MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F351.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F351.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 351 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 10 OCT 25 Station: 42.29,-78.04 Latitude: 42.29 Longitude: -78.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 SFC 952 548 12.5 10.9 90 1.6 11.6 212 5 289.7 291.2 286.8 314.0 8.62 2 950 565 14.1 10.9 81 3.2 12.1 222 8 291.4 293.0 287.4 316.0 8.63 3 900 1026 17.3 8.9 58 8.4 12.2 272 22 299.3 300.7 289.6 322.7 7.96 4 850 1512 14.7 6.8 59 7.9 10.1 294 20 301.6 302.9 289.8 323.3 7.30 5 800 2023 12.6 5.6 63 7.0 8.6 310 16 304.6 305.9 290.6 326.2 7.16 6 750 2562 8.9 2.9 66 6.0 5.6 311 14 306.2 307.4 290.4 325.4 6.28 7 700 3129 4.5 0.6 76 3.9 2.4 299 14 307.5 308.5 290.3 325.0 5.70 8 650 3728 0.1 -3.6 76 3.7 -1.7 292 16 309.1 309.9 289.7 323.1 4.50 9 600 4364 -4.3 -7.9 76 3.6 -5.8 286 20 311.1 311.8 289.5 322.3 3.52 10 550 5045 -8.2 -12.1 74 3.8 -9.6 283 22 314.3 314.9 289.8 323.3 2.76 11 500 5780 -12.5 -15.6 78 3.1 -13.6 283 22 317.8 318.2 290.3 325.3 2.27 12 450 6576 -18.0 -19.8 86 1.8 -18.5 284 23 320.7 321.0 290.7 326.7 1.77 13 400 7446 -24.0 -25.6 87 1.6 -24.4 282 23 323.8 324.1 291.2 328.0 1.19 14 350 8407 -30.8 -33.5 77 2.7 -31.2 275 26 327.2 327.3 291.6 329.5 0.65 15 300 9480 -39.8 -47.2 45 7.4 -40.4 277 35 329.2 329.3 291.7 329.9 0.18 16 250 10698 -50.0 -54.2 61 4.2 -50.1 273 40 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.1 0.10 17 200 12125 -57.8 -64.6 42 6.8 -57.9 263 36 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.03 18 150 13930 -59.4 -79.4 6 20.0 -59.6 255 36 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.7 0.00 19 100 16436 -64.6 -83.1 6 18.5 -64.7 254 31 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.43 m Freezing level: 648.83 mb = 3742.80 m = 12279.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.47 mb = 3477.20 m = 11408.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.50 % Est. max temperature: 27.04 C = 80.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.21 mb = 753.49 m = 2472.04 ft T: 15.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 3.87 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 710.74 mb = 3003.53 m = 9853.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.75 C = 85.54 F Cap Strength: 5.83 C Lifted Index: 3.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.59 C Showalter Index: 2.11 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.23 C Cross Totals Index: 19.31 C K Index: 30.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 144.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7742.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.16 mb = 1895.70 m = 6219.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.4 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 318.4 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.1 neg: -1.7 tot: 118.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 3.89 Bulk Shear: 10.59 m/s