MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F294.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F294.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 294 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 42.61,-77.74 Latitude: 42.61 Longitude: -77.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 SFC 966 436 24.3 15.2 57 9.1 18.2 188 13 300.5 302.6 292.7 333.7 11.32 2 950 576 21.9 14.0 61 7.8 16.8 190 20 299.4 301.3 291.9 330.5 10.65 3 900 1042 17.3 12.9 75 4.5 14.5 194 22 299.4 301.3 291.7 329.8 10.42 4 850 1528 13.0 11.6 92 1.3 12.1 197 22 299.7 301.6 291.6 329.6 10.18 5 800 2035 9.7 8.3 91 1.4 8.8 204 23 301.5 303.0 290.8 326.9 8.60 6 750 2569 7.2 4.3 82 2.9 5.6 212 25 304.4 305.6 290.4 325.3 6.96 7 700 3135 4.2 1.0 79 3.2 2.5 209 25 307.2 308.3 290.3 325.2 5.88 8 650 3735 0.8 -2.5 79 3.3 -0.9 205 28 309.8 310.7 290.3 325.0 4.89 9 600 4373 -3.4 -6.6 78 3.2 -4.8 206 31 312.2 312.9 290.1 324.5 3.89 10 550 5056 -8.1 -11.0 80 2.9 -9.2 206 35 314.5 315.0 290.0 324.2 3.01 11 500 5789 -13.0 -15.0 85 2.0 -13.7 207 38 317.1 317.6 290.3 325.0 2.38 12 450 6585 -17.8 -19.9 84 2.1 -18.4 206 40 320.8 321.1 290.8 326.7 1.75 13 400 7455 -24.0 -28.3 67 4.4 -24.8 207 41 323.9 324.0 290.9 327.1 0.93 14 350 8415 -31.3 -37.9 52 6.6 -32.1 211 43 326.5 326.6 291.2 328.1 0.41 15 300 9486 -40.3 -44.8 62 4.5 -40.6 210 46 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.5 0.24 16 250 10703 -49.6 -54.8 55 5.2 -49.8 213 41 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.09 17 200 12140 -56.4 -67.3 24 10.8 -56.6 216 50 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.02 18 150 13958 -57.2 -78.5 5 21.3 -57.5 230 37 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.01 19 100 16484 -62.6 -83.2 5 20.6 -62.8 223 21 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.68 m Freezing level: 640.90 mb = 3850.90 m = 12634.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.64 mb = 3578.76 m = 11741.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.47 % Est. max temperature: 24.77 C = 76.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.48 mb = 1582.05 m = 5190.39 ft T: 12.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 9.55 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.42 mb = 1702.40 m = 5585.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.19 C = 75.54 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Showalter Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.03 C Cross Totals Index: 24.69 C K Index: 34.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 260.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.72 mb = 1599.51 m = 5247.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.72 mb = 1954.55 m = 6412.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 287.72 mb = 9765.27 m = 32037.89 ft B at Equ Level: 258.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.72 mb = 11896.04 m = 39028.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.9 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 234.9 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.1 neg: -2.6 tot: 54.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 17.69 Bulk Shear: 14.72 m/s