MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506041200F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506041200F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 1002 94 24.5 20.6 79 3.9 21.7 161 2 297.4 300.2 294.8 342.0 15.39 1 1000 112 24.0 18.9 73 5.2 20.5 156 3 297.2 299.7 293.6 337.3 13.86 2 950 559 20.6 16.1 75 4.5 17.5 181 3 298.0 300.3 292.6 333.4 12.16 3 900 1025 17.0 14.2 84 2.8 15.1 209 5 299.0 301.1 292.3 332.1 11.36 4 850 1510 13.8 11.4 85 2.4 12.3 220 8 300.6 302.5 291.7 330.1 10.01 5 800 2020 10.9 8.2 83 2.7 9.3 234 12 302.8 304.3 291.2 328.2 8.56 6 750 2556 7.6 5.5 86 2.1 6.3 240 15 304.8 306.2 291.0 327.5 7.55 7 700 3122 4.1 2.6 90 1.5 3.3 241 17 307.0 308.3 290.9 327.2 6.60 8 650 3721 0.3 -0.7 93 0.9 -0.2 246 19 309.3 310.3 290.7 326.7 5.62 9 600 4360 -2.8 -3.5 95 0.7 -3.1 258 18 312.9 313.8 291.3 328.4 4.93 10 550 5045 -6.4 -7.2 94 0.8 -6.8 261 19 316.5 317.3 291.6 329.5 4.05 11 500 5786 -10.5 -11.6 91 1.1 -10.9 260 19 320.3 320.9 291.9 330.7 3.16 12 450 6589 -15.5 -16.4 92 1.0 -15.8 257 21 323.8 324.3 292.2 331.8 2.35 13 400 7468 -21.4 -22.0 95 0.6 -21.6 256 25 327.1 327.5 292.5 332.9 1.64 14 350 8439 -28.5 -29.3 93 0.8 -28.6 269 31 330.3 330.5 292.7 333.8 0.97 15 300 9524 -37.3 -40.8 70 3.5 -37.7 257 29 332.8 332.9 292.9 334.2 0.36 16 250 10753 -48.2 -50.9 73 2.7 -48.3 255 36 334.4 334.5 293.0 335.0 0.14 17 200 12185 -58.3 -62.4 60 4.0 -58.4 255 38 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.04 18 150 13972 -60.2 -75.0 13 14.8 -60.4 263 35 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.4 0.01 19 100 16499 -59.6 -85.2 2 25.6 -59.9 260 19 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.11 m Freezing level: 645.34 mb = 3780.51 m = 12403.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.05 mb = 3683.08 m = 12083.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.90 % Est. max temperature: 27.61 C = 81.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.81 mb = 588.46 m = 1930.63 ft T: 20.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 15.34 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.97 mb = 1332.64 m = 4372.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.08 C = 80.75 F Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.66 C Showalter Index: 0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.30 C Cross Totals Index: 21.86 C K Index: 34.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 297.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.64 mb = 1084.88 m = 3559.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.64 mb = 1826.32 m = 5991.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 328.64 mb = 8881.89 m = 29139.72 ft B at Equ Level: 297.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.64 mb = 12547.75 m = 41166.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.1 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 277.1 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 40.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 11.89 Bulk Shear: 25.05 m/s