MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 42.90,-75.32 Latitude: 42.90 Longitude: -75.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 SFC 976 354 24.2 19.6 76 4.6 21.0 288 5 299.5 302.2 295.1 343.1 14.92 2 950 584 21.4 17.5 79 3.8 18.8 275 6 298.9 301.3 293.8 337.8 13.38 3 900 1051 17.7 15.5 87 2.2 16.2 262 7 299.7 302.0 293.3 335.9 12.38 4 850 1539 15.5 11.0 74 4.5 12.7 260 10 302.4 304.2 292.0 331.2 9.72 5 800 2051 11.9 7.1 72 4.9 9.0 259 13 303.9 305.3 291.0 327.6 7.91 6 750 2587 7.4 4.5 82 2.9 5.7 254 16 304.6 305.9 290.5 325.8 7.03 7 700 3153 5.0 -8.5 37 13.5 -0.8 250 23 308.1 308.6 287.8 317.2 2.88 8 650 3755 2.9 -24.9 11 27.8 -5.4 255 26 312.2 312.4 287.1 314.9 0.78 9 600 4397 -1.3 -30.4 9 29.0 -8.7 252 26 314.6 314.7 287.5 316.4 0.51 10 550 5084 -5.6 -29.5 13 24.0 -11.5 244 28 317.5 317.6 288.6 319.6 0.60 11 500 5825 -9.9 -29.2 19 19.3 -14.6 239 33 321.0 321.1 289.8 323.4 0.68 12 450 6628 -15.8 -23.2 53 7.4 -17.8 239 35 323.4 323.7 291.2 328.0 1.32 13 400 7506 -21.7 -26.5 65 4.9 -22.8 241 30 326.8 327.0 291.9 330.7 1.09 14 350 8476 -28.8 -32.2 73 3.4 -29.4 244 28 329.9 330.0 292.4 332.6 0.73 15 300 9562 -36.1 -36.3 98 0.2 -36.1 255 27 334.5 334.6 293.5 336.6 0.57 16 250 10800 -46.2 -47.0 92 0.8 -46.3 242 29 337.3 337.4 293.9 338.2 0.22 17 200 12248 -57.0 -57.6 93 0.6 -57.0 246 52 342.5 342.6 295.0 342.9 0.08 18 150 14031 -62.6 -75.3 17 12.7 -62.7 241 42 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16537 -62.1 -84.7 3 22.6 -62.4 265 19 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.48 m Freezing level: 615.83 mb = 4193.73 m = 13758.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.15 mb = 3080.83 m = 10107.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.39 % Est. max temperature: 27.83 C = 82.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.32 mb = 933.52 m = 3062.70 ft T: 18.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 28.18 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.14 mb = 1597.21 m = 5240.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.29 C = 81.12 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.77 C Showalter Index: 0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.41 C Cross Totals Index: 20.86 C K Index: 22.87 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 532.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.82 mb = 1224.98 m = 4018.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.82 mb = 2083.74 m = 6836.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 276.82 mb = 10108.03 m = 33162.43 ft B at Equ Level: 531.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.82 mb = 13371.83 m = 43870.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.2 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 279.2 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.5 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 35.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 15.65 Bulk Shear: 34.00 m/s