MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 43.50,-84.53 Latitude: 43.50 Longitude: -84.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 42 SFC 980 219 21.8 17.8 78 4.1 19.1 159 16 296.7 299.1 293.0 334.7 13.16 2 950 485 19.5 16.0 80 3.5 17.2 161 29 297.0 299.1 292.3 332.0 12.12 3 900 948 15.5 14.3 93 1.2 14.7 164 34 297.4 299.5 291.9 330.7 11.46 4 850 1432 12.5 11.6 94 1.0 11.9 171 40 299.3 301.1 291.4 328.9 10.12 5 800 1940 9.7 9.0 95 0.7 9.3 175 38 301.5 303.2 291.3 328.4 9.07 6 750 2475 7.0 6.4 96 0.6 6.6 178 38 304.1 305.6 291.2 328.3 8.06 7 700 3040 4.0 3.4 96 0.6 3.7 181 39 306.9 308.2 291.2 328.2 6.99 8 650 3640 0.4 0.2 99 0.2 0.3 185 41 309.4 310.5 291.1 327.9 5.99 9 600 4280 -2.4 -2.7 97 0.4 -2.6 190 43 313.4 314.4 291.7 329.8 5.22 10 550 4968 -5.9 -6.6 95 0.7 -6.2 192 43 317.1 317.9 291.9 330.7 4.24 11 500 5709 -10.5 -11.6 91 1.2 -10.9 190 43 320.3 320.9 291.9 330.7 3.14 12 450 6512 -15.8 -17.4 87 1.6 -16.3 186 43 323.4 323.8 291.9 330.7 2.16 13 400 7389 -22.1 -23.1 92 1.0 -22.4 185 47 326.2 326.5 292.1 331.4 1.49 14 350 8358 -29.0 -29.0 100 -0.0 -29.0 190 44 329.6 329.8 292.6 333.2 0.99 15 300 9439 -38.1 -38.2 99 0.1 -38.2 188 41 331.6 331.7 292.6 333.4 0.47 16 250 10664 -49.1 -49.2 100 0.0 -49.1 189 43 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.7 0.17 17 200 12089 -57.2 -61.9 55 4.6 -57.3 201 66 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.3 0.05 18 150 13906 -59.7 -78.4 7 18.7 -59.9 211 51 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16415 -63.1 -83.3 5 20.1 -63.3 212 25 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.01 m Freezing level: 642.88 mb = 3730.95 m = 12240.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.55 mb = 3707.11 m = 12162.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.04 % Est. max temperature: 25.29 C = 77.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.59 mb = 736.01 m = 2414.71 ft T: 17.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 6.80 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.55 mb = 1085.46 m = 3561.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.09 C = 73.55 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.98 C Showalter Index: 1.30 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.00 C Cross Totals Index: 22.01 C K Index: 33.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.22 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 106.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.40 mb = 991.82 m = 3253.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.40 mb = 1329.23 m = 4360.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 410.40 mb = 7198.26 m = 23616.04 ft B at Equ Level: 105.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 260.40 mb = 10390.27 m = 34088.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 181.6 at 39.2 knts Storm direction: 211.6 at 29.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 194.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 194.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 2.69 Bulk Shear: 39.41 m/s