MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 12Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 41.70,-70.53 Latitude: 41.70 Longitude: -70.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 4 19.9 19.2 96 0.7 19.5 137 13 291.6 294.1 292.0 331.0 13.93 1 1000 147 18.8 18.6 99 0.2 18.7 142 17 292.0 294.4 291.9 330.5 13.61 2 950 589 18.3 16.0 86 2.3 16.8 169 15 295.8 298.0 291.9 330.7 12.14 3 900 1051 15.7 13.1 84 2.6 14.0 186 19 297.7 299.6 291.3 328.5 10.58 4 850 1535 13.2 11.3 88 1.9 12.0 201 23 300.0 301.8 291.5 329.1 9.93 5 800 2044 10.4 9.1 92 1.3 9.6 213 26 302.3 303.9 291.5 329.4 9.13 6 750 2580 7.8 7.4 97 0.4 7.5 224 24 305.1 306.7 292.0 331.0 8.63 7 700 3148 5.1 4.7 97 0.4 4.9 229 21 308.1 309.5 292.2 331.5 7.68 8 650 3750 1.3 0.7 96 0.6 1.0 235 24 310.4 311.6 291.6 329.6 6.20 9 600 4391 -2.2 -2.6 96 0.5 -2.4 252 20 313.6 314.6 291.7 330.2 5.25 10 550 5079 -5.3 -5.7 97 0.4 -5.5 262 27 317.8 318.7 292.4 332.5 4.55 11 500 5823 -9.3 -12.1 80 2.7 -10.4 269 27 321.7 322.3 292.2 331.8 3.04 12 450 6628 -15.2 -16.0 93 0.8 -15.4 277 33 324.2 324.7 292.4 332.5 2.44 13 400 7510 -20.1 -20.4 97 0.3 -20.1 285 34 328.9 329.3 293.2 335.5 1.90 14 350 8488 -26.4 -26.4 99 0.1 -26.4 269 48 333.2 333.5 293.7 337.8 1.26 15 300 9585 -34.5 -34.5 100 -0.0 -34.5 271 67 336.8 336.9 294.1 339.4 0.69 16 250 10831 -44.9 -46.1 88 1.2 -45.0 278 74 339.3 339.4 294.4 340.3 0.25 17 200 12278 -57.7 -57.8 99 0.1 -57.7 287 77 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.7 0.08 18 150 14056 -65.5 -73.2 34 7.7 -65.5 276 79 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.01 19 100 16524 -67.7 -83.2 9 15.5 -67.8 279 36 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.41 m Freezing level: 631.44 mb = 3987.70 m = 13082.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.67 mb = 3928.26 m = 12887.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.84 % Est. max temperature: 27.47 C = 81.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1007.33 mb = 84.50 m = 277.24 ft T: 19.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 2.24 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.39 mb = 1047.54 m = 3436.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.98 C = 78.76 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: 1.67 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.60 C Showalter Index: 2.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.11 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.50 C Cross Totals Index: 20.60 C K Index: 33.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 348.67 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.92 mb = 634.74 m = 2082.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.92 mb = 3874.85 m = 12712.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 629.92 mb = 4000.99 m = 13126.44 ft B at Equ Level: 20.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 539.92 mb = 5223.53 m = 17137.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.5 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 259.5 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 165.0 neg: -0.7 tot: 164.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 83.66 m/s