MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 43.11,-70.98 Latitude: 43.11 Longitude: -70.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 23 SFC 994 77 9.5 8.5 93 1.0 9.0 288 16 283.2 284.4 282.4 302.6 7.02 2 950 448 7.2 6.2 93 1.0 6.6 296 41 284.5 285.5 282.1 301.8 6.24 3 900 891 5.5 3.7 88 1.8 4.6 312 48 287.2 288.2 282.5 302.9 5.55 4 850 1359 5.1 2.7 85 2.4 3.9 323 42 291.5 292.4 284.2 307.2 5.47 5 800 1852 2.3 1.8 96 0.5 2.0 332 38 293.6 294.6 285.1 309.4 5.44 6 750 2371 -0.5 -0.6 99 0.1 -0.5 336 36 296.0 296.9 285.5 310.5 4.89 7 700 2921 -2.6 -2.8 98 0.2 -2.7 334 33 299.6 300.4 286.4 312.9 4.44 8 650 3507 -5.2 -5.5 97 0.3 -5.3 330 29 303.1 303.9 287.1 315.1 3.91 9 600 4132 -8.3 -8.8 97 0.4 -8.5 316 25 306.5 307.1 287.6 316.7 3.28 10 550 4802 -12.3 -12.7 96 0.5 -12.5 294 25 309.5 310.0 288.1 317.8 2.61 11 500 5525 -16.8 -17.3 96 0.5 -16.9 283 30 312.6 312.9 288.4 319.0 1.97 12 450 6309 -21.6 -22.6 92 1.0 -21.8 286 27 316.1 316.3 289.0 320.7 1.39 13 400 7166 -27.4 -27.8 96 0.4 -27.5 291 15 319.3 319.5 289.6 322.7 0.97 14 350 8113 -34.7 -35.1 96 0.4 -34.8 314 12 321.9 322.0 289.9 323.9 0.55 15 300 9170 -42.8 -42.8 100 -0.0 -42.8 143 4 325.0 325.1 290.6 326.1 0.29 16 250 10386 -45.7 -66.1 8 20.4 -46.3 233 27 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.2 0.02 17 200 11871 -46.9 -76.4 2 29.5 -47.6 239 32 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 18 150 13765 -50.1 -79.7 2 29.7 -50.7 252 34 383.8 383.8 302.9 383.8 0.00 19 100 16360 -57.9 -84.3 2 26.3 -58.3 260 30 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5501.93 m Freezing level: 758.85 mb = 2279.47 m = 7478.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 760.07 mb = 2264.04 m = 7427.88 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.01 % Est. max temperature: 18.03 C = 64.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.38 mb = 204.09 m = 669.59 ft T: 8.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 0.71 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.42 mb = 1529.11 m = 5016.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.50 C = 65.30 F Cap Strength: 9.31 C Lifted Index: 10.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.50 C Showalter Index: 7.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.86 C Cross Totals Index: 19.48 C K Index: 24.34 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.05 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.38 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14927.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.37 mb = 672.09 m = 2204.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.1 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 344.1 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 320.6 neg: -7.7 tot: 312.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.06 Bulk Shear: 15.45 m/s