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: 42.29,-77.98 Latitude: 42.29 Longitude: -77.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 SFC 953 548 19.5 17.1 86 2.5 17.9 197 9 296.8 299.1 292.9 334.2 12.96 2 950 574 19.4 16.3 82 3.1 17.3 199 13 296.8 299.1 292.4 332.6 12.36 3 900 1037 15.3 14.4 94 0.9 14.7 200 23 297.3 299.4 291.9 330.7 11.53 4 850 1520 12.7 11.7 94 1.0 12.1 210 28 299.5 301.3 291.6 329.4 10.23 5 800 2028 9.8 9.0 95 0.8 9.3 211 27 301.6 303.3 291.3 328.4 9.05 6 750 2562 6.9 5.4 90 1.5 6.0 211 28 304.1 305.5 290.7 326.6 7.50 7 700 3127 3.6 -1.5 69 5.1 1.1 211 33 306.4 307.4 289.2 321.5 4.89 8 650 3724 -0.3 -5.8 66 5.5 -2.7 208 36 308.6 309.4 288.9 320.6 3.82 9 600 4361 -3.8 -8.9 68 5.1 -6.0 213 36 311.7 312.3 289.4 322.1 3.25 10 550 5043 -7.8 -13.4 64 5.7 -9.8 216 37 314.9 315.4 289.6 323.0 2.47 11 500 5778 -12.2 -19.1 56 7.0 -14.3 214 38 318.2 318.5 289.9 323.9 1.68 12 450 6575 -17.4 -25.0 52 7.5 -19.3 214 40 321.3 321.5 290.3 325.2 1.12 13 400 7446 -23.7 -31.4 49 7.6 -25.1 213 45 324.2 324.3 290.7 326.7 0.70 14 350 8407 -31.0 -38.8 46 7.8 -31.9 214 45 327.0 327.1 291.3 328.4 0.38 15 300 9481 -39.6 -45.5 53 6.0 -40.0 214 46 329.6 329.6 291.8 330.4 0.22 16 250 10700 -49.7 -52.8 70 3.0 -49.8 212 47 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.11 17 200 12135 -54.7 -68.3 17 13.6 -54.9 216 49 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.2 0.02 18 150 13958 -58.6 -79.0 6 20.4 -58.9 234 33 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.01 19 100 16481 -62.8 -83.4 5 20.6 -63.0 239 22 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.35 m Freezing level: 653.62 mb = 3680.93 m = 12076.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.89 mb = 3290.83 m = 10796.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.56 % Est. max temperature: 24.22 C = 75.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.83 mb = 859.45 m = 2819.69 ft T: 16.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 13.58 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.31 mb = 1320.52 m = 4332.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.33 C = 70.39 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.89 C Cross Totals Index: 23.88 C K Index: 31.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 319.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.99 mb = 1207.79 m = 3962.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.99 mb = 1750.17 m = 5741.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 306.99 mb = 9320.66 m = 30579.21 ft B at Equ Level: 319.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 206.99 mb = 11914.00 m = 39087.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.4 at 32.2 knts Storm direction: 241.4 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.6 neg: -0.3 tot: 102.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 10.20 Bulk Shear: 31.34 m/s