MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F270.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F270.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 270 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 17 JUN 25 Station: 42.76,-76.00 Latitude: 42.76 Longitude: -76.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 967 344 24.6 22.7 89 1.9 23.3 209 11 300.6 304.0 297.5 354.3 18.26 2 950 503 23.0 20.7 87 2.4 21.3 212 18 300.6 303.6 296.3 348.6 16.38 3 900 973 19.2 18.9 98 0.3 19.0 221 22 301.3 304.1 295.9 346.8 15.48 4 850 1464 17.0 16.1 94 0.9 16.4 244 23 303.9 306.4 295.4 344.5 13.63 5 800 1981 15.3 11.9 80 3.4 13.1 259 25 307.5 309.5 294.5 340.8 11.03 6 750 2527 12.3 8.8 79 3.5 10.1 264 28 309.9 311.7 294.1 339.1 9.52 7 700 3103 9.4 7.2 86 2.1 8.0 268 33 312.9 314.6 294.6 341.2 9.16 8 650 3716 6.3 3.3 81 3.0 4.6 272 39 316.1 317.6 294.3 339.8 7.51 9 600 4368 2.0 -4.4 62 6.4 -1.2 267 37 318.5 319.4 292.6 333.3 4.61 10 550 5064 -3.1 -9.8 60 6.7 -6.0 268 38 320.5 321.1 292.1 331.4 3.31 11 500 5812 -8.0 -14.4 60 6.4 -10.4 263 43 323.3 323.8 292.2 331.8 2.51 12 450 6623 -12.9 -22.9 43 10.0 -15.8 257 44 327.0 327.3 292.2 331.8 1.35 13 400 7512 -18.4 -31.3 31 12.9 -21.1 264 39 331.1 331.3 292.7 333.7 0.70 14 350 8494 -25.6 -35.4 39 9.8 -27.2 273 39 334.3 334.4 293.4 336.3 0.54 15 300 9592 -34.0 -39.9 55 5.9 -34.7 276 40 337.5 337.6 294.1 339.0 0.40 16 250 10849 -40.9 -45.4 62 4.5 -41.3 279 40 345.2 345.3 295.8 346.3 0.26 17 200 12330 -51.9 -57.7 50 5.7 -52.1 265 34 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.9 0.08 18 150 14150 -61.3 -68.2 39 6.9 -61.4 271 28 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.7 0.03 19 100 16653 -61.0 -84.2 3 23.3 -61.3 317 20 409.9 409.9 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.69 m Freezing level: 580.08 mb = 4645.67 m = 15241.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.03 mb = 4233.26 m = 13888.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.63 % Est. max temperature: 30.18 C = 86.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.12 mb = 584.55 m = 1917.78 ft T: 22.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 15.24 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.56 mb = 957.71 m = 3142.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.27 C = 77.48 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -4.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: -2.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.93 C Cross Totals Index: 24.03 C K Index: 38.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1022.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.62 mb = 957.20 m = 3140.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.62 mb = 1005.18 m = 3297.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 826.62 mb = 1702.19 m = 5584.55 ft B at Equ Level: 12.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.62 mb = 14726.77 m = 48315.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.8 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 290.8 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 167.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.86 Bulk Rich Number: 13.60 Bulk Shear: 75.19 m/s