MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506031800F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506031800F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 42.88,-71.34 Latitude: 42.88 Longitude: -71.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 94 27.2 17.0 54 10.2 20.2 8 2 300.0 302.3 293.3 335.9 12.24 1 1000 122 25.6 16.1 56 9.5 19.2 2 2 298.7 300.8 292.4 332.5 11.58 2 950 570 20.9 14.9 68 6.1 17.0 330 2 298.4 300.5 292.0 331.3 11.27 3 900 1035 16.6 13.8 83 2.9 14.8 297 2 298.7 300.7 292.0 330.9 11.06 4 850 1520 14.0 9.9 76 4.2 11.5 273 6 300.9 302.5 291.0 327.5 9.04 5 800 2030 11.1 7.5 78 3.6 9.0 261 11 303.0 304.5 291.0 327.4 8.18 6 750 2566 7.4 4.7 83 2.7 5.9 257 15 304.6 306.0 290.6 326.2 7.16 7 700 3131 4.0 0.8 79 3.2 2.3 260 18 306.9 308.0 290.2 324.7 5.79 8 650 3730 0.6 -3.2 76 3.8 -1.2 265 18 309.7 310.6 290.0 324.2 4.66 9 600 4369 -2.8 -10.2 57 7.3 -5.8 258 22 312.8 313.4 289.5 322.3 2.94 10 550 5054 -6.6 -13.0 61 6.3 -9.0 260 25 316.2 316.7 290.2 324.6 2.56 11 500 5792 -10.9 -13.4 82 2.5 -11.8 257 21 319.8 320.3 291.4 328.8 2.73 12 450 6595 -15.8 -17.3 88 1.5 -16.3 250 21 323.4 323.8 291.9 330.8 2.18 13 400 7473 -21.8 -24.9 76 3.1 -22.5 261 25 326.7 326.9 292.0 331.2 1.27 14 350 8442 -28.9 -29.8 91 1.0 -29.0 262 30 329.8 330.0 292.6 333.1 0.92 15 300 9525 -37.6 -41.3 68 3.7 -37.9 253 30 332.4 332.4 292.7 333.7 0.34 16 250 10754 -47.9 -47.9 99 0.1 -47.9 265 30 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.7 0.20 17 200 12184 -59.6 -61.0 84 1.4 -59.6 278 37 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.05 18 150 13968 -60.8 -74.2 15 13.4 -60.9 283 29 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16495 -60.9 -85.0 3 24.1 -61.2 285 17 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.37 m Freezing level: 640.67 mb = 3849.57 m = 12629.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.22 mb = 3518.89 m = 11544.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.45 % Est. max temperature: 27.84 C = 82.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.03 mb = 1371.03 m = 4498.07 ft T: 14.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 13.59 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.30 mb = 1727.13 m = 5666.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.87 C = 83.97 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.87 C Showalter Index: 1.57 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.94 C Cross Totals Index: 20.78 C K Index: 31.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 102.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.91 mb = 1342.82 m = 4405.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.91 mb = 2423.97 m = 7952.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 452.91 mb = 6546.34 m = 21477.23 ft B at Equ Level: 102.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 292.91 mb = 9686.51 m = 31779.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.1 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 291.1 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.8 neg: -0.0 tot: 25.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.58 Bulk Shear: 28.71 m/s