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: 43.29,-71.62 Latitude: 43.29 Longitude: -71.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 975 241 21.7 21.2 97 0.5 21.3 163 7 297.0 300.0 295.4 344.7 16.47 2 950 463 19.9 19.0 95 0.9 19.3 169 16 297.4 300.0 294.3 340.0 14.73 3 900 929 17.5 16.7 96 0.7 17.0 183 27 299.5 302.0 294.0 338.8 13.45 4 850 1417 15.1 13.9 93 1.2 14.3 194 33 302.0 304.1 293.6 336.9 11.84 5 800 1929 12.4 11.1 92 1.3 11.6 197 35 304.4 306.3 293.2 335.6 10.45 6 750 2469 9.3 8.1 92 1.2 8.6 197 37 306.7 308.4 292.8 334.1 9.08 7 700 3038 5.8 4.7 92 1.2 5.2 197 38 309.0 310.4 292.3 332.4 7.65 8 650 3642 2.1 0.5 89 1.6 1.3 197 41 311.3 312.5 291.8 330.3 6.10 9 600 4284 -1.9 -4.2 84 2.4 -3.0 196 45 314.0 314.8 291.3 328.7 4.66 10 550 4971 -6.1 -9.3 78 3.2 -7.4 195 50 316.9 317.6 291.2 328.1 3.44 11 500 5711 -10.8 -14.6 73 3.9 -12.2 192 54 319.9 320.4 291.2 328.1 2.46 12 450 6512 -16.1 -19.5 75 3.4 -17.1 190 56 323.0 323.4 291.5 329.2 1.81 13 400 7390 -21.6 -25.5 71 3.9 -22.5 187 59 326.9 327.1 292.0 331.1 1.20 14 350 8360 -28.6 -33.5 62 4.9 -29.4 184 60 330.2 330.3 292.4 332.6 0.64 15 300 9444 -37.0 -41.5 63 4.5 -37.5 184 65 333.2 333.2 292.9 334.5 0.34 16 250 10679 -46.4 -52.2 52 5.8 -46.7 192 79 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.6 0.12 17 200 12130 -55.4 -60.7 51 5.4 -55.5 201 85 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.05 18 150 13947 -56.7 -77.9 5 21.2 -57.0 201 71 372.3 372.3 301.0 372.4 0.01 19 100 16507 -57.1 -84.4 2 27.3 -57.5 209 38 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.01 m Freezing level: 623.59 mb = 3981.11 m = 13061.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.39 mb = 3824.33 m = 12546.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.97 % Est. max temperature: 27.80 C = 82.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.44 mb = 306.24 m = 1004.71 ft T: 21.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 16.60 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.52 mb = 895.36 m = 2937.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.02 C = 75.24 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -3.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.79 C Showalter Index: -2.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.89 C Cross Totals Index: 24.70 C K Index: 38.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 318.88 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1009.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.83 mb = 797.62 m = 2616.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.83 mb = 1428.35 m = 4686.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.83 mb = 11254.19 m = 36922.76 ft B at Equ Level: 1001.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.83 mb = 13996.26 m = 45918.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.7 at 40.0 knts Storm direction: 223.7 at 30.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 190.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 190.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.13 Bulk Rich Number: 11.51 Bulk Shear: 87.72 m/s