MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 42.56,-77.92 Latitude: 42.56 Longitude: -77.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 179 SFC 967 463 15.4 11.8 79 3.7 13.2 217 2 291.4 293.0 287.7 316.9 9.01 2 950 615 16.4 10.8 70 5.6 13.0 189 6 293.8 295.4 288.3 318.6 8.61 3 900 1075 14.1 10.0 76 4.1 11.6 157 15 296.0 297.5 289.0 320.8 8.57 4 850 1555 10.6 5.4 70 5.2 7.8 143 15 297.3 298.5 287.6 316.7 6.64 5 800 2057 8.0 1.6 64 6.3 4.7 142 19 299.7 300.6 287.3 315.7 5.39 6 750 2589 5.9 3.5 84 2.4 4.6 167 24 303.0 304.2 289.6 322.7 6.56 7 700 3152 3.4 3.1 98 0.3 3.3 184 30 306.3 307.6 290.9 327.2 6.87 8 650 3751 -0.0 -0.1 99 0.1 -0.0 191 37 309.0 310.1 290.9 327.0 5.86 9 600 4390 -2.6 -2.8 98 0.2 -2.7 195 39 313.1 314.1 291.5 329.4 5.18 10 550 5076 -5.8 -6.2 97 0.4 -6.0 201 41 317.2 318.0 292.0 331.3 4.38 11 500 5818 -9.8 -10.2 96 0.5 -9.9 210 40 321.1 321.8 292.4 332.7 3.52 12 450 6624 -14.8 -15.0 98 0.3 -14.9 204 38 324.7 325.2 292.7 333.6 2.64 13 400 7505 -20.8 -20.9 100 0.0 -20.8 206 37 327.9 328.3 292.9 334.2 1.82 14 350 8478 -28.3 -28.3 100 -0.0 -28.3 211 34 330.6 330.8 292.9 334.4 1.06 15 300 9564 -36.6 -37.3 93 0.7 -36.7 207 41 333.8 333.9 293.3 335.8 0.52 16 250 10799 -47.2 -47.2 100 -0.0 -47.3 214 53 335.8 335.9 293.5 336.7 0.22 17 200 12233 -59.6 -59.7 99 0.1 -59.6 214 50 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.06 18 150 14011 -62.4 -77.2 12 14.8 -62.6 244 32 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16483 -66.2 -83.0 8 16.8 -66.3 267 18 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5639.65 m Freezing level: 650.17 mb = 3748.77 m = 12298.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.59 mb = 3743.56 m = 12281.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.28 % Est. max temperature: 22.83 C = 73.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.63 mb = 928.45 m = 3046.07 ft T: 14.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.95 C/km ThetaE index: 5.11 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.27 mb = 2085.64 m = 6842.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.84 C = 74.91 F Cap Strength: 5.90 C Lifted Index: 7.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.29 C Showalter Index: 8.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.37 C Cross Totals Index: 15.19 C K Index: 25.52 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 135.88 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.19 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8205.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.30 mb = 1512.25 m = 4961.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.6 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 219.6 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 3.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 199.9 neg: -2.3 tot: 197.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 63.68 m/s