MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F360.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F360.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 43.23,-71.38 Latitude: 43.23 Longitude: -71.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 168 10.4 7.8 84 2.5 9.0 90 2 283.3 284.4 282.0 301.7 6.64 1 1000 190 10.7 7.7 82 3.0 9.0 90 4 283.8 285.0 282.2 302.1 6.59 2 950 616 7.9 6.0 88 1.8 6.9 79 7 285.2 286.3 282.4 302.5 6.19 3 900 1060 5.2 4.4 94 0.8 4.8 44 6 286.9 287.9 282.7 303.3 5.83 4 850 1526 2.8 2.4 97 0.4 2.6 19 7 289.1 290.0 283.1 304.4 5.36 5 800 2015 0.5 0.2 98 0.3 0.4 13 7 291.7 292.6 283.7 305.8 4.85 6 750 2532 0.4 -6.8 58 7.3 -2.6 322 8 297.0 297.6 283.9 306.2 3.05 7 700 3085 -0.7 -5.0 72 4.3 -2.6 314 14 301.7 302.4 286.5 313.2 3.76 8 650 3674 -4.1 -7.5 77 3.4 -5.5 307 15 304.3 304.9 287.0 314.7 3.35 9 600 4301 -8.0 -9.8 87 1.8 -8.7 306 13 306.9 307.4 287.5 316.3 3.02 10 550 4973 -11.6 -13.5 86 1.9 -12.3 303 17 310.3 310.7 288.1 318.1 2.45 11 500 5697 -16.0 -17.8 86 1.8 -16.5 308 18 313.6 313.9 288.6 319.8 1.89 12 450 6483 -21.1 -21.5 97 0.3 -21.2 307 19 316.7 317.0 289.3 321.8 1.53 13 400 7342 -27.1 -28.9 85 1.8 -27.4 300 23 319.8 319.9 289.6 322.9 0.88 14 350 8292 -33.5 -40.0 52 6.5 -34.1 304 25 323.6 323.7 290.2 324.9 0.34 15 300 9355 -42.0 -43.9 82 1.9 -42.2 313 30 326.1 326.2 290.9 327.1 0.26 16 250 10562 -51.8 -55.7 63 3.9 -51.9 322 30 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.4 0.08 17 200 11989 -54.3 -69.5 14 15.1 -54.6 303 22 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 13839 -53.9 -79.5 3 25.6 -54.4 285 22 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 19 100 16406 -60.7 -83.8 3 23.1 -61.0 285 15 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5506.79 m Freezing level: 730.26 mb = 2750.43 m = 9023.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 793.66 mb = 2078.35 m = 6818.65 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.67 % Est. max temperature: 16.02 C = 60.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.66 mb = 489.03 m = 1604.41 ft T: 8.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 1002.6- -0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.56 mb = 1046.01 m = 3431.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.93 C = 57.07 F Cap Strength: 9.84 C Lifted Index: 11.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.31 C Showalter Index: 9.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.77 C Cross Totals Index: 18.40 C K Index: 16.86 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 61.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13679.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.07 mb = 843.46 m = 2767.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.2 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 350.2 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: -17.3 tot: -9.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 32.33 m/s