MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F348.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F348.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 14.5 day GFS valid 18Z THU 19 JUN 25 Station: 42.53,-71.95 Latitude: 42.53 Longitude: -71.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 972 287 30.5 19.9 53 10.6 22.9 239 12 306.1 308.9 297.0 351.8 15.24 2 950 489 27.7 18.3 57 9.4 21.1 241 24 305.3 307.9 296.0 347.3 14.05 3 900 965 23.1 16.9 68 6.2 18.8 242 29 305.4 307.9 295.7 346.0 13.59 4 850 1461 18.7 15.7 83 3.0 16.6 243 31 305.7 308.2 295.6 345.5 13.29 5 800 1979 14.4 14.1 99 0.2 14.2 244 31 306.5 308.8 295.5 344.8 12.77 6 750 2522 10.8 10.3 97 0.5 10.5 253 36 308.3 310.3 294.4 340.4 10.58 7 700 3097 8.7 6.5 86 2.2 7.3 257 43 312.1 313.7 294.1 339.0 8.71 8 650 3708 5.2 2.1 80 3.1 3.4 257 46 314.8 316.2 293.4 336.4 6.86 9 600 4357 0.9 -2.0 80 3.0 -0.6 258 48 317.2 318.3 293.0 334.8 5.49 10 550 5052 -3.2 -9.3 63 6.1 -5.8 262 49 320.3 321.0 292.2 331.6 3.43 11 500 5799 -8.1 -14.8 58 6.8 -10.6 261 47 323.2 323.7 292.1 331.4 2.42 12 450 6611 -12.8 -20.3 54 7.5 -15.2 259 46 327.1 327.4 292.5 333.0 1.69 13 400 7498 -19.3 -21.5 83 2.2 -19.9 264 54 330.0 330.3 293.3 336.0 1.72 14 350 8480 -25.0 -25.0 100 0.0 -25.0 246 58 335.1 335.3 294.4 340.2 1.43 15 300 9582 -33.2 -33.2 100 -0.0 -33.2 246 66 338.6 338.7 294.7 341.5 0.78 16 250 10838 -42.7 -46.6 65 3.9 -43.0 254 69 342.6 342.6 295.1 343.5 0.23 17 200 12304 -54.2 -60.9 43 6.7 -54.4 265 76 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.05 18 150 14101 -62.4 -77.4 12 15.0 -62.6 272 75 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16595 -62.2 -84.3 4 22.1 -62.4 244 29 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.86 m Freezing level: 588.54 mb = 4516.52 m = 14817.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.73 mb = 4253.44 m = 13954.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.65 % Est. max temperature: 30.51 C = 86.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.32 mb = 1619.90 m = 5314.56 ft T: 17.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 20.47 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.62 mb = 1813.39 m = 5949.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.60 C = 87.08 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -4.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.14 C Showalter Index: -3.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.74 C Cross Totals Index: 23.75 C K Index: 40.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 390.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1085.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.97 mb = 1716.11 m = 5630.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.97 mb = 1872.82 m = 6144.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.97 mb = 12305.35 m = 40371.40 ft B at Equ Level: 1078.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.97 mb = 14982.58 m = 49154.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.0 at 40.1 knts Storm direction: 285.0 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 187.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 187.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.88 Bulk Rich Number: 22.65 Bulk Shear: 47.91 m/s