MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 42.69,-71.22 Latitude: 42.69 Longitude: -71.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 63 19.9 16.5 81 3.4 17.7 242 5 292.6 294.7 290.6 326.2 11.83 1 1000 106 19.5 14.7 74 4.8 16.5 239 7 292.7 294.6 289.6 322.8 10.60 2 950 545 15.7 12.4 81 3.3 13.6 236 12 293.1 294.8 288.9 320.4 9.55 3 900 1002 12.6 9.5 82 3.1 10.7 238 15 294.5 295.9 288.2 318.4 8.30 4 850 1479 9.4 6.1 80 3.2 7.5 244 18 295.9 297.2 287.5 316.2 6.97 5 800 1979 5.8 2.6 80 3.2 4.1 242 19 297.3 298.4 286.8 314.3 5.76 6 750 2504 2.4 -3.0 68 5.3 -0.1 235 20 299.1 299.9 285.8 311.5 4.10 7 700 3059 -0.8 -11.0 46 10.3 -4.7 233 24 301.6 302.1 284.9 308.9 2.35 8 650 3646 -4.0 -17.6 34 13.6 -8.3 237 27 304.5 304.7 285.0 309.2 1.47 9 600 4273 -7.4 -24.7 24 17.3 -11.8 243 29 307.5 307.7 285.5 310.4 0.86 10 550 4945 -11.4 -29.9 20 18.4 -15.4 246 31 310.5 310.6 286.2 312.5 0.58 11 500 5669 -15.9 -30.5 28 14.5 -18.8 245 34 313.6 313.7 287.3 315.7 0.61 12 450 6455 -21.4 -30.4 44 9.1 -23.0 243 39 316.4 316.5 288.3 318.7 0.68 13 400 7311 -28.4 -32.4 68 4.0 -29.0 237 42 318.1 318.2 288.8 320.3 0.63 14 350 8252 -36.3 -37.7 87 1.3 -36.5 236 45 319.8 319.8 289.2 321.3 0.43 15 300 9301 -45.3 -45.4 99 0.1 -45.3 232 45 321.5 321.5 289.5 322.3 0.22 16 250 10496 -51.5 -56.3 56 4.8 -51.7 231 50 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.07 17 200 11946 -50.3 -69.6 8 19.3 -50.8 238 46 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.02 18 150 13817 -52.4 -80.4 2 28.0 -52.8 240 42 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 19 100 16436 -53.4 -82.3 2 28.8 -54.1 232 23 424.5 424.5 308.2 424.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5563.62 m Freezing level: 712.46 mb = 2920.50 m = 9581.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 751.15 mb = 2491.93 m = 8175.53 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.01 % Est. max temperature: 23.06 C = 73.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.29 mb = 488.35 m = 1602.18 ft T: 16.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 17.29 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.86 mb = 1181.34 m = 3875.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.29 C = 72.12 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: 0.05 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.50 C Showalter Index: 2.63 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.27 C Cross Totals Index: 22.04 C K Index: 21.14 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 144.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.12 mb = 963.10 m = 3159.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.12 mb = 1585.48 m = 5201.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 499.12 mb = 5682.38 m = 18642.76 ft B at Equ Level: 144.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 269.12 mb = 10012.63 m = 32849.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.9 at 23.7 knts Storm direction: 270.9 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.4 neg: -0.3 tot: 44.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 5.25 Bulk Shear: 27.61 m/s