MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F276.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F276.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11.5 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 17 JUN 25 Station: 41.88,-71.46 Latitude: 41.88 Longitude: -71.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 999 80 28.1 23.5 76 4.7 24.7 262 5 301.4 304.8 297.9 356.0 18.54 2 950 526 25.0 18.9 69 6.0 20.7 276 13 302.5 305.2 295.7 345.9 14.65 3 900 998 20.7 17.8 83 2.9 18.7 277 15 302.8 305.4 295.6 345.3 14.36 4 850 1491 16.9 16.0 94 0.9 16.3 277 16 303.9 306.4 295.3 344.3 13.58 5 800 2007 14.1 12.8 92 1.3 13.3 280 18 306.2 308.3 294.6 341.3 11.70 6 750 2551 12.4 6.8 68 5.7 9.0 285 20 310.1 311.6 293.2 335.5 8.28 7 700 3127 9.5 2.8 63 6.7 5.7 286 23 313.0 314.3 292.8 334.0 6.71 8 650 3739 6.4 -1.0 59 7.4 2.5 292 22 316.2 317.3 292.7 333.7 5.49 9 600 4392 3.0 -5.0 56 8.0 -0.9 302 21 319.6 320.5 292.8 333.9 4.40 10 550 5092 -1.0 -12.2 42 11.2 -5.7 306 21 322.9 323.4 292.3 332.0 2.72 11 500 5846 -6.0 -20.8 30 14.9 -10.8 300 20 325.8 326.1 291.9 330.9 1.45 12 450 6662 -11.3 -27.0 26 15.7 -15.5 282 18 329.0 329.2 292.3 332.4 0.93 13 400 7555 -17.4 -30.6 31 13.3 -20.3 282 22 332.4 332.6 293.1 335.2 0.75 14 350 8539 -25.1 -38.7 27 13.6 -27.2 282 26 334.9 335.0 293.4 336.4 0.39 15 300 9641 -32.6 -50.6 15 18.0 -34.1 284 26 339.4 339.5 294.3 340.0 0.12 16 250 10903 -41.3 -55.3 21 14.0 -42.1 317 26 344.7 344.7 295.5 345.0 0.08 17 200 12378 -53.1 -61.3 36 8.2 -53.3 298 30 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.9 0.05 18 150 14186 -61.8 -73.3 20 11.5 -62.0 331 23 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16672 -65.2 -84.0 6 18.8 -65.3 332 15 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.94 m Freezing level: 562.31 mb = 4919.90 m = 16141.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.50 mb = 4210.80 m = 13814.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.03 % Est. max temperature: 30.70 C = 87.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.14 mb = 673.04 m = 2208.10 ft T: 23.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 22.34 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.73 mb = 1293.06 m = 4242.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.22 C = 86.39 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.59 C Showalter Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.89 C Cross Totals Index: 21.95 C K Index: 32.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 804.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.13 mb = 1151.60 m = 3778.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.13 mb = 1398.65 m = 4588.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.13 mb = 12082.59 m = 39640.57 ft B at Equ Level: 800.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.13 mb = 15104.42 m = 49554.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.6 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 320.6 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 53.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 58.74 Bulk Shear: 13.70 m/s