MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040600F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040600F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 42.22,-72.36 Latitude: 42.22 Longitude: -72.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 993 169 25.2 20.3 74 5.0 21.8 215 3 299.0 301.7 295.1 343.4 15.25 2 950 559 21.3 16.0 72 5.2 17.8 220 7 298.8 301.0 292.9 334.2 12.16 3 900 1025 17.3 14.1 81 3.3 15.2 225 9 299.4 301.4 292.3 332.4 11.28 4 850 1511 14.0 11.3 84 2.7 12.3 230 13 300.8 302.6 291.7 330.2 9.98 5 800 2020 11.0 7.9 81 3.1 9.2 235 15 302.9 304.5 291.1 327.9 8.39 6 750 2557 7.7 4.4 80 3.3 5.9 238 14 304.9 306.2 290.6 326.1 7.02 7 700 3122 4.3 0.5 77 3.7 2.3 239 14 307.2 308.3 290.2 324.7 5.69 8 650 3722 0.7 -4.8 67 5.4 -1.9 245 17 309.7 310.5 289.6 322.7 4.13 9 600 4360 -3.1 -8.5 66 5.4 -5.4 251 21 312.6 313.2 289.8 323.3 3.36 10 550 5046 -6.0 -10.3 71 4.3 -7.8 248 19 317.0 317.6 290.9 327.3 3.17 11 500 5787 -10.1 -12.5 82 2.4 -11.0 244 17 320.8 321.3 291.9 330.5 2.93 12 450 6592 -14.7 -15.5 94 0.7 -15.0 242 19 324.7 325.2 292.6 333.3 2.55 13 400 7474 -20.6 -20.7 99 0.1 -20.7 255 24 328.2 328.6 292.9 334.6 1.84 14 350 8447 -28.2 -28.7 96 0.4 -28.3 251 23 330.7 330.9 292.9 334.4 1.02 15 300 9532 -37.1 -38.7 85 1.6 -37.3 249 29 333.0 333.1 293.0 334.7 0.45 16 250 10763 -47.8 -48.6 92 0.7 -47.9 244 32 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.7 0.19 17 200 12198 -58.4 -60.5 77 2.1 -58.4 247 37 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.6 0.06 18 150 13983 -61.3 -74.4 16 13.1 -61.4 263 32 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.5 0.01 19 100 16505 -60.4 -85.0 3 24.6 -60.6 267 19 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.16 m Freezing level: 640.89 mb = 3838.32 m = 12592.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.30 mb = 3449.16 m = 11315.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.26 % Est. max temperature: 27.37 C = 81.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.20 mb = 795.85 m = 2611.04 ft T: 19.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 20.68 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.23 mb = 1359.62 m = 4460.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.65 C = 79.97 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.97 C Showalter Index: 1.05 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.08 C Cross Totals Index: 21.42 C K Index: 31.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 374.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.46 mb = 1191.95 m = 3910.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.46 mb = 1635.67 m = 5366.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 257.46 mb = 10564.76 m = 34660.85 ft B at Equ Level: 374.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.46 mb = 12939.77 m = 42452.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.4 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 271.4 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 27.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 27.11 Bulk Shear: 13.83 m/s