MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040600F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040600F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 42.97,-71.54 Latitude: 42.97 Longitude: -71.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 995 145 21.9 20.9 94 1.1 21.2 168 5 295.5 298.4 294.6 340.9 15.81 2 950 547 19.7 16.1 79 3.6 17.3 194 10 297.2 299.4 292.4 332.5 12.18 3 900 1011 16.8 13.2 79 3.6 14.5 218 13 298.8 300.8 291.7 329.9 10.63 4 850 1497 14.2 10.8 80 3.4 12.0 230 15 301.0 302.8 291.5 329.3 9.59 5 800 2007 11.0 8.1 82 2.9 9.3 238 16 302.9 304.5 291.2 328.3 8.52 6 750 2543 7.4 5.8 89 1.7 6.5 242 17 304.6 306.1 291.1 327.8 7.71 7 700 3108 3.8 2.8 94 0.9 3.2 241 19 306.6 307.9 290.9 327.1 6.73 8 650 3707 0.1 -1.1 92 1.2 -0.5 244 21 309.1 310.1 290.5 325.9 5.44 9 600 4345 -2.7 -3.6 94 0.9 -3.2 253 26 312.9 313.9 291.2 328.3 4.88 10 550 5032 -5.9 -6.4 96 0.5 -6.1 257 26 317.1 317.9 292.0 331.0 4.31 11 500 5773 -9.9 -10.1 98 0.2 -10.0 254 26 320.9 321.6 292.4 332.6 3.54 12 450 6579 -15.0 -15.1 100 0.0 -15.0 254 26 324.4 324.9 292.6 333.3 2.64 13 400 7459 -21.1 -21.3 98 0.3 -21.1 257 25 327.6 328.0 292.7 333.7 1.74 14 350 8431 -28.4 -28.5 99 0.1 -28.5 253 27 330.4 330.6 292.9 334.2 1.04 15 300 9515 -37.3 -37.3 100 -0.0 -37.3 250 29 332.8 332.9 293.0 334.8 0.52 16 250 10745 -48.0 -48.1 100 0.0 -48.0 244 33 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.4 0.20 17 200 12177 -59.2 -61.0 79 1.8 -59.2 249 41 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.05 18 150 13963 -61.4 -74.1 17 12.7 -61.5 268 40 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.4 0.01 19 100 16495 -59.4 -85.2 2 25.9 -59.7 259 22 413.1 413.1 306.9 413.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.64 m Freezing level: 648.48 mb = 3725.91 m = 12223.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.77 mb = 3622.83 m = 11885.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.27 % Est. max temperature: 27.60 C = 81.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.14 mb = 275.82 m = 904.90 ft T: 21.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 15.03 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.02 mb = 1337.99 m = 4389.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.71 C = 80.08 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.83 C Showalter Index: 1.66 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.09 C Cross Totals Index: 20.69 C K Index: 33.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.57 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 200.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.94 mb = 973.29 m = 3193.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.94 mb = 2122.14 m = 6962.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 408.94 mb = 7293.92 m = 23929.89 ft B at Equ Level: 199.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 208.94 mb = 11896.10 m = 39028.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.3 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 274.3 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 66.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 5.61 Bulk Shear: 35.71 m/s