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: 43.56,-81.30 Latitude: 43.56 Longitude: -81.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 SFC 975 314 23.3 14.5 58 8.8 17.5 164 15 298.6 300.5 291.6 329.7 10.68 2 950 543 20.8 13.5 63 7.3 16.1 167 25 298.3 300.2 291.2 328.3 10.29 3 900 1008 16.3 12.4 78 3.9 13.8 170 30 298.3 300.2 291.1 327.8 10.12 4 850 1491 12.0 11.1 94 0.9 11.4 172 33 298.7 300.5 291.0 327.3 9.81 5 800 1997 9.3 7.6 89 1.7 8.3 180 34 301.0 302.5 290.4 325.3 8.21 6 750 2531 6.8 3.0 77 3.8 4.7 185 33 303.9 305.1 289.7 323.0 6.33 7 700 3096 4.3 -2.1 63 6.3 1.1 191 34 307.2 308.1 289.3 321.7 4.70 8 650 3695 0.5 -2.7 79 3.2 -1.0 195 32 309.5 310.5 290.2 324.6 4.83 9 600 4333 -3.3 -6.6 78 3.3 -4.8 196 27 312.3 313.0 290.2 324.6 3.89 10 550 5016 -8.0 -11.6 76 3.6 -9.4 203 26 314.5 315.1 289.9 323.8 2.86 11 500 5753 -10.5 -27.4 24 16.9 -14.7 206 26 320.2 320.4 289.7 323.0 0.81 12 450 6555 -15.8 -33.1 21 17.3 -19.3 210 24 323.3 323.4 290.3 325.2 0.52 13 400 7431 -22.4 -30.4 48 8.1 -23.9 207 25 325.9 326.0 291.3 328.6 0.76 14 350 8396 -30.5 -35.9 59 5.4 -31.3 212 26 327.6 327.7 291.6 329.5 0.51 15 300 9473 -38.1 -39.6 86 1.5 -38.2 225 37 331.7 331.7 292.6 333.2 0.41 16 250 10704 -47.3 -52.0 59 4.6 -47.6 223 25 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.2 0.13 17 200 12150 -54.8 -67.3 20 12.5 -55.0 227 70 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.1 0.02 18 150 13960 -61.6 -76.9 11 15.3 -61.7 224 59 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16448 -65.5 -83.0 7 17.5 -65.7 224 28 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.31 m Freezing level: 643.31 mb = 3780.39 m = 12402.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.87 mb = 3403.23 m = 11165.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.36 % Est. max temperature: 24.55 C = 76.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.70 mb = 1424.59 m = 4673.79 ft T: 12.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 8.00 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.16 mb = 1558.40 m = 5112.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.73 C = 74.72 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: 1.58 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.60 C Showalter Index: 1.99 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.49 C Cross Totals Index: 21.62 C K Index: 27.27 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.02 mb = 1480.89 m = 4858.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 626.02 mb = 3994.82 m = 13106.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 526.02 mb = 5360.59 m = 17587.02 ft B at Equ Level: 12.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 496.02 mb = 5813.68 m = 19073.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.3 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 219.3 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 148.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 148.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.81 Bulk Shear: 17.93 m/s