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: 44.31,-70.75 Latitude: 44.31 Longitude: -70.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31 SFC 968 314 18.9 18.7 99 0.2 18.8 137 6 294.8 297.4 293.2 335.4 14.16 2 950 471 18.2 18.0 99 0.2 18.1 148 13 295.6 298.1 293.1 335.2 13.77 3 900 935 16.5 16.1 97 0.4 16.3 168 28 298.5 300.8 293.3 336.0 12.87 4 850 1421 14.3 13.9 97 0.5 14.0 181 37 301.2 303.3 293.3 335.9 11.80 5 800 1932 11.8 11.4 98 0.3 11.6 188 40 303.7 305.7 293.2 335.4 10.66 6 750 2471 9.0 8.5 97 0.4 8.7 193 42 306.3 308.0 292.9 334.5 9.36 7 700 3040 5.8 5.0 94 0.9 5.4 196 43 309.0 310.4 292.5 332.9 7.82 8 650 3644 2.3 0.7 89 1.6 1.4 200 44 311.5 312.7 292.0 330.9 6.22 9 600 4287 -1.4 -3.5 86 2.1 -2.4 200 48 314.4 315.4 291.7 330.1 4.93 10 550 4976 -5.5 -8.0 82 2.6 -6.6 197 52 317.6 318.3 291.7 329.9 3.79 11 500 5718 -9.9 -14.0 72 4.0 -11.4 193 55 320.9 321.4 291.6 329.6 2.60 12 450 6522 -14.9 -19.4 68 4.5 -16.3 188 54 324.4 324.8 291.9 330.7 1.82 13 400 7404 -20.4 -25.4 64 5.0 -21.7 185 53 328.4 328.7 292.4 332.7 1.21 14 350 8378 -27.6 -32.5 63 4.9 -28.5 180 54 331.5 331.7 292.9 334.2 0.72 15 300 9468 -36.0 -39.0 73 3.0 -36.3 175 54 334.7 334.8 293.4 336.4 0.43 16 250 10706 -46.3 -48.1 82 1.8 -46.4 190 62 337.2 337.3 293.9 338.0 0.20 17 200 12152 -56.6 -59.4 70 2.8 -56.6 201 78 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.06 18 150 13955 -58.5 -76.8 8 18.3 -58.7 204 71 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16512 -57.5 -84.2 2 26.8 -57.9 204 35 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.23 m Freezing level: 619.36 mb = 4037.96 m = 13247.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.56 mb = 3875.13 m = 12713.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.79 % Est. max temperature: 26.79 C = 80.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.82 mb = 338.70 m = 1111.20 ft T: 18.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 6.35 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.27 mb = 960.42 m = 3150.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.70 C = 72.86 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.44 C Showalter Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.25 C Cross Totals Index: 23.79 C K Index: 37.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 294.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 207.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.30 mb = 818.23 m = 2684.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.30 mb = 2280.45 m = 7481.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 337.30 mb = 8639.53 m = 28344.58 ft B at Equ Level: 206.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.30 mb = 11919.44 m = 39105.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.3 at 42.9 knts Storm direction: 222.3 at 32.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 332.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 332.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 1.54 Bulk Shear: 134.46 m/s