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: 44.48,-75.83 Latitude: 44.48 Longitude: -75.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1005 108 16.4 15.9 96 0.6 16.1 136 7 289.2 291.2 289.0 320.9 11.34 1 1000 150 16.3 15.5 95 0.8 15.8 139 10 289.5 291.5 289.0 320.8 11.16 2 950 585 13.9 13.8 99 0.1 13.8 157 23 291.3 293.2 289.0 321.1 10.52 3 900 1041 12.7 12.7 100 0.0 12.7 183 35 294.6 296.4 290.0 324.2 10.30 4 850 1521 11.2 11.2 100 0.0 11.2 205 39 297.9 299.7 290.7 326.6 9.87 5 800 2027 9.1 9.1 100 0.0 9.1 224 32 300.8 302.5 291.0 327.6 9.08 6 750 2560 6.3 5.9 97 0.5 6.1 237 22 303.5 304.9 290.8 326.8 7.79 7 700 3123 3.5 3.2 98 0.3 3.3 233 15 306.3 307.6 290.9 327.3 6.90 8 650 3722 0.2 0.2 100 0.0 0.2 221 13 309.2 310.3 291.0 327.6 5.97 9 600 4361 -2.9 -3.1 98 0.3 -3.0 218 17 312.8 313.8 291.3 328.7 5.06 10 550 5047 -6.3 -6.7 97 0.4 -6.5 221 21 316.6 317.5 291.7 330.2 4.21 11 500 5787 -10.4 -11.1 95 0.7 -10.7 227 24 320.3 321.0 292.0 331.2 3.29 12 450 6591 -15.4 -15.8 97 0.4 -15.6 230 27 323.8 324.3 292.3 332.2 2.48 13 400 7471 -21.1 -21.1 100 0.0 -21.1 215 33 327.6 327.9 292.7 333.7 1.77 14 350 8443 -28.4 -28.4 100 -0.0 -28.3 215 45 330.5 330.7 292.9 334.3 1.06 15 300 9528 -37.2 -37.2 100 -0.0 -37.2 222 53 332.9 333.0 293.0 334.8 0.52 16 250 10757 -48.4 -48.4 100 0.0 -48.4 222 57 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.8 0.19 17 200 12185 -60.0 -60.1 99 0.1 -60.0 221 62 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.1 0.06 18 150 13974 -60.5 -77.8 9 17.3 -60.7 246 38 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16468 -64.6 -83.5 6 18.8 -64.8 263 18 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.66 m Freezing level: 646.56 mb = 3766.17 m = 12356.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.97 mb = 3759.51 m = 12334.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.18 % Est. max temperature: 24.81 C = 76.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.60 mb = 178.54 m = 585.74 ft T: 16.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 0.86 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 954.10 mb = 548.51 m = 1799.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.42 C = 65.16 F Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lifted Index: 5.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.33 C Showalter Index: 2.48 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.23 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.62 C Cross Totals Index: 21.62 C K Index: 32.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.44 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 950.11 mb = 584.13 m = 1916.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 945.11 mb = 628.64 m = 2062.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 935.11 mb = 718.36 m = 2356.80 ft B at Equ Level: 18.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 865.11 mb = 1373.10 m = 4504.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.3 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 242.3 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 398.6 neg: -4.3 tot: 394.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 131.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.0 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 56.23 m/s