MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 41.60,-73.29 Latitude: 41.60 Longitude: -73.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 987 204 22.8 20.2 86 2.6 21.0 284 5 297.1 299.8 294.6 341.3 15.29 2 950 533 21.0 16.8 77 4.2 18.1 291 12 298.5 300.8 293.2 335.5 12.74 3 900 999 17.9 14.7 81 3.2 15.8 272 13 300.0 302.1 292.9 334.5 11.78 4 850 1486 14.6 12.5 87 2.1 13.3 256 15 301.4 303.4 292.6 333.2 10.76 5 800 1996 11.1 9.9 93 1.2 10.3 247 16 302.9 304.7 292.2 331.5 9.62 6 750 2532 7.8 5.9 88 1.9 6.7 242 16 305.1 306.5 291.3 328.6 7.81 7 700 3097 4.3 0.2 75 4.1 2.1 235 18 307.2 308.2 290.0 324.2 5.54 8 650 3696 0.8 -2.8 77 3.6 -1.0 229 22 309.9 310.8 290.2 324.8 4.78 9 600 4334 -2.5 -5.8 78 3.3 -4.0 227 24 313.2 314.0 290.6 326.3 4.14 10 550 5019 -5.9 -8.3 83 2.4 -7.0 234 22 317.1 317.8 291.5 329.1 3.71 11 500 5759 -9.4 -10.1 95 0.7 -9.7 244 18 321.6 322.3 292.6 333.3 3.55 12 450 6564 -13.7 -14.1 97 0.4 -13.8 256 17 326.0 326.6 293.3 335.7 2.87 13 400 7446 -19.3 -19.4 100 0.0 -19.3 265 18 329.9 330.3 293.6 337.1 2.06 14 350 8423 -26.5 -26.6 99 0.1 -26.6 272 19 333.0 333.2 293.7 337.4 1.24 15 300 9514 -35.4 -35.6 99 0.1 -35.5 266 22 335.4 335.5 293.7 337.7 0.61 16 250 10755 -45.5 -46.5 90 1.0 -45.6 262 27 338.4 338.5 294.1 339.3 0.23 17 200 12202 -57.6 -59.1 83 1.5 -57.6 266 27 341.6 341.6 294.8 341.9 0.07 18 150 13986 -61.8 -72.2 24 10.4 -62.0 278 44 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16508 -62.2 -84.8 3 22.7 -62.4 269 30 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.95 m Freezing level: 638.07 mb = 3848.05 m = 12624.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.72 mb = 3502.62 m = 11491.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.88 % Est. max temperature: 27.51 C = 81.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.70 mb = 526.23 m = 1726.47 ft T: 21.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 17.07 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.45 mb = 1381.94 m = 4533.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.81 C = 80.26 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.20 C Showalter Index: 0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.98 C Cross Totals Index: 21.88 C K Index: 32.35 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 292.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.30 mb = 1100.82 m = 3611.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 824.30 mb = 1744.34 m = 5722.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 434.30 mb = 6830.05 m = 22408.04 ft B at Equ Level: 292.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 204.30 mb = 12063.78 m = 39578.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.7 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 271.7 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.8 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: -9.6 tot: -7.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 12.83 Bulk Shear: 22.78 m/s