MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 18Z FRI 5 SEP 25 Station: 42.88,-71.38 Latitude: 42.88 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 21 SFC 991 101 24.0 22.7 92 1.3 23.1 175 10 297.9 301.2 296.5 349.7 17.81 2 950 468 20.7 18.9 90 1.8 19.5 181 24 298.2 300.9 294.5 340.8 14.66 3 900 935 18.1 16.1 88 2.0 16.8 190 33 300.2 302.6 293.8 338.0 12.90 4 850 1423 15.5 13.3 86 2.2 14.1 197 36 302.4 304.5 293.3 336.0 11.35 5 800 1936 12.7 10.4 86 2.3 11.3 198 37 304.7 306.6 292.9 334.6 9.97 6 750 2476 9.5 7.4 87 2.1 8.3 198 38 306.9 308.6 292.6 333.2 8.66 7 700 3046 6.0 4.3 88 1.8 5.0 199 39 309.1 310.5 292.2 331.9 7.44 8 650 3650 2.3 0.4 88 1.9 1.3 198 41 311.5 312.7 291.8 330.5 6.08 9 600 4293 -1.6 -4.3 82 2.7 -2.9 198 44 314.3 315.2 291.4 329.0 4.62 10 550 4981 -5.8 -9.5 75 3.7 -7.4 197 50 317.2 317.9 291.2 328.2 3.38 11 500 5721 -10.6 -14.3 74 3.7 -11.9 194 53 320.1 320.6 291.3 328.5 2.53 12 450 6524 -15.8 -19.9 71 4.1 -17.0 192 54 323.3 323.7 291.5 329.3 1.75 13 400 7402 -21.6 -26.3 65 4.7 -22.7 189 56 326.9 327.2 291.9 330.9 1.11 14 350 8371 -28.6 -35.2 53 6.6 -29.6 188 59 330.2 330.3 292.3 332.3 0.55 15 300 9456 -36.9 -42.7 55 5.8 -37.4 188 65 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.5 0.30 16 250 10692 -46.2 -52.5 49 6.3 -46.5 196 82 337.3 337.4 293.8 337.8 0.12 17 200 12145 -55.2 -61.1 48 5.9 -55.3 205 97 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.6 0.05 18 150 13961 -57.5 -77.5 6 20.0 -57.8 203 74 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.1 0.01 19 100 16513 -57.7 -84.2 2 26.5 -58.1 209 38 416.3 416.3 307.3 416.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.21 m Freezing level: 620.63 mb = 4027.81 m = 13214.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.49 mb = 3844.24 m = 12612.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.29 % Est. max temperature: 28.89 C = 84.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.63 mb = 263.02 m = 862.92 ft T: 22.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 21.44 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.63 mb = 947.71 m = 3109.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.33 C = 79.39 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -4.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.15 C Showalter Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.13 C Cross Totals Index: 23.88 C K Index: 37.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 304.13 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1235.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.16 mb = 771.68 m = 2531.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.16 mb = 1401.67 m = 4598.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.16 mb = 11460.58 m = 37599.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1230.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.16 mb = 14299.16 m = 46912.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.9 at 40.0 knts Storm direction: 225.9 at 30.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 172.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 172.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.27 Bulk Rich Number: 19.13 Bulk Shear: 64.59 m/s