MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 44.17,-70.59 Latitude: 44.17 Longitude: -70.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 197 SFC 999 210 26.5 9.8 35 16.7 16.3 99 2 299.8 301.2 289.5 322.3 7.62 2 950 643 20.3 7.5 44 12.8 12.8 73 3 297.7 299.0 288.1 317.8 6.84 3 900 1105 15.7 6.5 54 9.2 10.4 41 3 297.7 298.9 287.9 317.6 6.77 4 850 1586 11.1 5.6 69 5.6 8.0 20 3 297.8 299.0 287.9 317.5 6.70 5 800 2089 6.4 4.4 87 1.9 5.4 13 4 298.0 299.2 287.9 317.3 6.58 6 750 2614 2.7 -0.1 82 2.8 1.3 15 6 299.5 300.4 286.9 314.6 5.07 7 700 3173 2.5 -10.3 38 12.8 -2.6 36 6 305.2 305.7 286.4 313.1 2.49 8 650 3769 0.2 -19.5 21 19.7 -6.2 79 5 309.2 309.4 286.5 313.3 1.25 9 600 4406 -3.1 -23.7 19 20.6 -9.0 98 6 312.5 312.7 287.3 315.7 0.94 10 550 5089 -7.4 -27.3 19 19.9 -12.5 102 7 315.3 315.4 288.1 317.8 0.74 11 500 5823 -13.0 -32.4 18 19.4 -17.0 81 7 317.2 317.3 288.4 319.0 0.50 12 450 6615 -19.4 -38.8 16 19.3 -22.4 64 5 318.8 318.9 288.7 319.9 0.30 13 400 7478 -26.3 -42.8 20 16.5 -28.2 99 7 320.8 320.8 289.2 321.6 0.22 14 350 8428 -34.1 -47.6 24 13.5 -35.1 104 10 322.8 322.8 289.8 323.4 0.15 15 300 9489 -41.1 -50.9 34 9.7 -41.6 223 8 327.4 327.5 291.1 327.9 0.12 16 250 10702 -50.9 -53.7 72 2.8 -51.0 220 29 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.10 17 200 12129 -56.7 -62.7 47 6.0 -56.8 187 20 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.04 18 150 13958 -55.0 -79.8 3 24.8 -55.4 193 14 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.3 0.00 19 100 16529 -57.4 -84.8 2 27.4 -57.8 209 13 416.8 416.8 307.3 416.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5625.60 m Freezing level: 647.22 mb = 3804.39 m = 12481.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 733.45 mb = 2794.86 m = 9169.39 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.82 % Est. max temperature: 24.53 C = 76.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 780.89 mb = 2285.45 m = 7498.10 ft T: 5.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 9.24 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.37 mb = 2290.88 m = 7515.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.28 C = 77.50 F Cap Strength: 4.51 C Lifted Index: 4.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.57 C Showalter Index: 4.78 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.14 C Cross Totals Index: 18.58 C K Index: 16.91 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 80.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.21 mb = 2250.90 m = 7384.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 769.21 mb = 2408.22 m = 7900.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 739.21 mb = 2731.56 m = 8961.72 ft B at Equ Level: 21.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 699.21 mb = 3181.89 m = 10439.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 65.4 at 5.2 knts Storm direction: 95.4 at 3.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 19.76 Bulk Shear: 1.14 m/s