MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506041200F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506041200F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 9 JUN 25 Station: 42.45,-72.40 Latitude: 42.45 Longitude: -72.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 986 198 22.1 16.8 72 5.3 18.5 166 9 296.4 298.6 292.2 331.8 12.26 2 950 522 18.4 15.0 80 3.4 16.2 167 18 295.9 297.9 291.3 328.6 11.35 3 900 983 14.5 13.9 97 0.5 14.1 167 17 296.4 298.4 291.3 328.7 11.17 4 850 1465 11.4 10.8 96 0.5 11.0 178 16 298.0 299.8 290.6 326.1 9.62 5 800 1971 9.5 7.8 89 1.7 8.5 199 18 301.2 302.8 290.5 325.9 8.32 6 750 2506 7.9 5.4 84 2.5 6.5 217 22 305.1 306.5 291.1 327.8 7.50 7 700 3073 4.8 2.6 86 2.1 3.6 222 24 307.7 309.0 291.2 328.0 6.61 8 650 3674 1.1 -0.4 90 1.5 0.3 222 24 310.2 311.3 291.1 327.9 5.72 9 600 4314 -2.3 -10.4 54 8.1 -5.6 224 24 313.5 314.0 289.6 322.8 2.89 10 550 5001 -5.6 -21.7 27 16.1 -10.5 233 27 317.4 317.7 289.2 321.6 1.22 11 500 5741 -9.9 -26.7 24 16.9 -14.2 240 32 321.0 321.2 290.0 324.0 0.86 12 450 6545 -15.6 -32.1 23 16.5 -19.0 237 35 323.7 323.8 290.5 325.8 0.58 13 400 7422 -22.2 -33.8 34 11.6 -24.2 239 39 326.2 326.3 291.2 328.2 0.55 14 350 8389 -29.1 -43.8 23 14.6 -30.7 238 47 329.5 329.5 291.8 330.3 0.23 15 300 9474 -36.4 -51.2 20 14.9 -37.4 226 59 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.6 0.11 16 250 10711 -46.2 -52.7 48 6.5 -46.5 218 68 337.4 337.4 293.8 337.8 0.12 17 200 12164 -55.2 -57.6 74 2.4 -55.3 216 105 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.7 0.08 18 150 13958 -60.8 -75.2 13 14.5 -60.9 226 71 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16500 -59.0 -85.3 2 26.3 -59.3 252 43 413.8 413.8 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.27 m Freezing level: 634.02 mb = 3878.51 m = 12724.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.36 mb = 3706.48 m = 12160.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.27 % Est. max temperature: 24.58 C = 76.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.12 mb = 869.30 m = 2851.99 ft T: 15.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 3.17 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.31 mb = 1027.37 m = 3370.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.24 C = 72.04 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: 1.78 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.75 C Showalter Index: 3.30 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.22 C Cross Totals Index: 20.67 C K Index: 29.89 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.88 mb = 984.52 m = 3230.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 884.88 mb = 1126.06 m = 3694.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 794.88 mb = 2024.09 m = 6640.62 ft B at Equ Level: 13.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 734.88 mb = 2673.33 m = 8770.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.3 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 247.3 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.9 neg: -3.2 tot: 91.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 41.54 m/s