MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 42.03,-71.57 Latitude: 42.03 Longitude: -71.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 114 21.5 17.6 78 3.9 18.9 200 8 294.7 297.0 292.0 331.2 12.75 1 1000 115 21.2 16.2 73 5.1 17.9 201 9 294.4 296.5 291.1 327.7 11.65 2 950 556 16.9 12.9 78 3.9 14.4 204 19 294.3 296.1 289.6 322.7 9.90 3 900 1014 13.0 11.5 91 1.4 12.1 205 21 294.9 296.6 289.5 322.2 9.51 4 850 1492 9.5 7.8 89 1.7 8.5 212 22 296.1 297.5 288.4 318.9 7.85 5 800 1994 6.7 2.9 77 3.8 4.7 224 25 298.3 299.3 287.3 315.7 5.90 6 750 2521 3.1 0.7 84 2.4 1.9 231 28 299.9 300.9 287.4 315.9 5.37 7 700 3076 -0.5 -3.2 82 2.8 -1.7 234 30 302.0 302.8 287.1 315.0 4.31 8 650 3665 -4.0 -8.1 73 4.1 -5.7 234 31 304.4 305.0 286.9 314.3 3.19 9 600 4293 -7.4 -16.0 50 8.6 -10.2 230 32 307.5 307.9 286.5 313.4 1.83 10 550 4965 -11.3 -20.3 47 9.0 -13.8 234 31 310.7 311.0 287.2 315.3 1.39 11 500 5691 -14.8 -23.0 50 8.1 -16.9 241 32 314.9 315.2 288.4 319.0 1.20 12 450 6480 -20.2 -31.3 36 11.2 -22.2 246 35 317.9 318.0 288.8 320.1 0.62 13 400 7340 -27.2 -36.5 41 9.2 -28.5 242 37 319.6 319.7 289.1 321.1 0.42 14 350 8286 -35.4 -40.0 63 4.6 -35.8 242 39 321.0 321.1 289.5 322.3 0.34 15 300 9338 -44.5 -46.9 77 2.4 -44.6 237 44 322.7 322.7 289.8 323.4 0.19 16 250 10535 -52.3 -55.1 71 2.8 -52.4 229 48 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.7 0.09 17 200 11976 -51.7 -69.3 10 17.7 -52.0 231 50 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.02 18 150 13836 -53.1 -80.9 2 27.8 -53.6 241 42 378.6 378.6 302.0 378.6 0.00 19 100 16439 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.7 240 23 423.1 423.1 308.1 423.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5576.25 m Freezing level: 706.60 mb = 3003.04 m = 9852.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.92 mb = 2805.70 m = 9204.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.79 % Est. max temperature: 22.95 C = 73.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.95 mb = 610.16 m = 2001.81 ft T: 16.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 15.47 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.97 mb = 1079.98 m = 3543.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.89 C = 71.40 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.48 C Showalter Index: 2.15 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.35 C Cross Totals Index: 22.69 C K Index: 29.43 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 349.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.46 mb = 1010.03 m = 3313.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 875.46 mb = 1245.60 m = 4086.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 295.46 mb = 9437.97 m = 30964.09 ft B at Equ Level: 347.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 215.46 mb = 11495.15 m = 37713.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.9 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 258.9 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 118.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 10.69 Bulk Shear: 32.65 m/s