MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 42.26,-71.91 Latitude: 42.26 Longitude: -71.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 985 226 19.1 18.9 99 0.2 19.0 164 9 293.5 296.0 292.7 333.6 14.09 2 950 538 17.6 17.6 100 0.0 17.6 172 25 295.1 297.5 292.7 333.6 13.44 3 900 1001 16.1 15.8 98 0.3 15.9 196 36 298.1 300.4 293.0 334.9 12.64 4 850 1486 14.0 13.8 99 0.2 13.9 210 33 300.8 303.0 293.2 335.4 11.75 5 800 1997 11.5 11.1 97 0.4 11.2 220 30 303.4 305.3 292.9 334.4 10.42 6 750 2535 8.9 8.2 95 0.7 8.5 224 30 306.2 307.9 292.7 333.7 9.12 7 700 3105 5.6 5.0 95 0.7 5.2 226 34 308.7 310.2 292.4 332.6 7.82 8 650 3707 1.6 1.4 99 0.1 1.5 229 37 310.8 312.0 292.0 331.1 6.55 9 600 4350 -0.8 -0.9 99 0.2 -0.9 232 40 315.2 316.4 292.8 334.1 5.98 10 550 5042 -3.9 -4.2 97 0.3 -4.1 231 42 319.5 320.4 293.3 335.9 5.08 11 500 5790 -7.8 -8.3 96 0.5 -8.0 236 45 323.5 324.3 293.6 337.1 4.10 12 450 6602 -12.3 -12.7 97 0.4 -12.5 245 49 327.8 328.4 294.0 338.6 3.19 13 400 7493 -17.9 -17.9 100 0.0 -17.9 249 53 331.8 332.2 294.3 339.9 2.34 14 350 8478 -24.8 -24.8 100 0.0 -24.8 250 56 335.3 335.6 294.4 340.6 1.46 15 300 9580 -33.3 -33.3 100 0.0 -33.3 252 56 338.4 338.5 294.6 341.3 0.77 16 250 10831 -44.0 -44.0 100 -0.0 -44.0 261 65 340.7 340.7 294.8 341.9 0.31 17 200 12288 -56.1 -56.1 99 0.1 -56.1 264 76 344.0 344.0 295.4 344.4 0.10 18 150 14067 -66.3 -73.2 37 6.9 -66.4 264 77 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.01 19 100 16519 -66.8 -83.3 8 16.5 -67.0 277 33 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.61 m Freezing level: 616.08 mb = 4143.42 m = 13593.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.33 mb = 4108.53 m = 13479.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.61 % Est. max temperature: 27.14 C = 80.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.64 mb = 247.84 m = 813.11 ft T: 18.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.00 C/km ThetaE index: 4.30 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 928.12 mb = 737.36 m = 2419.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.96 C = 71.52 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: 1.50 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: 0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.81 C Cross Totals Index: 21.59 C K Index: 34.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.01 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.00 mb = 701.72 m = 2302.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.00 mb = 3022.51 m = 9916.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 597.00 mb = 4390.15 m = 14403.20 ft B at Equ Level: 46.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 497.00 mb = 5836.12 m = 19147.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.4 at 35.8 knts Storm direction: 253.4 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 313.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 313.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.47 Bulk Shear: 99.50 m/s