MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 42.43,-71.36 Latitude: 42.43 Longitude: -71.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 70 21.3 8.4 43 12.9 13.8 307 6 293.9 295.1 286.6 313.7 6.86 1 1000 127 20.6 7.3 42 13.3 13.0 306 9 293.8 294.9 286.2 312.4 6.43 2 950 566 16.5 5.5 48 11.0 10.4 303 14 293.9 295.0 285.8 311.3 5.97 3 900 1023 12.5 3.9 56 8.6 7.9 292 13 294.4 295.4 285.6 310.8 5.63 4 850 1499 8.2 2.6 68 5.6 5.3 282 12 294.7 295.7 285.5 310.6 5.43 5 800 1996 3.9 0.7 80 3.2 2.3 274 13 295.3 296.2 285.3 310.0 5.02 6 750 2517 -0.3 -2.0 88 1.7 -1.1 273 13 296.3 297.1 285.1 309.3 4.39 7 700 3065 -2.9 -7.7 69 4.8 -4.8 286 17 299.3 299.8 284.8 308.5 3.05 8 650 3649 -6.6 -11.8 67 5.2 -8.4 289 19 301.5 301.9 284.9 308.9 2.39 9 600 4269 -10.7 -16.0 65 5.3 -12.3 284 22 303.7 304.0 285.1 309.5 1.82 10 550 4932 -15.1 -22.1 55 7.0 -16.8 283 26 306.2 306.4 285.3 310.1 1.18 11 500 5646 -19.5 -30.2 38 10.8 -21.4 286 31 309.3 309.4 285.8 311.4 0.62 12 450 6421 -24.5 -39.4 24 15.0 -26.3 290 37 312.5 312.5 286.6 313.5 0.28 13 400 7268 -30.9 -44.1 26 13.1 -32.1 290 40 314.8 314.8 287.2 315.5 0.19 14 350 8200 -38.2 -50.7 26 12.5 -38.9 284 41 317.2 317.2 287.9 317.6 0.10 15 300 9244 -45.4 -57.1 26 11.7 -45.8 268 45 321.4 321.4 289.2 321.6 0.06 16 250 10450 -46.1 -63.5 12 17.5 -46.6 247 48 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.7 0.03 17 200 11942 -45.1 -75.7 2 30.6 -45.9 240 50 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.4 0.01 18 150 13842 -49.4 -79.2 2 29.8 -50.1 238 46 384.9 385.0 303.1 385.0 0.01 19 100 16466 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.4 237 34 426.0 426.0 308.4 426.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5519.77 m Freezing level: 753.51 mb = 2479.96 m = 8136.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 766.09 mb = 2345.27 m = 7694.36 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.18 % Est. max temperature: 22.07 C = 71.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.73 mb = 1686.80 m = 5534.05 ft T: 6.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 5.20 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.72 mb = 2089.85 m = 6856.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.85 C = 73.13 F Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lifted Index: 1.86 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.43 C Showalter Index: 2.50 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.62 C Cross Totals Index: 22.04 C K Index: 25.38 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 100.32 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.58 mb = 1918.41 m = 6293.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.58 mb = 2488.83 m = 8165.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 722.58 mb = 2812.82 m = 9228.31 ft B at Equ Level: 3.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 692.58 mb = 3149.24 m = 10332.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.7 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 315.7 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.6 neg: -2.3 tot: 18.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 11.31 m/s