MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F222.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F222.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 222 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 5 SEP 25 Station: 43.70,-72.56 Latitude: 43.70 Longitude: -72.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 96 SFC 965 400 16.3 11.0 71 5.2 13.1 247 6 292.4 293.9 287.7 316.9 8.59 2 950 532 14.9 9.1 68 5.8 11.6 257 13 292.3 293.7 286.8 314.2 7.67 3 900 987 11.0 7.2 78 3.8 8.9 269 19 292.8 294.1 286.5 313.2 7.09 4 850 1461 7.7 4.7 81 3.0 6.1 271 23 294.2 295.3 286.2 312.4 6.29 5 800 1959 5.3 2.4 82 2.9 3.8 256 29 296.8 297.9 286.6 313.6 5.71 6 750 2486 4.0 1.2 82 2.9 2.5 236 36 300.9 302.0 287.9 317.6 5.56 7 700 3044 0.6 -0.7 91 1.3 -0.1 230 44 303.1 304.1 288.3 318.8 5.18 8 650 3636 -2.1 -5.0 80 3.0 -3.4 226 48 306.6 307.4 288.5 319.1 4.04 9 600 4269 -5.7 -9.1 77 3.5 -7.1 224 52 309.6 310.2 288.6 319.7 3.19 10 550 4945 -10.0 -13.7 75 3.7 -11.3 227 60 312.2 312.7 288.8 320.0 2.42 11 500 5676 -12.4 -26.0 31 13.6 -15.8 228 70 317.9 318.0 289.0 321.0 0.92 12 450 6475 -16.5 -28.3 35 11.8 -19.1 219 72 322.5 322.7 290.4 325.4 0.82 13 400 7350 -22.8 -37.3 25 14.5 -25.0 223 68 325.4 325.5 290.8 326.8 0.39 14 350 8314 -30.3 -40.5 36 10.3 -31.4 223 68 328.0 328.0 291.5 329.2 0.32 15 300 9389 -39.7 -42.5 74 2.8 -39.9 225 67 329.4 329.5 291.9 330.5 0.30 16 250 10608 -48.5 -55.4 45 6.9 -48.8 218 71 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.08 17 200 12066 -52.1 -66.1 17 14.0 -52.4 216 69 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.03 18 150 13897 -56.2 -79.7 4 23.4 -56.5 228 66 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16473 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.5 225 43 419.4 419.4 307.6 419.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5580.05 m Freezing level: 689.14 mb = 3173.01 m = 10410.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.85 mb = 3023.04 m = 9917.99 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.99 % Est. max temperature: 19.85 C = 67.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.33 mb = 1057.81 m = 3470.48 ft T: 10.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.95 C/km ThetaE index: 4.50 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.36 mb = 1772.61 m = 5815.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.66 C = 67.39 F Cap Strength: 4.70 C Lifted Index: 7.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.93 C Showalter Index: 8.40 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.10 C Cross Totals Index: 17.11 C K Index: 23.44 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.98 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.79 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10757.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.29 mb = 1409.58 m = 4624.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.8 at 44.9 knts Storm direction: 261.8 at 33.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 5.7 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.8 neg: -25.5 tot: 26.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 148.91 m/s