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: 42.51,-77.80 Latitude: 42.51 Longitude: -77.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 959 489 20.1 17.0 82 3.1 18.0 192 10 296.7 299.0 292.7 333.7 12.79 2 950 573 19.5 15.8 80 3.6 17.1 194 16 296.9 299.1 292.2 331.6 11.99 3 900 1036 15.3 14.3 94 1.0 14.6 198 24 297.3 299.3 291.8 330.4 11.42 4 850 1519 12.8 11.6 92 1.2 12.0 209 28 299.6 301.4 291.5 329.2 10.11 5 800 2027 10.0 8.8 93 1.1 9.3 213 28 301.8 303.4 291.2 328.3 8.95 6 750 2562 7.1 5.2 88 1.8 6.1 213 29 304.3 305.6 290.7 326.6 7.44 7 700 3127 3.8 -1.1 70 4.9 1.3 212 33 306.7 307.6 289.4 322.1 5.04 8 650 3725 0.0 -5.7 65 5.8 -2.6 208 35 309.0 309.7 289.0 321.0 3.83 9 600 4362 -3.9 -9.0 68 5.1 -6.0 208 35 311.7 312.3 289.3 322.0 3.23 10 550 5043 -8.1 -12.9 68 4.8 -9.8 210 36 314.5 315.0 289.6 322.9 2.59 11 500 5777 -12.5 -18.3 62 5.8 -14.3 212 38 317.8 318.2 289.9 323.9 1.81 12 450 6574 -17.6 -24.2 56 6.6 -19.3 213 41 321.1 321.4 290.3 325.3 1.20 13 400 7445 -23.8 -30.1 56 6.3 -25.0 212 46 324.1 324.2 290.8 326.9 0.79 14 350 8406 -31.1 -38.3 49 7.2 -32.0 214 47 326.8 326.9 291.2 328.3 0.40 15 300 9479 -39.5 -45.2 55 5.7 -39.9 213 46 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.5 0.22 16 250 10699 -49.7 -52.5 73 2.8 -49.8 211 48 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.7 0.12 17 200 12135 -54.6 -68.6 16 14.0 -54.9 214 48 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.02 18 150 13956 -58.5 -79.0 6 20.4 -58.7 234 33 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16480 -62.7 -83.4 5 20.7 -62.9 238 21 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.66 m Freezing level: 649.86 mb = 3726.54 m = 12226.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.20 mb = 3322.62 m = 10900.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.92 % Est. max temperature: 24.66 C = 76.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.49 mb = 880.39 m = 2888.37 ft T: 16.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 12.67 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.77 mb = 1344.32 m = 4410.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.04 C = 71.68 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.83 C Showalter Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.27 C Cross Totals Index: 24.02 C K Index: 31.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 268.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 296.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.00 mb = 1197.14 m = 3927.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.00 mb = 1943.85 m = 6377.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 308.00 mb = 9295.81 m = 30497.69 ft B at Equ Level: 295.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 208.00 mb = 11882.19 m = 38983.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.7 at 32.2 knts Storm direction: 239.7 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.3 neg: -0.1 tot: 101.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 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: 29.08 m/s