MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 42.59,-71.16 Latitude: 42.59 Longitude: -71.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 49 19.7 17.5 87 2.2 18.2 234 5 292.3 294.5 291.2 328.0 12.59 1 1000 109 19.4 15.6 78 3.9 17.0 234 9 292.6 294.6 290.1 324.4 11.19 2 950 548 15.9 13.0 83 2.9 14.1 229 14 293.3 295.1 289.2 321.6 9.92 3 900 1006 13.0 10.3 84 2.7 11.3 223 17 294.9 296.5 288.8 320.1 8.75 4 850 1485 9.8 7.3 84 2.5 8.4 224 18 296.4 297.8 288.2 318.5 7.58 5 800 1986 6.4 3.9 84 2.5 5.1 227 19 298.0 299.1 287.6 316.6 6.34 6 750 2512 2.9 -1.9 70 4.9 0.6 231 19 299.7 300.6 286.4 313.0 4.42 7 700 3067 -0.9 -7.8 59 6.9 -3.7 231 22 301.4 302.0 285.6 310.7 3.03 8 650 3654 -4.4 -11.6 57 7.2 -7.0 231 27 304.0 304.4 285.9 311.6 2.42 9 600 4281 -7.4 -15.7 52 8.2 -10.1 236 28 307.5 307.9 286.6 313.6 1.88 10 550 4954 -10.9 -18.5 53 7.6 -13.2 236 28 311.1 311.4 287.6 316.4 1.61 11 500 5680 -15.1 -24.6 44 9.5 -17.4 241 30 314.7 314.9 288.2 318.2 1.04 12 450 6468 -20.9 -29.2 47 8.3 -22.5 245 37 317.0 317.2 288.6 319.7 0.76 13 400 7326 -28.0 -32.6 65 4.6 -28.7 240 40 318.6 318.8 289.0 320.8 0.62 14 350 8269 -35.8 -37.9 81 2.1 -36.0 236 43 320.5 320.6 289.3 322.0 0.42 15 300 9319 -44.8 -45.4 93 0.6 -44.8 236 44 322.3 322.3 289.7 323.1 0.22 16 250 10516 -51.9 -55.9 62 4.1 -52.0 236 51 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.2 0.08 17 200 11960 -50.9 -70.5 8 19.6 -51.3 239 50 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 13829 -52.3 -80.3 2 28.0 -52.8 241 40 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.00 19 100 16439 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.5 238 25 423.5 423.5 308.1 423.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5570.94 m Freezing level: 712.14 mb = 2932.19 m = 9619.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 743.02 mb = 2587.32 m = 8488.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.37 % Est. max temperature: 23.67 C = 74.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.69 mb = 328.76 m = 1078.60 ft T: 17.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 17.28 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.48 mb = 1113.95 m = 3654.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.68 C = 72.82 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: 0.03 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.30 C Showalter Index: 2.14 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.91 C Cross Totals Index: 22.39 C K Index: 25.32 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 223.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.29 mb = 882.01 m = 2893.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.29 mb = 1599.17 m = 5246.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 498.29 mb = 5705.75 m = 18719.42 ft B at Equ Level: 213.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 238.29 mb = 10826.66 m = 35520.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.1 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 263.1 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 45.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 12.00 Bulk Shear: 18.63 m/s