MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 58.76,-66.5 Latitude: 58.76 Longitude: -66.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 40 1.2 1.0 99 0.1 1.1 190 19 273.6 274.3 273.8 284.6 4.08 1 1000 110 0.6 0.4 99 0.1 0.5 192 23 273.7 274.4 273.6 284.4 3.94 2 950 521 -0.8 -0.9 100 0.1 -0.9 221 33 276.3 277.0 274.9 286.6 3.76 3 900 952 -2.3 -2.5 99 0.1 -2.4 235 27 279.1 279.7 276.1 289.0 3.54 4 850 1405 -3.6 -3.9 98 0.3 -3.7 230 25 282.4 283.0 277.6 291.9 3.37 5 800 1882 -5.6 -6.0 97 0.4 -5.7 234 27 285.2 285.8 278.6 294.0 3.05 6 750 2386 -7.9 -8.5 96 0.5 -8.1 247 28 288.0 288.5 279.5 295.8 2.69 7 700 2920 -10.4 -10.9 96 0.6 -10.5 262 31 291.0 291.4 280.5 298.1 2.37 8 650 3489 -12.4 -12.8 96 0.5 -12.5 277 35 295.0 295.4 282.0 301.6 2.19 9 600 4097 -15.2 -15.4 98 0.3 -15.2 286 39 298.6 298.9 283.2 304.5 1.92 10 550 4750 -19.1 -19.1 100 0.0 -19.1 288 44 301.4 301.7 283.9 306.3 1.53 11 500 5453 -23.3 -23.3 100 0.0 -23.4 294 52 304.6 304.8 284.7 308.4 1.17 12 450 6217 -27.9 -27.9 100 -0.0 -27.9 302 65 308.2 308.3 285.7 311.0 0.86 13 400 7054 -32.1 -33.8 85 1.7 -32.3 306 81 313.2 313.3 287.1 315.1 0.55 14 350 7986 -37.6 -37.6 100 -0.0 -37.6 305 90 318.0 318.1 288.6 319.6 0.43 15 300 9033 -44.8 -45.4 93 0.6 -44.8 309 92 322.3 322.3 289.7 323.1 0.22 16 250 10227 -53.5 -54.3 91 0.8 -53.5 306 91 326.6 326.6 290.9 326.9 0.10 17 200 11648 -55.6 -66.7 24 11.1 -55.8 300 86 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.02 18 150 13484 -54.7 -79.3 3 24.6 -55.1 292 63 375.8 375.8 301.6 375.8 0.00 19 100 16080 -55.9 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.3 281 44 419.7 419.7 307.7 419.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5342.88 m Freezing level: 979.96 mb = 274.92 m = 901.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 981.88 mb = 256.75 m = 842.36 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.85 % Est. max temperature: 9.34 C = 48.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1006.38 mb = 59.25 m = 194.39 ft T: 1.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 0.28 C Layer 1000.0- 950.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 951.56 mb = 507.81 m = 1666.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 3.78 C = 38.80 F Cap Strength: 13.85 C Lifted Index: 15.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 25.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.75 C Showalter Index: 11.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.19 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.74 C Cross Totals Index: 19.45 C K Index: 15.30 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.10 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17757.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 955.65 mb = 473.52 m = 1553.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.2 at 36.1 knts Storm direction: 299.2 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 301.5 neg: -21.6 tot: 279.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 144.67 m/s