MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506030600F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506030600F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 18Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 42.45,-71.84 Latitude: 42.45 Longitude: -71.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 SFC 987 228 25.7 19.9 70 5.8 21.6 294 4 299.9 302.7 295.2 343.7 14.95 2 950 563 24.1 15.3 58 8.8 18.2 277 9 301.6 303.7 293.3 335.7 11.57 3 900 1034 20.1 13.9 68 6.2 16.0 254 9 302.2 304.2 293.1 335.2 11.14 4 850 1524 15.8 12.4 80 3.5 13.6 232 9 302.7 304.7 292.9 334.4 10.68 5 800 2036 11.8 9.9 88 1.9 10.6 219 8 303.7 305.5 292.4 332.5 9.64 6 750 2574 8.1 6.6 90 1.5 7.2 210 7 305.4 306.9 291.7 330.1 8.18 7 700 3140 4.2 2.2 87 2.0 3.1 225 4 307.2 308.4 290.8 326.8 6.42 8 650 3741 1.5 -3.5 70 5.0 -0.9 274 5 310.6 311.5 290.2 324.9 4.56 9 600 4382 -1.8 -9.6 55 7.8 -5.0 275 8 314.1 314.7 290.0 324.0 3.08 10 550 5069 -6.1 -16.6 43 10.5 -9.7 256 8 316.8 317.2 289.7 323.2 1.90 11 500 5808 -10.6 -30.2 18 19.7 -15.1 238 10 320.1 320.2 289.5 322.3 0.62 12 450 6611 -15.5 -23.5 50 8.0 -17.7 233 13 323.7 324.0 291.2 328.2 1.28 13 400 7490 -21.2 -22.4 90 1.1 -21.5 251 15 327.4 327.7 292.5 333.0 1.59 14 350 8462 -28.2 -28.6 96 0.4 -28.3 255 21 330.8 331.0 292.9 334.5 1.03 15 300 9548 -36.9 -36.9 100 -0.0 -37.0 265 25 333.3 333.4 293.2 335.3 0.54 16 250 10780 -47.4 -49.0 83 1.6 -47.5 249 27 335.6 335.6 293.4 336.3 0.18 17 200 12217 -58.4 -64.8 43 6.4 -58.5 264 28 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.03 18 150 13998 -62.8 -73.9 21 11.1 -62.9 279 31 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16508 -60.7 -85.1 3 24.4 -61.0 285 13 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.71 m Freezing level: 627.07 mb = 4034.92 m = 13237.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.35 mb = 3600.61 m = 11812.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.14 % Est. max temperature: 28.71 C = 83.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.80 mb = 968.08 m = 3176.08 ft T: 20.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 21.34 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.07 mb = 1806.10 m = 5925.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.01 C = 84.23 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.47 C Showalter Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.41 C Cross Totals Index: 22.96 C K Index: 36.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 578.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.99 mb = 1593.77 m = 5228.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.99 mb = 2057.00 m = 6748.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.99 mb = 11097.47 m = 36408.58 ft B at Equ Level: 575.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.99 mb = 13676.69 m = 44870.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.7 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 276.7 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: -16.8 tot: -16.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: -2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 245.65 Bulk Shear: 2.35 m/s