MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F243.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F243.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 243 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 42.45,-77.86 Latitude: 42.45 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 173 SFC 962 505 20.0 9.5 51 10.5 13.7 186 6 296.5 297.9 288.5 319.1 7.78 2 950 613 19.3 8.6 50 10.7 13.0 189 9 296.8 298.1 288.2 318.4 7.40 3 900 1075 15.1 7.3 60 7.8 10.6 186 11 297.0 298.3 288.1 317.9 7.14 4 850 1556 12.0 3.2 55 8.8 7.3 219 8 298.8 299.8 287.3 315.6 5.68 5 800 2062 10.2 -8.4 26 18.7 2.2 232 10 302.0 302.5 285.2 309.9 2.52 6 750 2594 6.4 -13.3 23 19.7 -1.1 186 15 303.5 303.8 285.1 309.3 1.83 7 700 3156 3.6 -14.9 25 18.4 -3.1 178 25 306.4 306.7 286.0 312.0 1.72 8 650 3754 1.2 -23.4 14 24.6 -6.2 173 29 310.3 310.5 286.5 313.3 0.89 9 600 4393 -3.6 -16.4 36 12.8 -8.0 170 34 311.9 312.3 288.0 317.7 1.77 10 550 5075 -6.4 -7.2 94 0.8 -6.8 192 39 316.4 317.2 291.6 329.5 4.05 11 500 5817 -9.7 -10.1 96 0.5 -9.9 202 43 321.3 322.0 292.5 332.9 3.55 12 450 6624 -14.3 -14.6 98 0.2 -14.5 205 43 325.2 325.7 292.9 334.5 2.74 13 400 7507 -20.2 -20.3 100 0.0 -20.3 210 40 328.7 329.1 293.2 335.3 1.91 14 350 8482 -27.5 -27.6 99 0.1 -27.5 211 40 331.7 332.0 293.3 335.8 1.13 15 300 9572 -36.3 -36.9 95 0.5 -36.4 207 38 334.2 334.3 293.4 336.2 0.54 16 250 10805 -47.7 -48.1 96 0.4 -47.7 212 39 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.9 0.20 17 200 12239 -58.6 -59.5 89 0.9 -58.6 214 43 340.0 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.06 18 150 14009 -62.8 -76.4 14 13.6 -62.9 238 28 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16480 -66.4 -82.8 8 16.4 -66.5 263 21 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.28 m Freezing level: 637.72 mb = 3911.31 m = 12832.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 766.37 mb = 2416.25 m = 7927.22 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.98 % Est. max temperature: 24.77 C = 76.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.96 mb = 1825.95 m = 5990.58 ft T: 11.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.97 C/km ThetaE index: 9.80 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.48 mb = 3197.01 m = 10488.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.15 C = 86.27 F Cap Strength: 6.02 C Lifted Index: 7.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.06 C Showalter Index: 9.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.71 C Cross Totals Index: 12.88 C K Index: 6.53 Risk: None Sweat Index: 98.46 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8592.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.44 mb = 2098.98 m = 6886.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 190.1 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 220.1 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 3.9 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.5 neg: -21.5 tot: 41.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 36.53 m/s