MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 42.03,-72.92 Latitude: 42.03 Longitude: -72.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 976 302 22.0 18.9 83 3.1 19.9 300 6 297.2 299.8 293.9 338.4 14.22 2 950 533 22.9 16.1 65 6.8 18.3 281 14 300.4 302.6 293.3 336.2 12.18 3 900 1002 19.1 14.3 74 4.8 16.0 247 14 301.2 303.3 293.0 335.0 11.46 4 850 1491 15.5 12.4 82 3.0 13.5 225 17 302.3 304.3 292.8 334.1 10.73 5 800 2003 11.6 10.2 91 1.3 10.7 216 20 303.5 305.3 292.4 332.8 9.83 6 750 2540 7.7 5.4 85 2.3 6.3 218 20 304.9 306.3 291.0 327.5 7.50 7 700 3105 4.0 -0.9 70 4.9 1.5 218 21 306.9 307.9 289.6 322.6 5.11 8 650 3705 0.6 -4.9 66 5.5 -2.0 220 25 309.6 310.4 289.5 322.4 4.07 9 600 4344 -3.3 -7.6 72 4.3 -5.1 225 26 312.3 313.0 289.9 323.8 3.61 10 550 5029 -6.4 -9.2 81 2.7 -7.6 237 22 316.4 317.1 291.0 327.7 3.48 11 500 5770 -9.9 -11.4 89 1.4 -10.5 256 18 320.9 321.6 292.2 331.5 3.21 12 450 6576 -14.6 -15.4 94 0.8 -14.9 273 22 324.9 325.4 292.7 333.6 2.57 13 400 7458 -20.5 -20.5 100 0.0 -20.5 280 29 328.3 328.7 293.0 334.8 1.86 14 350 8432 -27.9 -28.0 99 0.1 -28.0 280 28 331.1 331.3 293.0 335.0 1.09 15 300 9517 -37.3 -37.6 97 0.3 -37.4 279 32 332.8 332.9 293.0 334.7 0.50 16 250 10749 -47.3 -48.2 90 0.9 -47.3 269 38 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.6 0.19 17 200 12188 -58.2 -61.0 70 2.8 -58.3 266 40 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.05 18 150 13978 -61.4 -73.6 18 12.2 -61.5 284 42 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.01 19 100 16504 -61.6 -84.8 3 23.2 -61.9 260 33 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.40 m Freezing level: 642.35 mb = 3802.50 m = 12475.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.53 mb = 3357.26 m = 11014.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.62 % Est. max temperature: 27.62 C = 81.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.32 mb = 695.98 m = 2283.37 ft T: 21.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 15.96 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.54 mb = 1717.18 m = 5633.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.57 C = 81.63 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.35 C Showalter Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.40 C Cross Totals Index: 22.37 C K Index: 32.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 290.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 418.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.06 mb = 1430.28 m = 4692.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.06 mb = 1991.68 m = 6534.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 261.06 mb = 10456.80 m = 34306.66 ft B at Equ Level: 415.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.06 mb = 13160.64 m = 43177.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.1 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 262.1 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 3.5 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.0 neg: -11.0 tot: 2.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 15.35 Bulk Shear: 27.28 m/s