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: 43.02,-71.22 Latitude: 43.02 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 45 SFC 995 88 20.4 20.2 99 0.2 20.3 150 8 293.9 296.6 293.6 337.1 15.14 2 950 488 18.8 18.7 99 0.1 18.8 168 26 296.3 298.9 293.8 338.0 14.47 3 900 953 17.1 16.0 93 1.1 16.4 185 32 299.2 301.5 293.4 336.6 12.82 4 850 1440 14.6 13.6 93 1.0 14.0 189 34 301.5 303.6 293.2 335.6 11.58 5 800 1951 11.9 11.3 96 0.7 11.5 193 36 303.9 305.8 293.1 335.3 10.54 6 750 2490 9.2 8.7 96 0.5 8.9 198 39 306.6 308.3 293.0 335.0 9.43 7 700 3060 6.2 5.6 96 0.6 5.8 202 40 309.3 310.9 292.9 334.3 8.17 8 650 3665 2.6 2.0 95 0.7 2.3 203 44 311.9 313.2 292.6 333.1 6.81 9 600 4309 -1.1 -2.3 92 1.2 -1.7 201 48 314.8 315.9 292.2 331.9 5.41 10 550 4998 -5.3 -7.8 83 2.5 -6.4 199 51 317.8 318.5 291.8 330.3 3.87 11 500 5741 -9.7 -14.6 67 4.9 -11.5 195 49 321.2 321.7 291.6 329.4 2.46 12 450 6546 -14.4 -21.7 54 7.4 -16.5 194 43 325.2 325.5 291.8 330.4 1.49 13 400 7430 -20.2 -30.5 39 10.4 -22.3 190 41 328.8 328.9 292.1 331.5 0.75 14 350 8404 -27.6 -40.8 27 13.2 -29.3 193 49 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.7 0.31 15 300 9493 -35.9 -48.3 27 12.4 -36.9 186 48 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.4 0.16 16 250 10733 -45.8 -54.1 39 8.3 -46.2 191 48 338.0 338.1 293.9 338.5 0.10 17 200 12180 -56.9 -60.8 62 3.9 -57.0 206 65 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.05 18 150 13982 -59.9 -75.9 11 16.0 -60.0 208 69 366.9 366.9 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16521 -57.9 -84.2 2 26.3 -58.3 211 37 415.9 415.9 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.90 m Freezing level: 614.83 mb = 4117.88 m = 13509.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.23 mb = 4029.13 m = 13218.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.58 % Est. max temperature: 28.11 C = 82.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.93 mb = 106.08 m = 348.03 ft T: 20.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 8.59 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.70 mb = 757.14 m = 2484.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.39 C = 75.91 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.33 C Cross Totals Index: 23.28 C K Index: 37.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 347.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.45 mb = 593.02 m = 1945.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 823.45 mb = 1707.66 m = 5602.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 283.45 mb = 9879.08 m = 32411.29 ft B at Equ Level: 346.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.45 mb = 12721.29 m = 41735.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.6 at 40.3 knts Storm direction: 225.6 at 30.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 266.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 266.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 3.90 Bulk Shear: 89.00 m/s