MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 42.56,-77.61 Latitude: 42.56 Longitude: -77.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 SFC 963 462 16.0 15.7 98 0.3 15.8 127 7 292.3 294.4 290.4 325.5 11.73 2 950 580 15.5 15.3 99 0.2 15.4 133 12 292.9 295.0 290.5 325.8 11.57 3 900 1038 13.6 13.5 99 0.1 13.6 153 26 295.5 297.5 290.8 326.9 10.87 4 850 1519 11.7 11.6 100 0.1 11.6 169 34 298.4 300.2 291.2 328.0 10.15 5 800 2026 9.6 9.6 100 0.0 9.6 191 37 301.4 303.1 291.5 329.2 9.40 6 750 2561 7.2 7.0 99 0.2 7.1 216 28 304.4 306.0 291.6 329.7 8.44 7 700 3126 4.2 3.9 98 0.4 4.1 215 22 307.2 308.5 291.5 329.2 7.25 8 650 3726 0.4 0.3 99 0.1 0.4 207 22 309.4 310.5 291.2 328.0 6.03 9 600 4366 -2.3 -2.6 98 0.2 -2.4 200 24 313.4 314.4 291.7 330.1 5.29 10 550 5054 -5.6 -6.0 97 0.4 -5.8 200 25 317.4 318.3 292.2 331.7 4.45 11 500 5796 -9.8 -10.2 97 0.4 -9.9 204 25 321.1 321.8 292.4 332.7 3.52 12 450 6602 -14.8 -15.0 99 0.2 -14.9 206 26 324.6 325.1 292.7 333.6 2.66 13 400 7483 -20.8 -20.8 100 0.0 -20.8 203 26 328.0 328.4 292.9 334.4 1.83 14 350 8456 -27.9 -28.0 100 0.1 -27.9 200 31 331.1 331.3 293.1 335.0 1.09 15 300 9544 -36.7 -36.8 99 0.1 -36.8 205 42 333.6 333.7 293.2 335.6 0.54 16 250 10777 -47.5 -47.5 100 0.0 -47.5 206 49 335.4 335.5 293.4 336.3 0.21 17 200 12210 -59.9 -60.0 99 0.1 -59.9 210 52 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.2 0.06 18 150 13993 -61.5 -77.2 11 15.7 -61.6 236 33 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16480 -65.6 -83.2 7 17.6 -65.8 270 20 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.92 m Freezing level: 642.84 mb = 3817.94 m = 12525.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.40 mb = 3807.95 m = 12493.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.52 % Est. max temperature: 24.21 C = 75.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.24 mb = 497.45 m = 1632.03 ft T: 15.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 1.65 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.86 mb = 983.11 m = 3225.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.94 C = 66.09 F Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lifted Index: 3.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.18 C Showalter Index: 2.45 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.45 C Cross Totals Index: 21.38 C K Index: 32.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.85 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6344.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.17 mb = 942.92 m = 3093.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.2 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 225.2 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 344.1 neg: -6.9 tot: 337.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 112.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 55.72 m/s