: 41.60 Longitude: -69.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 1 19.9 13.2 65 6.7 15.7 247 7 291.7 293.4 288.2 318.4 9.40 1 1000 131 19.2 10.3 56 8.9 13.9 253 9 292.4 293.8 287.1 314.9 7.89 2 950 569 15.9 8.4 61 7.5 11.6 266 10 293.4 294.7 286.9 314.4 7.30 3 900 1026 12.4 6.2 66 6.1 8.9 276 12 294.2 295.4 286.5 313.4 6.63 4 850 1502 8.3 4.2 75 4.1 6.1 275 13 294.9 296.0 286.2 312.6 6.09 5 800 2000 4.4 0.5 75 4.0 2.5 274 14 295.9 296.7 285.5 310.4 4.94 6 750 2522 1.1 -7.3 53 8.4 -2.3 270 17 297.7 298.3 284.1 306.7 2.94 7 700 3073 -2.1 -13.4 42 11.2 -6.0 261 23 300.1 300.5 283.8 306.2 1.95 8 650 3658 -5.5 -19.6 32 14.1 -9.6 267 24 302.7 302.9 284.1 306.7 1.24 9 600 4281 -9.3 -22.7 33 13.3 -12.8 273 27 305.3 305.5 284.8 308.7 1.03 10 550 4948 -13.7 -27.2 31 13.5 -16.6 273 31 307.9 308.0 285.5 310.4 0.75 11 500 5665 -18.2 -35.1 21 16.9 -20.9 270 38 310.9 310.9 286.1 312.2 0.39 12 450 6444 -23.1 -44.4 12 21.3 -25.5 264 44 314.2 314.2 287.0 314.8 0.16 13 400 7296 -29.2 -49.0 13 19.8 -30.8 259 53 317.0 317.1 287.9 317.5 0.11 14 350 8234 -37.3 -51.8 21 14.5 -38.1 250 59 318.5 318.5 288.3 318.9 0.09 15 300 9279 -45.1 -57.7 23 12.6 -45.5 238 66 321.8 321.8 289.3 322.0 0.05 16 250 10499 -43.6 -62.9 10 19.3 -44.3 232 77 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.03 17 200 11994 -45.9 -76.0 2 30.1 -46.6 231 72 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 18 150 13886 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.3 228 62 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16497 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.4 229 34 421.7 421.7 307.9 421.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5534.70 m Freezing level: 733.22 mb = 2706.90 m = 8880.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 774.18 mb = 2265.06 m = 7431.21 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.05 % Est. max temperature: 22.82 C = 73.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.39 mb = 845.82 m = 2774.96 ft T: 13.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 12.25 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.23 mb = 1675.43 m = 5496.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.36 C = 74.05 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: 1.25 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Showalter Index: 2.51 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.53 C Cross Totals Index: 22.38 C K Index: 19.50 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 114.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.27 mb = 1411.56 m = 4631.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.27 mb = 2160.29 m = 7087.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 624.27 mb = 3972.16 m = 13031.87 ft B at Equ Level: 18.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 524.27 mb = 5308.36 m = 17415.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.7 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 299.7 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 25.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.79 Bulk Shear: 23.39 m/s