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: 42.35,-77.86 Latitude: 42.35 Longitude: -77.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 955 528 19.8 17.0 84 2.8 17.9 194 10 296.8 299.1 292.7 333.9 12.85 2 950 574 19.4 16.1 81 3.4 17.2 195 14 296.9 299.1 292.3 332.2 12.20 3 900 1037 15.3 14.3 94 1.0 14.7 198 23 297.3 299.4 291.9 330.6 11.49 4 850 1520 12.8 11.7 93 1.1 12.1 209 28 299.5 301.4 291.6 329.4 10.21 5 800 2028 9.9 9.0 94 0.9 9.4 212 27 301.7 303.4 291.3 328.5 9.05 6 750 2563 7.0 5.4 89 1.6 6.1 212 28 304.2 305.6 290.8 326.8 7.52 7 700 3127 3.7 -0.9 72 4.7 1.4 212 32 306.6 307.5 289.5 322.3 5.10 8 650 3725 -0.1 -5.6 67 5.5 -2.6 208 35 308.9 309.6 289.0 321.0 3.89 9 600 4362 -3.8 -8.9 68 5.1 -6.0 210 35 311.7 312.3 289.3 322.0 3.24 10 550 5044 -7.9 -13.1 66 5.2 -9.8 213 36 314.7 315.2 289.6 323.0 2.53 11 500 5779 -12.3 -18.6 59 6.3 -14.3 213 38 318.0 318.4 290.0 324.0 1.76 12 450 6576 -17.5 -24.4 55 6.9 -19.2 214 40 321.3 321.5 290.4 325.3 1.18 13 400 7447 -23.7 -30.5 54 6.7 -25.0 213 45 324.1 324.3 290.8 326.9 0.76 14 350 8408 -31.0 -38.4 49 7.3 -31.9 215 46 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.4 0.40 15 300 9481 -39.5 -45.0 56 5.5 -39.9 213 46 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.6 0.23 16 250 10701 -49.7 -52.6 71 3.0 -49.8 211 47 332.2 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.12 17 200 12136 -54.8 -68.4 17 13.6 -55.0 214 49 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.1 0.02 18 150 13957 -58.6 -78.9 6 20.4 -58.8 235 33 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.01 19 100 16481 -62.7 -83.4 5 20.6 -62.9 238 21 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.48 m Freezing level: 651.14 mb = 3711.83 m = 12177.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.58 mb = 3330.77 m = 10927.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.15 % Est. max temperature: 24.41 C = 75.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.47 mb = 881.67 m = 2892.59 ft T: 16.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 12.87 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.95 mb = 1334.00 m = 4376.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.62 C = 70.91 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Showalter Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.07 C Cross Totals Index: 23.99 C K Index: 32.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 310.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.02 mb = 1207.63 m = 3961.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.02 mb = 1851.92 m = 6075.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 307.02 mb = 9320.28 m = 30577.98 ft B at Equ Level: 309.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.02 mb = 11914.20 m = 39088.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.6 at 32.0 knts Storm direction: 240.6 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 102.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.2 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: 10.27 Bulk Shear: 30.21 m/s