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: 42.89,-71.46 Latitude: 42.89 Longitude: -71.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 20 SFC 989 115 24.0 22.8 93 1.2 23.1 175 10 298.0 301.3 296.7 350.1 17.90 2 950 467 20.7 19.0 90 1.7 19.5 181 24 298.2 300.8 294.5 340.8 14.67 3 900 934 18.1 16.0 87 2.1 16.7 190 33 300.2 302.6 293.7 337.8 12.82 4 850 1422 15.5 13.3 87 2.2 14.1 197 36 302.4 304.5 293.3 336.0 11.38 5 800 1935 12.6 10.7 88 2.0 11.4 197 37 304.6 306.5 293.0 334.9 10.12 6 750 2475 9.5 7.7 89 1.7 8.4 198 37 306.9 308.5 292.7 333.7 8.86 7 700 3045 6.0 4.4 90 1.5 5.1 199 38 309.1 310.5 292.3 332.1 7.53 8 650 3649 2.2 0.4 88 1.8 1.3 198 41 311.5 312.6 291.8 330.3 6.07 9 600 4291 -1.6 -4.4 81 2.8 -3.0 198 44 314.2 315.1 291.4 328.8 4.59 10 550 4979 -5.8 -9.8 73 4.0 -7.5 197 50 317.2 317.8 291.2 328.0 3.31 11 500 5719 -10.7 -14.5 73 3.8 -12.1 194 54 320.1 320.5 291.2 328.3 2.49 12 450 6522 -15.9 -20.3 68 4.5 -17.2 192 54 323.3 323.6 291.5 329.1 1.69 13 400 7399 -21.7 -26.7 64 5.0 -22.8 189 57 326.8 327.0 291.9 330.6 1.08 14 350 8369 -28.6 -35.6 51 7.0 -29.7 187 60 330.1 330.3 292.3 332.1 0.53 15 300 9453 -36.9 -43.1 53 6.1 -37.5 187 66 333.3 333.4 292.9 334.4 0.28 16 250 10688 -46.3 -52.9 47 6.6 -46.6 195 82 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.7 0.11 17 200 12141 -55.1 -61.3 46 6.2 -55.2 205 96 345.5 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.05 18 150 13959 -57.3 -77.7 6 20.4 -57.6 203 73 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.01 19 100 16512 -57.5 -84.2 2 26.7 -57.9 209 39 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.89 m Freezing level: 621.37 mb = 4016.66 m = 13177.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.18 mb = 3833.87 m = 12578.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.59 % Est. max temperature: 28.76 C = 83.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.55 mb = 262.96 m = 862.72 ft T: 22.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 22.09 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.48 mb = 967.17 m = 3173.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.28 C = 79.31 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -4.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.15 C Showalter Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.14 C Cross Totals Index: 23.96 C K Index: 37.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.75 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1234.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.70 mb = 784.41 m = 2573.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 850.70 mb = 1415.26 m = 4643.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.70 mb = 11500.02 m = 37729.27 ft B at Equ Level: 1225.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.70 mb = 14361.54 m = 47117.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.7 at 40.3 knts Storm direction: 225.7 at 30.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 172.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 172.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.27 Bulk Rich Number: 19.15 Bulk Shear: 64.47 m/s