MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 44.36,-75.48 Latitude: 44.36 Longitude: -75.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 150 SFC 999 159 16.3 15.5 95 0.8 15.8 145 9 289.6 291.5 289.0 320.9 11.17 2 950 585 14.2 13.9 98 0.3 14.0 157 27 291.6 293.5 289.2 321.4 10.53 3 900 1042 13.1 12.9 99 0.2 13.0 183 41 295.0 296.9 290.3 325.0 10.44 4 850 1523 11.5 11.4 99 0.1 11.4 203 42 298.2 300.0 290.9 327.2 9.98 5 800 2028 9.2 9.1 100 0.0 9.2 220 35 300.9 302.6 291.1 327.9 9.14 6 750 2562 6.3 6.3 100 0.1 6.3 235 28 303.4 304.9 290.9 327.3 7.98 7 700 3125 3.4 3.2 99 0.2 3.3 233 24 306.3 307.6 290.9 327.3 6.92 8 650 3724 0.3 0.2 100 0.0 0.3 232 21 309.3 310.4 291.1 327.8 5.99 9 600 4363 -2.6 -2.8 98 0.3 -2.7 224 18 313.1 314.1 291.6 329.4 5.18 10 550 5049 -6.2 -6.6 97 0.4 -6.4 217 20 316.7 317.6 291.8 330.4 4.23 11 500 5790 -10.3 -10.7 96 0.5 -10.5 218 25 320.5 321.2 292.2 331.6 3.37 12 450 6594 -15.2 -15.4 98 0.2 -15.3 219 29 324.1 324.6 292.4 332.8 2.57 13 400 7475 -20.9 -20.9 100 0.0 -20.9 222 33 327.8 328.2 292.8 334.1 1.80 14 350 8447 -28.1 -28.1 100 -0.0 -28.2 218 42 330.8 331.0 293.0 334.7 1.08 15 300 9533 -37.3 -37.3 100 -0.0 -37.3 218 49 332.8 332.9 293.0 334.8 0.52 16 250 10762 -48.5 -48.5 100 0.0 -48.5 222 55 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.7 0.19 17 200 12190 -60.0 -60.1 98 0.1 -60.0 223 63 337.8 337.8 293.8 338.0 0.06 18 150 13978 -60.9 -78.0 9 17.1 -61.1 246 36 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16470 -64.7 -83.5 6 18.8 -64.8 264 18 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5640.30 m Freezing level: 645.37 mb = 3783.02 m = 12411.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.75 mb = 3776.23 m = 12389.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.36 % Est. max temperature: 24.97 C = 76.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.56 mb = 256.01 m = 839.92 ft T: 15.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 0.62 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.88 mb = 839.24 m = 2753.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.24 C = 68.43 F Cap Strength: 3.98 C Lifted Index: 4.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.04 C Showalter Index: 2.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.72 C Cross Totals Index: 21.61 C K Index: 32.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 301.48 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7529.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.15 mb = 655.57 m = 2150.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.3 at 26.5 knts Storm direction: 242.3 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 473.2 neg: -4.3 tot: 468.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 156.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.0 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 68.26 m/s