MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 6Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 42.09,-71.09 Latitude: 42.09 Longitude: -71.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1002 42 20.7 20.2 97 0.5 20.4 225 8 293.7 296.4 293.4 336.4 15.00 1 1000 59 21.0 20.0 94 1.0 20.3 226 11 294.1 296.8 293.4 336.5 14.84 2 950 503 18.8 18.3 97 0.5 18.5 242 28 296.3 298.8 293.5 336.9 14.09 3 900 967 17.0 15.8 93 1.2 16.3 252 32 299.1 301.4 293.3 336.1 12.68 4 850 1454 14.5 13.5 94 1.0 13.8 252 32 301.4 303.5 293.2 335.3 11.53 5 800 1966 12.1 10.8 92 1.3 11.3 250 35 304.0 305.9 292.9 334.6 10.24 6 750 2505 9.7 7.6 87 2.0 8.4 248 37 307.1 308.7 292.7 333.6 8.78 7 700 3076 6.6 4.6 87 2.1 5.5 245 37 309.8 311.3 292.6 333.2 7.60 8 650 3682 3.5 0.6 81 3.0 2.0 245 38 313.0 314.1 292.3 332.2 6.14 9 600 4329 0.3 -6.1 62 6.3 -2.7 247 41 316.5 317.2 291.6 329.5 4.06 10 550 5021 -4.3 -7.9 76 3.6 -5.9 244 41 319.0 319.7 292.1 331.5 3.84 11 500 5767 -7.8 -15.0 56 7.3 -10.5 241 47 323.6 324.0 292.2 331.6 2.38 12 450 6581 -11.9 -20.9 48 8.9 -14.7 244 50 328.2 328.5 292.7 333.9 1.61 13 400 7472 -18.0 -23.9 60 5.9 -19.6 245 55 331.5 331.8 293.4 336.5 1.39 14 350 8456 -25.0 -26.6 86 1.6 -25.4 242 65 335.0 335.3 294.2 339.5 1.24 15 300 9557 -33.8 -33.9 99 0.1 -33.8 243 67 337.8 337.9 294.4 340.5 0.73 16 250 10808 -44.0 -43.9 100 -0.0 -43.9 247 65 340.7 340.8 294.8 341.9 0.31 17 200 12272 -54.6 -56.6 78 2.0 -54.6 243 66 346.3 346.3 295.9 346.7 0.09 18 150 14063 -64.8 -76.8 18 12.0 -64.9 248 67 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16514 -68.9 -83.1 11 14.3 -68.9 255 33 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.51 m Freezing level: 596.85 mb = 4372.38 m = 14344.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.90 mb = 3948.72 m = 12954.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.28 % Est. max temperature: 28.29 C = 82.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.71 mb = 104.67 m = 343.41 ft T: 20.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 7.34 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.80 mb = 808.19 m = 2651.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.12 C = 77.21 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: 0.45 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: 1.00 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.30 C Cross Totals Index: 21.28 C K Index: 33.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.67 mb = 587.33 m = 1926.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 585.67 mb = 4521.13 m = 14832.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 515.67 mb = 5525.67 m = 18128.60 ft B at Equ Level: 27.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 455.67 mb = 6484.11 m = 21273.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.8 at 36.7 knts Storm direction: 275.8 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.6 neg: -5.0 tot: 120.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.70 Bulk Shear: 40.75 m/s