MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 6Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 43.09,-71.69 Latitude: 43.09 Longitude: -71.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 SFC 989 230 15.9 13.4 85 2.5 14.4 202 2 290.0 291.8 288.0 317.7 9.82 2 950 572 17.8 11.6 67 6.2 14.0 223 10 295.2 296.9 289.2 321.3 9.03 3 900 1034 15.7 9.4 66 6.3 12.0 238 12 297.7 299.2 289.3 321.9 8.28 4 850 1517 11.9 7.4 74 4.5 9.3 253 11 298.6 300.0 289.0 321.0 7.60 5 800 2021 8.1 4.5 78 3.7 6.1 268 12 299.8 301.0 288.5 319.3 6.59 6 750 2551 5.0 0.0 70 4.9 2.5 273 15 302.0 302.9 287.9 317.4 5.12 7 700 3112 2.3 -5.6 56 7.9 -1.2 266 17 305.0 305.7 287.5 316.2 3.60 8 650 3709 0.3 -11.3 41 11.6 -4.3 250 15 309.3 309.8 287.8 317.2 2.48 9 600 4344 -4.2 -6.9 81 2.7 -5.4 250 15 311.3 312.0 289.8 323.3 3.79 10 550 5030 -5.4 -6.2 94 0.8 -5.8 238 31 317.7 318.5 292.2 331.7 4.36 11 500 5775 -8.6 -9.2 96 0.5 -8.9 232 42 322.5 323.3 293.1 335.1 3.83 12 450 6585 -13.2 -13.6 97 0.4 -13.4 235 47 326.6 327.2 293.5 336.6 2.97 13 400 7472 -18.9 -19.0 100 0.0 -19.0 237 49 330.4 330.8 293.8 337.8 2.14 14 350 8453 -26.0 -26.0 100 0.0 -26.0 235 51 333.7 334.0 293.9 338.4 1.31 15 300 9550 -34.7 -34.7 100 0.0 -34.7 238 63 336.5 336.6 294.1 339.0 0.67 16 250 10794 -45.4 -45.4 100 0.0 -45.4 237 82 338.5 338.6 294.2 339.6 0.26 17 200 12241 -56.6 -56.9 96 0.3 -56.6 240 97 343.1 343.2 295.1 343.5 0.09 18 150 14044 -62.5 -76.7 13 14.2 -62.6 241 65 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16516 -65.8 -83.1 7 17.3 -66.0 253 35 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5640.59 m Freezing level: 646.46 mb = 3753.56 m = 12314.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.40 mb = 2923.59 m = 9591.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.60 % Est. max temperature: 24.79 C = 76.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.28 mb = 551.87 m = 1810.59 ft T: 17.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.10 C/km ThetaE index: 5.73 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.55 mb = 1912.08 m = 6273.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.45 C = 77.82 F Cap Strength: 5.46 C Lifted Index: 7.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.52 C Showalter Index: 7.23 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.55 C Cross Totals Index: 16.00 C K Index: 20.02 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 152.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.74 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8452.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.35 mb = 1384.97 m = 4543.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.7 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 274.7 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.2 neg: -5.6 tot: 28.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.30 Bulk Shear: 22.68 m/s