MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 42.34,-71.38 Latitude: 42.34 Longitude: -71.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 74 27.6 14.2 44 13.4 18.8 269 7 300.2 302.1 291.7 330.0 10.15 1 1000 132 26.2 13.2 45 13.0 17.8 272 11 299.4 301.1 291.0 327.5 9.59 2 950 581 21.7 12.0 54 9.6 15.6 278 15 299.2 300.9 290.7 326.5 9.33 3 900 1046 17.2 11.0 67 6.2 13.4 283 15 299.3 300.9 290.6 326.2 9.19 4 850 1531 12.7 9.8 82 2.9 10.9 287 15 299.5 301.1 290.5 325.8 8.98 5 800 2037 9.5 3.4 66 6.1 6.2 299 18 301.3 302.4 288.6 319.5 6.10 6 750 2572 9.0 -13.3 19 22.3 0.3 308 22 306.4 306.7 286.1 312.3 1.83 7 700 3141 7.0 -18.1 15 25.1 -2.0 305 21 310.2 310.4 286.9 314.5 1.31 8 650 3745 4.0 -23.5 11 27.5 -4.6 297 18 313.5 313.7 287.6 316.5 0.88 9 600 4391 0.6 -29.6 8 30.2 -7.5 295 17 316.8 316.9 288.3 318.7 0.55 10 550 5083 -4.1 -34.0 8 29.9 -11.0 294 18 319.2 319.3 288.9 320.7 0.39 11 500 5826 -9.6 -34.7 11 25.1 -14.9 293 16 321.4 321.5 289.6 322.8 0.40 12 450 6630 -15.6 -33.0 21 17.4 -19.1 285 19 323.6 323.7 290.4 325.5 0.53 13 400 7506 -22.2 -30.4 48 8.1 -23.8 268 26 326.1 326.2 291.4 328.8 0.76 14 350 8472 -29.9 -31.5 85 1.7 -30.2 261 32 328.5 328.7 292.1 331.3 0.78 15 300 9556 -35.7 -50.3 21 14.6 -36.8 244 64 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.6 0.13 16 250 10802 -44.2 -61.9 12 17.7 -44.8 241 83 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.6 0.04 17 200 12264 -53.9 -67.7 17 13.9 -54.1 246 74 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 14081 -61.0 -78.7 8 17.8 -61.1 258 57 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16549 -67.2 -83.3 8 16.1 -67.2 262 39 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.53 m Freezing level: 593.83 mb = 4476.48 m = 14686.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 744.29 mb = 2635.07 m = 8645.14 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.56 % Est. max temperature: 26.85 C = 80.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.08 mb = 1759.15 m = 5771.42 ft T: 11.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 17.79 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.76 mb = 2018.68 m = 6622.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.61 C = 83.51 F Cap Strength: 4.36 C Lifted Index: 3.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.81 C Showalter Index: 3.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.28 C Cross Totals Index: 19.36 C K Index: 7.01 Risk: None Sweat Index: 164.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6631.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.16 mb = 1788.71 m = 5868.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.9 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 324.9 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.9 neg: -3.4 tot: 45.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 6.81 m/s