MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 6Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 42.53,-72.09 Latitude: 42.53 Longitude: -72.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 SFC 983 284 13.8 11.2 84 2.6 12.3 185 4 288.4 289.9 286.2 312.3 8.53 2 950 572 15.8 10.0 68 5.8 12.4 211 21 293.2 294.7 287.6 316.6 8.15 3 900 1030 13.9 4.8 54 9.1 8.9 224 22 295.8 296.9 286.5 313.4 6.00 4 850 1508 9.9 1.0 54 9.0 5.4 225 23 296.6 297.4 285.6 310.8 4.83 5 800 2008 5.2 -1.2 63 6.5 2.2 227 23 296.7 297.5 285.2 309.7 4.36 6 750 2531 0.7 -3.6 73 4.3 -1.2 225 22 297.4 298.1 284.9 309.1 3.92 7 700 3081 -3.1 -6.6 77 3.4 -4.6 220 23 299.0 299.6 285.0 309.2 3.34 8 650 3665 -4.6 -20.3 28 15.6 -9.2 220 24 303.7 303.9 284.4 307.5 1.18 9 600 4293 -6.7 -32.3 11 25.6 -12.2 220 25 308.4 308.5 285.2 309.9 0.43 10 550 4967 -10.5 -32.4 15 21.9 -15.0 220 28 311.7 311.7 286.5 313.3 0.46 11 500 5692 -16.1 -23.4 54 7.2 -17.9 220 28 313.4 313.6 287.9 317.3 1.16 12 450 6476 -22.0 -26.3 68 4.3 -22.9 226 28 315.6 315.8 288.4 318.9 0.99 13 400 7331 -28.4 -31.5 75 3.0 -28.9 227 31 318.0 318.2 288.9 320.5 0.69 14 350 8275 -35.4 -36.4 90 1.0 -35.5 228 37 321.1 321.2 289.6 322.8 0.49 15 300 9329 -43.8 -44.4 93 0.6 -43.8 220 40 323.7 323.7 290.2 324.6 0.25 16 250 10525 -54.0 -54.0 100 0.0 -54.0 228 49 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.2 0.10 17 200 11951 -53.9 -65.8 22 11.9 -54.1 231 52 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.6 0.03 18 150 13808 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 235 37 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16422 -53.1 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.8 228 19 425.1 425.1 308.3 425.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5556.22 m Freezing level: 740.58 mb = 2634.47 m = 8643.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 767.40 mb = 2345.00 m = 7693.47 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.27 % Est. max temperature: 22.00 C = 71.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.91 mb = 617.08 m = 2024.51 ft T: 15.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.98 C/km ThetaE index: 7.50 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.93 mb = 1936.87 m = 6354.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.09 C = 71.76 F Cap Strength: 3.80 C Lifted Index: 3.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.15 C Showalter Index: 5.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.06 C Cross Totals Index: 17.10 C K Index: 23.60 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 84.81 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 51.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.07 mb = 1566.11 m = 5138.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.07 mb = 2433.40 m = 7983.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 669.07 mb = 3437.22 m = 11276.82 ft B at Equ Level: 51.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 599.07 mb = 4304.78 m = 14123.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.1 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 251.1 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.1 neg: -3.4 tot: 77.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 5.33 Bulk Shear: 9.73 m/s