MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040600F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040600F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 43.63,-71.30 Latitude: 43.63 Longitude: -71.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 SFC 981 291 20.8 17.1 79 3.7 18.4 20 1 295.5 297.8 292.2 331.8 12.61 2 950 570 17.6 15.6 88 2.0 16.3 17 1 295.0 297.1 291.4 328.8 11.77 3 900 1032 16.2 12.9 81 3.3 14.1 275 2 298.2 300.1 291.3 328.7 10.45 4 850 1518 14.5 8.3 67 6.1 10.8 272 8 301.3 302.8 290.4 325.4 8.13 5 800 2028 11.2 5.8 69 5.4 8.1 260 13 303.1 304.4 290.2 324.9 7.27 6 750 2564 7.3 4.3 82 2.9 5.6 251 18 304.5 305.8 290.5 325.5 6.98 7 700 3128 3.4 1.5 87 2.0 2.4 254 18 306.3 307.4 290.2 324.9 6.10 8 650 3726 -0.3 -1.4 93 1.1 -0.9 265 17 308.6 309.6 290.3 325.1 5.33 9 600 4363 -3.4 -4.9 89 1.5 -4.1 266 20 312.2 313.0 290.6 326.1 4.43 10 550 5048 -6.5 -8.7 85 2.2 -7.5 264 21 316.3 317.0 291.2 328.0 3.61 11 500 5787 -11.0 -13.6 81 2.6 -12.0 258 24 319.6 320.1 291.3 328.5 2.68 12 450 6589 -15.7 -30.4 27 14.7 -18.9 257 26 323.5 323.6 290.5 325.9 0.68 13 400 7468 -21.0 -47.7 7 26.7 -24.2 257 18 327.6 327.7 291.2 328.1 0.13 14 350 8438 -28.6 -44.5 20 15.9 -30.4 250 18 330.1 330.2 292.0 330.9 0.21 15 300 9522 -37.5 -44.9 46 7.4 -38.2 264 24 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.4 0.23 16 250 10750 -48.2 -49.0 91 0.8 -48.3 281 27 334.4 334.4 293.1 335.1 0.18 17 200 12179 -59.1 -62.4 65 3.4 -59.1 275 36 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.04 18 150 13958 -61.6 -73.9 18 12.3 -61.7 270 31 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16488 -60.2 -84.9 3 24.7 -60.4 271 21 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.21 m Freezing level: 654.19 mb = 3675.59 m = 12058.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.09 mb = 3564.89 m = 11695.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.62 % Est. max temperature: 27.20 C = 80.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.54 mb = 756.18 m = 2480.87 ft T: 17.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 6.93 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.70 mb = 1812.75 m = 5947.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.58 C = 81.64 F Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lifted Index: 0.66 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.56 C Showalter Index: 2.50 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.48 C Cross Totals Index: 19.35 C K Index: 31.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 139.69 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 56.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.20 mb = 1115.72 m = 3660.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.20 mb = 2827.39 m = 9276.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 566.20 mb = 4819.83 m = 15812.88 ft B at Equ Level: 56.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 436.20 mb = 6821.40 m = 22379.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.9 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 290.9 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 3.2 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.5 neg: -0.8 tot: 26.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.65 Bulk Shear: 34.24 m/s