MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F357.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F357.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 357 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: 41.60,-72.81 Latitude: 41.60 Longitude: -72.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 989 152 22.8 21.1 91 1.6 21.6 295 5 296.8 299.8 295.2 343.6 16.17 2 950 501 19.5 17.2 87 2.3 17.9 299 11 297.0 299.4 293.0 334.9 13.12 3 900 965 16.5 15.2 92 1.3 15.6 305 13 298.5 300.7 292.7 333.8 12.13 4 850 1450 13.6 11.8 89 1.8 12.5 303 13 300.4 302.3 291.9 330.7 10.28 5 800 1959 10.9 8.0 82 2.9 9.2 296 13 302.8 304.3 291.1 327.9 8.44 6 750 2496 8.0 4.1 76 3.9 5.8 280 17 305.2 306.5 290.6 325.9 6.85 7 700 3062 4.7 -0.2 71 4.9 2.2 271 21 307.7 308.7 290.0 324.3 5.40 8 650 3663 1.6 -7.0 53 8.6 -2.2 272 24 310.8 311.4 289.3 321.8 3.48 9 600 4303 -2.2 -14.9 37 12.8 -6.8 276 30 313.6 314.0 288.8 320.2 2.00 10 550 4989 -5.9 -20.1 32 14.2 -10.4 271 35 317.1 317.4 289.3 321.8 1.41 11 500 5729 -10.5 -24.6 30 14.2 -14.3 270 38 320.3 320.5 289.9 323.9 1.04 12 450 6531 -16.4 -26.9 40 10.5 -18.9 269 43 322.6 322.8 290.5 325.9 0.94 13 400 7405 -22.9 -30.8 49 7.8 -24.4 264 47 325.2 325.3 291.1 327.8 0.74 14 350 8370 -29.7 -36.4 52 6.8 -30.6 260 53 328.7 328.8 291.9 330.5 0.48 15 300 9450 -37.7 -41.2 70 3.5 -38.0 255 59 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.6 0.35 16 250 10684 -46.6 -46.9 97 0.3 -46.7 244 71 336.7 336.8 293.7 337.6 0.22 17 200 12130 -56.6 -59.6 69 3.0 -56.6 255 86 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.06 18 150 13934 -58.7 -76.5 8 17.8 -58.9 252 64 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16488 -58.6 -84.5 2 25.9 -58.9 257 28 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.63 m Freezing level: 628.83 mb = 3934.00 m = 12906.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.27 mb = 3353.53 m = 11002.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.09 % Est. max temperature: 26.84 C = 80.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.18 mb = 354.13 m = 1161.81 ft T: 20.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 23.41 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.93 mb = 936.72 m = 3073.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.29 C = 75.72 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.73 C Showalter Index: 0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.12 C Cross Totals Index: 22.28 C K Index: 31.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 637.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.37 mb = 828.62 m = 2718.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.37 mb = 1161.52 m = 3810.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 269.37 mb = 10178.55 m = 33393.80 ft B at Equ Level: 636.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.37 mb = 13171.86 m = 43214.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.2 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 307.2 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.4 neg: -0.7 tot: 18.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 21.80 Bulk Shear: 29.23 m/s