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: 43.56,-71.38 Latitude: 43.56 Longitude: -71.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 SFC 974 273 19.4 19.2 99 0.2 19.3 151 8 294.8 297.4 293.4 336.4 14.54 2 950 484 18.4 18.2 99 0.2 18.3 158 21 295.9 298.4 293.3 336.0 13.96 3 900 948 16.5 16.4 99 0.1 16.4 174 33 298.5 300.9 293.5 336.7 13.14 4 850 1434 14.3 13.9 97 0.4 14.1 186 37 301.2 303.3 293.3 336.0 11.83 5 800 1945 11.8 11.6 99 0.2 11.7 192 39 303.8 305.8 293.3 335.9 10.80 6 750 2484 8.9 8.6 98 0.4 8.7 199 39 306.3 308.0 292.9 334.5 9.37 7 700 3053 5.7 5.1 96 0.7 5.4 203 40 308.8 310.3 292.5 333.0 7.89 8 650 3657 2.1 1.6 96 0.6 1.8 205 44 311.3 312.6 292.2 331.8 6.60 9 600 4299 -1.7 -2.2 96 0.5 -2.0 204 48 314.1 315.2 292.0 331.2 5.42 10 550 4987 -5.9 -7.7 87 1.7 -6.7 202 52 317.1 317.8 291.6 329.7 3.91 11 500 5728 -10.0 -14.2 71 4.2 -11.5 199 51 320.8 321.3 291.5 329.4 2.55 12 450 6534 -14.1 -23.0 47 9.0 -16.6 195 47 325.6 325.8 291.8 330.2 1.33 13 400 7418 -20.0 -31.9 34 12.0 -22.4 188 47 329.0 329.2 292.1 331.4 0.66 14 350 8393 -27.3 -37.9 36 10.6 -28.9 189 50 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.5 0.42 15 300 9483 -35.7 -44.7 39 9.0 -36.5 179 52 335.0 335.1 293.3 336.0 0.24 16 250 10725 -45.5 -51.7 50 6.1 -45.9 183 48 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.9 0.13 17 200 12171 -57.7 -60.6 70 2.8 -57.8 197 54 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.05 18 150 13966 -59.6 -75.7 11 16.1 -59.8 204 67 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16514 -57.6 -84.3 2 26.7 -58.0 210 35 416.4 416.4 307.3 416.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.14 m Freezing level: 622.53 mb = 4009.96 m = 13155.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.30 mb = 3955.07 m = 12975.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.06 % Est. max temperature: 27.06 C = 80.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.69 mb = 290.20 m = 952.09 ft T: 19.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 7.36 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.62 mb = 800.18 m = 2625.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.24 C = 72.03 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.33 C Cross Totals Index: 23.91 C K Index: 37.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 258.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.52 mb = 754.48 m = 2475.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.52 mb = 1992.11 m = 6535.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 325.52 mb = 8906.05 m = 29218.97 ft B at Equ Level: 257.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 195.52 mb = 12312.37 m = 40394.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.0 at 41.9 knts Storm direction: 227.0 at 31.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 321.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 321.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 107.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 2.50 Bulk Shear: 103.33 m/s