MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F297.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F297.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 297 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 41.40,-78.04 Latitude: 41.40 Longitude: -78.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 141 SFC 956 528 19.5 17.7 90 1.7 18.3 188 5 296.4 298.9 293.2 335.4 13.49 2 950 581 19.3 16.5 84 2.8 17.5 190 9 296.8 299.1 292.5 333.0 12.53 3 900 1044 15.5 14.4 93 1.1 14.8 198 18 297.5 299.6 292.0 331.0 11.53 4 850 1528 12.9 11.8 93 1.1 12.2 209 24 299.7 301.5 291.6 329.8 10.29 5 800 2036 9.6 9.3 98 0.3 9.5 212 23 301.4 303.1 291.3 328.7 9.23 6 750 2570 7.1 5.5 90 1.6 6.2 212 24 304.3 305.7 290.9 327.1 7.58 7 700 3135 3.8 0.4 79 3.4 2.1 212 27 306.7 307.8 290.0 324.0 5.65 8 650 3734 0.1 -6.2 63 6.3 -2.7 212 32 309.1 309.8 288.9 320.7 3.70 9 600 4370 -3.8 -9.4 65 5.6 -6.1 217 33 311.7 312.3 289.2 321.6 3.11 10 550 5053 -7.5 -14.0 59 6.6 -9.8 222 34 315.2 315.7 289.6 322.9 2.35 11 500 5789 -11.7 -20.4 49 8.6 -14.3 221 35 318.7 319.0 289.9 323.9 1.51 12 450 6587 -17.1 -26.1 45 9.0 -19.3 221 37 321.8 322.0 290.3 325.3 1.01 13 400 7460 -23.3 -33.3 40 10.0 -25.1 217 42 324.7 324.8 290.8 326.8 0.58 14 350 8422 -30.5 -39.9 40 9.3 -31.6 218 38 327.6 327.7 291.4 328.9 0.34 15 300 9498 -39.3 -45.5 52 6.2 -39.8 214 39 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.8 0.22 16 250 10718 -49.5 -53.2 65 3.6 -49.7 211 42 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.8 0.11 17 200 12153 -55.1 -68.0 19 12.9 -55.4 210 43 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 13968 -59.4 -78.3 7 18.9 -59.6 241 35 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16487 -63.3 -83.3 5 19.9 -63.5 241 21 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.13 m Freezing level: 648.90 mb = 3747.55 m = 12294.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.45 mb = 3387.64 m = 11114.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.87 % Est. max temperature: 24.20 C = 75.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.84 mb = 746.53 m = 2449.22 ft T: 17.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 14.69 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.31 mb = 1328.27 m = 4357.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.79 C = 71.23 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.00 C Showalter Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.62 C Cross Totals Index: 23.53 C K Index: 33.05 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 276.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 300.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.82 mb = 1197.82 m = 3929.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.82 mb = 1639.02 m = 5377.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 298.82 mb = 9523.99 m = 31246.31 ft B at Equ Level: 299.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 208.82 mb = 11875.06 m = 38959.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.0 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 245.0 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.2 neg: -0.6 tot: 106.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 7.83 Bulk Shear: 38.42 m/s