MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 43.23,-71.62 Latitude: 43.23 Longitude: -71.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 176 SFC 994 228 26.7 12.1 40 14.5 17.4 224 3 300.3 302.0 290.8 326.8 8.97 2 950 624 21.6 10.3 49 11.3 14.7 242 7 299.1 300.6 289.8 323.5 8.31 3 900 1089 17.1 9.3 60 7.9 12.4 250 8 299.2 300.6 289.7 323.2 8.16 4 850 1573 12.7 7.8 72 4.9 9.8 257 9 299.4 300.9 289.5 322.4 7.82 5 800 2081 11.9 -8.4 23 20.4 3.1 276 11 303.9 304.3 285.9 311.8 2.53 6 750 2618 9.7 -10.5 23 20.2 1.2 283 13 307.1 307.5 286.9 314.3 2.28 7 700 3187 6.5 -12.2 25 18.8 -1.0 289 16 309.7 310.1 287.6 316.6 2.13 8 650 3790 2.9 -10.5 37 13.4 -2.7 291 20 312.3 312.8 289.0 320.8 2.64 9 600 4434 -0.5 -13.4 37 12.9 -5.5 294 22 315.6 316.0 289.7 323.0 2.26 10 550 5126 -3.5 -22.8 21 19.4 -9.4 302 21 320.0 320.2 289.9 323.8 1.11 11 500 5871 -9.3 -27.5 21 18.2 -14.0 302 24 321.7 321.9 290.1 324.5 0.80 12 450 6675 -14.9 -37.7 12 22.8 -19.0 287 28 324.5 324.5 290.5 325.7 0.33 13 400 7558 -19.6 -48.2 6 28.6 -23.2 287 31 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.0 0.12 14 350 8535 -27.3 -43.9 19 16.6 -29.3 286 34 331.9 332.0 292.4 332.8 0.22 15 300 9626 -35.1 -52.5 15 17.4 -36.3 278 41 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.10 16 250 10873 -44.3 -57.8 21 13.6 -44.8 265 45 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.06 17 200 12331 -55.0 -64.9 28 9.9 -55.2 266 47 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.03 18 150 14120 -65.1 -73.3 31 8.2 -65.1 266 62 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16546 -68.1 -83.5 9 15.4 -68.2 282 52 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.23 m Freezing level: 607.05 mb = 4343.21 m = 14249.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.24 mb = 2917.42 m = 9571.47 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.57 % Est. max temperature: 26.28 C = 79.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 803.43 mb = 2044.75 m = 6708.40 ft T: 11.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 15.00 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.87 mb = 3317.27 m = 10883.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.60 C = 97.87 F Cap Strength: 5.84 C Lifted Index: 4.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.46 C Showalter Index: 5.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.05 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.98 C Cross Totals Index: 17.07 C K Index: 10.99 Risk: None Sweat Index: 134.72 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7411.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.56 mb = 2053.81 m = 6738.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.2 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 319.2 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 41.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 23.12 m/s