MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1011 4 20.9 20.1 95 0.8 20.4 180 15 293.1 295.8 293.1 335.1 14.77 1 1000 95 20.4 19.8 96 0.7 20.0 184 21 293.6 296.2 293.2 335.3 14.67 2 950 539 19.7 17.8 89 1.9 18.4 212 31 297.1 299.6 293.4 336.5 13.59 3 900 1004 16.9 15.2 90 1.7 15.8 214 31 298.9 301.1 292.9 334.4 12.16 4 850 1490 14.6 13.0 90 1.7 13.6 217 31 301.5 303.5 292.9 334.3 11.13 5 800 2002 12.2 10.0 86 2.2 10.9 223 33 304.2 306.0 292.6 333.2 9.71 6 750 2541 9.2 7.4 89 1.8 8.1 229 36 306.5 308.2 292.4 332.7 8.67 7 700 3112 6.2 5.3 94 0.9 5.6 241 38 309.3 310.8 292.7 333.9 8.01 8 650 3716 2.0 1.8 99 0.2 1.9 247 41 311.2 312.5 292.3 332.1 6.73 9 600 4360 -0.5 -0.6 99 0.1 -0.6 243 43 315.5 316.7 293.0 334.8 6.11 10 550 5052 -3.6 -3.9 98 0.3 -3.8 241 44 319.8 320.8 293.4 336.6 5.20 11 500 5801 -7.5 -7.9 96 0.5 -7.7 241 43 323.9 324.8 293.8 337.9 4.21 12 450 6615 -12.0 -12.4 97 0.4 -12.2 242 42 328.1 328.8 294.1 339.2 3.27 13 400 7507 -17.6 -17.6 100 0.0 -17.6 247 43 332.1 332.6 294.4 340.5 2.40 14 350 8493 -24.5 -24.5 100 0.0 -24.5 255 47 335.7 336.0 294.6 341.1 1.50 15 300 9596 -33.3 -33.7 96 0.4 -33.4 259 51 338.4 338.6 294.6 341.2 0.74 16 250 10848 -43.6 -43.6 100 -0.0 -43.6 263 56 341.2 341.3 294.9 342.5 0.32 17 200 12309 -55.3 -55.4 99 0.0 -55.3 264 74 345.2 345.2 295.7 345.6 0.10 18 150 14088 -67.2 -70.6 61 3.5 -67.2 270 73 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.5 0.02 19 100 16530 -69.1 -83.1 11 14.0 -69.2 279 30 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.25 m Freezing level: 610.09 mb = 4229.74 m = 13876.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.50 mb = 4206.86 m = 13801.86 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.63 % Est. max temperature: 28.69 C = 83.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.91 mb = 104.22 m = 341.93 ft T: 20.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 3.72 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.08 mb = 955.30 m = 3134.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.49 C = 79.69 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: 1.13 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.12 C Showalter Index: 1.77 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.11 C Cross Totals Index: 20.45 C K Index: 34.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 54.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.95 mb = 630.31 m = 2067.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.95 mb = 2822.23 m = 9259.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 574.95 mb = 4699.25 m = 15417.31 ft B at Equ Level: 54.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 464.95 mb = 6362.57 m = 20874.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.1 at 37.0 knts Storm direction: 263.1 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 242.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 242.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.81 Bulk Shear: 67.79 m/s