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: 42.26,-72.36 Latitude: 42.26 Longitude: -72.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 SFC 991 176 18.9 18.2 96 0.6 18.4 3 1 292.8 295.2 291.9 330.8 13.41 2 950 539 19.6 15.0 74 4.7 16.6 223 7 297.1 299.2 291.7 329.9 11.33 3 900 1004 17.2 13.9 81 3.3 15.1 236 12 299.2 301.2 292.2 331.8 11.17 4 850 1490 14.4 12.1 86 2.3 12.9 234 17 301.2 303.1 292.3 332.1 10.48 5 800 2000 11.3 8.7 84 2.7 9.7 234 20 303.2 304.8 291.6 329.6 8.84 6 750 2537 7.9 4.5 79 3.4 6.0 234 21 305.1 306.5 290.7 326.5 7.06 7 700 3103 4.6 0.2 73 4.4 2.3 234 21 307.6 308.6 290.2 324.6 5.56 8 650 3703 1.0 -2.9 75 3.9 -0.9 233 23 310.1 311.0 290.2 324.9 4.75 9 600 4342 -2.5 -6.0 77 3.5 -4.1 230 24 313.3 314.0 290.6 326.2 4.07 10 550 5028 -5.9 -7.8 86 1.9 -6.7 233 21 317.1 317.9 291.6 329.6 3.86 11 500 5770 -9.5 -10.3 94 0.8 -9.9 246 18 321.4 322.1 292.5 332.9 3.49 12 450 6576 -14.4 -14.8 97 0.4 -14.6 259 18 325.1 325.6 292.9 334.2 2.69 13 400 7458 -20.7 -20.7 100 0.0 -20.7 265 18 328.1 328.5 292.9 334.5 1.84 14 350 8431 -28.1 -28.1 100 -0.0 -28.2 268 21 330.8 331.0 293.0 334.7 1.08 15 300 9516 -37.3 -37.2 100 -0.0 -37.2 263 29 332.9 333.0 293.0 334.8 0.52 16 250 10745 -47.9 -48.0 99 0.1 -47.9 258 31 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.7 0.20 17 200 12182 -58.6 -60.6 78 1.9 -58.6 250 29 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.05 18 150 13965 -60.6 -73.5 17 12.9 -60.8 273 51 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16505 -60.7 -85.1 3 24.4 -61.0 273 26 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.26 m Freezing level: 635.86 mb = 3883.84 m = 12742.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.24 mb = 3527.59 m = 11573.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.14 % Est. max temperature: 27.61 C = 81.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.85 mb = 254.37 m = 834.53 ft T: 19.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 7.45 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.18 mb = 1648.19 m = 5407.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.88 C = 82.19 F Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lifted Index: 1.29 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: 0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.52 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.90 C Cross Totals Index: 21.62 C K Index: 31.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.54 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.33 mb = 1057.36 m = 3469.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.33 mb = 3110.78 m = 10205.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 569.33 mb = 4755.91 m = 15603.18 ft B at Equ Level: 41.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 479.33 mb = 6092.81 m = 19989.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.9 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 264.9 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.4 neg: -5.3 tot: 35.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.79 Bulk Shear: 23.29 m/s