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: 41.78,-70.16 Latitude: 41.78 Longitude: -70.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 19.6 12.8 65 6.8 15.4 207 6 291.5 293.2 288.0 317.6 9.19 1 1000 129 19.0 9.6 55 9.4 13.5 219 7 292.1 293.5 286.6 313.7 7.53 2 950 567 16.3 7.3 55 9.0 11.2 253 9 293.8 295.0 286.5 313.3 6.78 3 900 1025 12.7 5.4 61 7.3 8.7 273 11 294.6 295.7 286.3 312.8 6.26 4 850 1501 8.6 3.6 71 5.0 5.9 279 14 295.1 296.2 286.1 312.1 5.82 5 800 1999 4.4 0.8 77 3.6 2.6 282 16 295.9 296.8 285.6 310.8 5.06 6 750 2521 0.4 -3.4 76 3.8 -1.3 277 17 297.0 297.7 284.9 308.8 3.96 7 700 3071 -2.7 -8.0 67 5.3 -4.8 263 21 299.5 300.1 284.8 308.6 2.99 8 650 3655 -5.8 -16.4 43 10.7 -9.1 273 23 302.4 302.7 284.4 307.6 1.63 9 600 4278 -9.5 -20.1 42 10.6 -12.5 276 26 305.1 305.3 285.0 309.3 1.29 10 550 4944 -14.0 -26.5 34 12.5 -16.8 275 31 307.5 307.6 285.4 310.1 0.80 11 500 5661 -18.6 -35.6 21 17.0 -21.2 273 37 310.4 310.5 285.9 311.7 0.37 12 450 6438 -23.5 -43.4 14 20.0 -25.7 268 43 313.7 313.8 286.9 314.4 0.18 13 400 7289 -29.5 -48.6 14 19.0 -31.1 262 50 316.6 316.6 287.8 317.0 0.12 14 350 8226 -37.4 -51.7 21 14.3 -38.2 252 57 318.3 318.3 288.3 318.7 0.09 15 300 9271 -45.4 -57.6 24 12.2 -45.8 241 63 321.4 321.4 289.2 321.6 0.05 16 250 10487 -43.8 -64.9 8 21.1 -44.5 234 70 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.02 17 200 11983 -45.6 -76.2 2 30.6 -46.4 233 69 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 18 150 13877 -51.2 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 229 59 381.9 381.9 302.6 381.9 0.00 19 100 16490 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.2 226 34 422.2 422.2 308.0 422.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5531.88 m Freezing level: 743.39 mb = 2593.62 m = 8509.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 766.41 mb = 2345.80 m = 7696.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.09 % Est. max temperature: 23.08 C = 73.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.28 mb = 863.81 m = 2833.97 ft T: 13.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 10.03 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.89 mb = 1827.37 m = 5995.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.73 C = 74.72 F Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lifted Index: 1.45 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.36 C Showalter Index: 2.38 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.16 C Cross Totals Index: 22.14 C K Index: 25.44 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 113.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.31 mb = 1536.80 m = 5041.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.31 mb = 2294.26 m = 7526.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 661.31 mb = 3519.22 m = 11545.87 ft B at Equ Level: 21.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 551.31 mb = 4925.69 m = 16160.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.5 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 302.5 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.2 neg: -0.0 tot: 31.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 36.98 m/s