MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 10 JUN 25 Station: 43.21,-72.83 Latitude: 43.21 Longitude: -72.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 959 465 16.5 16.4 99 0.1 16.4 138 2 293.2 295.4 291.2 328.2 12.30 2 950 543 15.7 15.6 99 0.1 15.7 138 3 293.2 295.3 290.8 326.9 11.84 3 900 1001 13.6 13.4 98 0.2 13.4 162 11 295.5 297.5 290.7 326.5 10.77 4 850 1483 12.2 11.4 95 0.7 11.7 188 15 298.9 300.7 291.2 328.2 10.03 5 800 1990 10.0 8.7 92 1.3 9.2 209 20 301.8 303.4 291.2 328.1 8.86 6 750 2524 6.7 5.7 93 1.0 6.1 214 25 303.9 305.3 290.8 326.8 7.66 7 700 3088 3.1 2.6 97 0.4 2.8 216 27 305.9 307.1 290.6 326.0 6.63 8 650 3686 -0.3 -0.5 99 0.2 -0.4 217 30 308.6 309.7 290.6 326.1 5.67 9 600 4323 -3.2 -3.5 98 0.3 -3.4 219 34 312.4 313.4 291.1 327.9 4.92 10 550 5008 -6.7 -7.1 97 0.4 -6.9 214 35 316.1 316.9 291.5 329.3 4.08 11 500 5747 -10.7 -11.2 95 0.6 -10.9 211 39 320.0 320.7 291.9 330.7 3.24 12 450 6552 -14.4 -14.9 96 0.4 -14.6 225 57 325.1 325.6 292.9 334.2 2.68 13 400 7437 -19.4 -19.6 99 0.1 -19.5 231 62 329.7 330.1 293.5 336.8 2.03 14 350 8416 -26.1 -26.1 100 0.0 -26.1 229 71 333.6 333.9 293.9 338.3 1.30 15 300 9513 -34.4 -34.8 96 0.4 -34.4 221 77 336.9 337.0 294.1 339.4 0.66 16 250 10758 -45.4 -45.5 100 0.0 -45.4 224 84 338.5 338.6 294.2 339.6 0.26 17 200 12211 -55.6 -57.6 79 2.0 -55.7 226 104 344.7 344.7 295.5 345.0 0.08 18 150 14003 -60.9 -76.1 12 15.2 -61.1 230 71 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16518 -60.3 -85.0 3 24.7 -60.6 239 33 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.72 m Freezing level: 654.89 mb = 3627.23 m = 11900.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.84 mb = 3601.20 m = 11814.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.34 % Est. max temperature: 24.52 C = 76.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.14 mb = 478.94 m = 1571.32 ft T: 16.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 2.22 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.91 mb = 964.18 m = 3163.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.64 C = 65.55 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: 2.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Showalter Index: 1.45 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.83 C Cross Totals Index: 22.10 C K Index: 33.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.00 mb = 963.31 m = 3160.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.00 mb = 2983.88 m = 9789.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 629.00 mb = 3947.23 m = 12950.06 ft B at Equ Level: 26.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 549.00 mb = 5022.08 m = 16476.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.7 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 242.7 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 135.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 87.70 m/s