MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F201.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F201.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 201 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 5 SEP 25 Station: 42.16,-71.95 Latitude: 42.16 Longitude: -71.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 SFC 979 223 22.6 21.9 96 0.7 22.2 170 9 297.6 300.7 296.1 347.4 17.18 2 950 481 20.0 19.2 95 0.8 19.5 175 22 297.5 300.2 294.5 340.7 14.90 3 900 947 17.6 16.3 92 1.3 16.7 187 31 299.6 302.0 293.7 337.7 13.03 4 850 1435 15.3 13.4 89 1.8 14.1 193 34 302.1 304.2 293.3 336.0 11.47 5 800 1947 12.6 10.8 89 1.8 11.5 198 36 304.6 306.5 293.1 335.2 10.24 6 750 2487 9.7 7.7 88 1.9 8.5 201 36 307.1 308.7 292.7 333.8 8.85 7 700 3058 6.4 4.0 85 2.4 5.0 201 38 309.5 310.9 292.2 331.9 7.30 8 650 3663 2.6 0.1 83 2.6 1.3 201 41 311.9 313.1 291.8 330.4 5.93 9 600 4306 -1.3 -4.0 81 2.8 -2.6 199 45 314.7 315.6 291.6 329.7 4.74 10 550 4995 -5.4 -9.4 73 4.0 -7.1 197 49 317.7 318.3 291.3 328.8 3.41 11 500 5736 -10.2 -16.4 60 6.2 -12.3 195 49 320.6 321.0 291.1 327.8 2.13 12 450 6540 -15.2 -22.1 55 6.9 -17.1 195 50 324.1 324.4 291.5 329.1 1.44 13 400 7421 -20.5 -32.2 34 11.7 -22.8 193 53 328.3 328.4 291.9 330.7 0.64 14 350 8394 -27.9 -42.0 25 14.1 -29.7 192 54 331.1 331.1 292.3 332.1 0.27 15 300 9480 -36.8 -48.8 28 12.0 -37.7 190 52 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.1 0.15 16 250 10716 -46.5 -54.3 41 7.8 -46.9 195 59 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.3 0.10 17 200 12162 -55.9 -61.4 50 5.5 -56.0 205 77 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.05 18 150 13978 -58.3 -77.0 7 18.7 -58.6 207 67 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.01 19 100 16518 -58.6 -84.0 2 25.4 -59.0 213 41 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.97 m Freezing level: 616.17 mb = 4097.97 m = 13444.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.84 mb = 3864.99 m = 12680.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.44 % Est. max temperature: 28.15 C = 82.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.38 mb = 306.19 m = 1004.56 ft T: 21.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 19.62 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.73 mb = 920.45 m = 3019.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.52 C = 76.14 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.37 C Showalter Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.44 C Cross Totals Index: 23.62 C K Index: 36.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 876.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.45 mb = 809.35 m = 2655.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.45 mb = 1540.19 m = 5053.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.45 mb = 11271.70 m = 36980.18 ft B at Equ Level: 874.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.45 mb = 14000.42 m = 45932.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.4 at 39.6 knts Storm direction: 226.4 at 29.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 190.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 190.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.97 Bulk Rich Number: 13.44 Bulk Shear: 65.24 m/s