MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F264.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F264.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11 day GFS valid 18Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 42.56,-75.95 Latitude: 42.56 Longitude: -75.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 968 418 16.6 16.0 96 0.6 16.2 152 6 292.4 294.5 290.6 326.1 11.88 2 950 580 15.6 15.2 97 0.4 15.3 157 13 293.0 295.1 290.5 325.7 11.49 3 900 1039 14.3 13.4 94 0.9 13.7 178 22 296.3 298.2 291.0 327.4 10.79 4 850 1521 12.0 11.8 99 0.2 11.9 195 16 298.7 300.6 291.3 328.7 10.27 5 800 2028 9.4 9.3 100 0.0 9.3 234 11 301.1 302.8 291.3 328.5 9.25 6 750 2562 6.5 6.4 99 0.1 6.4 229 8 303.6 305.1 291.0 327.7 8.05 7 700 3127 4.3 4.0 98 0.3 4.2 208 10 307.3 308.7 291.6 329.6 7.31 8 650 3727 1.1 0.9 98 0.2 1.0 228 12 310.2 311.4 291.6 329.7 6.29 9 600 4368 -2.1 -2.4 98 0.3 -2.3 213 16 313.7 314.7 291.9 330.5 5.36 10 550 5057 -5.0 -6.1 92 1.0 -5.5 209 19 318.1 319.0 292.3 332.4 4.42 11 500 5801 -9.3 -11.7 83 2.4 -10.2 225 15 321.7 322.3 292.3 332.1 3.13 12 450 6608 -14.6 -15.9 90 1.3 -15.1 225 18 324.9 325.3 292.6 333.2 2.46 13 400 7491 -20.4 -20.7 97 0.3 -20.5 216 23 328.5 328.8 293.0 334.9 1.84 14 350 8465 -27.7 -28.0 97 0.3 -27.8 215 27 331.4 331.7 293.2 335.4 1.09 15 300 9552 -36.9 -37.0 99 0.1 -36.9 215 31 333.4 333.5 293.2 335.4 0.53 16 250 10785 -47.3 -47.3 100 -0.0 -47.3 204 53 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.6 0.21 17 200 12221 -58.7 -59.1 95 0.4 -58.7 209 58 339.7 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.07 18 150 14008 -61.6 -77.8 10 16.2 -61.8 255 30 363.9 363.9 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16491 -66.3 -83.0 8 16.6 -66.4 256 19 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.53 m Freezing level: 632.76 mb = 3948.48 m = 12954.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.83 mb = 3916.54 m = 12849.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.10 % Est. max temperature: 24.32 C = 75.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.65 mb = 494.18 m = 1621.30 ft T: 16.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.10 C/km ThetaE index: 0.92 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.25 mb = 1216.99 m = 3992.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.28 C = 70.31 F Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lifted Index: 3.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.15 C Showalter Index: 2.57 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.36 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.27 C Cross Totals Index: 21.09 C K Index: 32.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 276.03 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5550.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.27 mb = 961.76 m = 3155.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.9 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 239.9 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.1 neg: -1.0 tot: 81.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.37 Bulk Shear: 16.20 m/s