MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 1016 4 20.6 19.5 94 1.1 19.8 163 13 292.4 294.9 292.4 332.6 14.17 1 1000 138 19.6 18.7 95 0.9 19.0 168 19 292.7 295.2 292.2 331.6 13.68 2 950 580 18.2 16.4 89 1.8 17.0 188 25 295.6 297.9 292.1 331.5 12.46 3 900 1042 15.4 14.1 92 1.3 14.6 189 25 297.4 299.4 291.8 330.3 11.34 4 850 1525 12.8 11.4 91 1.4 12.0 190 25 299.5 301.4 291.4 328.9 10.03 5 800 2034 10.8 9.6 92 1.3 10.0 203 25 302.7 304.4 291.9 330.6 9.40 6 750 2571 8.6 7.7 94 0.9 8.0 217 25 305.9 307.5 292.4 332.5 8.84 7 700 3140 5.5 4.3 92 1.3 4.8 222 26 308.6 310.0 292.1 331.4 7.44 8 650 3743 1.6 1.4 98 0.2 1.5 217 24 310.8 312.0 292.0 330.9 6.51 9 600 4386 -1.3 -1.4 99 0.2 -1.4 230 20 314.6 315.7 292.4 332.8 5.75 10 550 5076 -4.9 -5.2 98 0.3 -5.0 241 21 318.3 319.2 292.7 333.6 4.74 11 500 5820 -9.2 -10.4 91 1.2 -9.7 239 21 321.8 322.5 292.6 333.3 3.47 12 450 6628 -13.8 -14.2 97 0.4 -13.9 241 31 325.9 326.4 293.2 335.5 2.83 13 400 7515 -18.8 -18.8 100 0.0 -18.8 243 45 330.6 331.0 293.9 338.2 2.17 14 350 8496 -25.7 -25.7 100 0.0 -25.7 252 51 334.1 334.4 294.1 339.0 1.35 15 300 9595 -34.0 -36.0 82 2.0 -34.3 267 57 337.5 337.6 294.3 339.7 0.59 16 250 10843 -44.5 -44.7 98 0.2 -44.5 275 65 339.9 340.0 294.6 341.0 0.29 17 200 12296 -56.5 -56.6 99 0.1 -56.5 282 75 343.3 343.3 295.2 343.7 0.09 18 150 14075 -66.6 -72.6 43 6.0 -66.7 271 72 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.4 0.01 19 100 16532 -66.9 -83.5 8 16.6 -67.0 282 31 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.35 m Freezing level: 622.17 mb = 4100.67 m = 13453.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.15 mb = 4068.87 m = 13349.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.26 % Est. max temperature: 27.04 C = 80.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.05 mb = 137.12 m = 449.86 ft T: 19.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 3.61 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.41 mb = 887.37 m = 2911.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.98 C = 76.96 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: 1.33 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.70 C Showalter Index: 2.56 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.99 C Cross Totals Index: 20.63 C K Index: 32.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.65 mb = 618.81 m = 2030.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.65 mb = 3734.70 m = 12252.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 640.65 mb = 3859.20 m = 12661.26 ft B at Equ Level: 16.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 570.65 mb = 4783.33 m = 15693.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.4 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 243.4 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 131.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 27.73 m/s