MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 12Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: 42.11,-72.28 Latitude: 42.11 Longitude: -72.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 167 5.6 -0.1 67 5.7 3.1 13 7 278.2 278.8 275.9 288.6 3.77 1 1000 229 5.1 -0.6 66 5.7 2.7 16 11 278.2 278.8 275.8 288.3 3.64 2 950 647 3.3 -1.9 69 5.2 1.1 32 26 280.5 281.1 276.8 290.3 3.49 3 900 1083 0.5 -2.7 79 3.2 -0.8 48 31 282.0 282.6 277.6 291.9 3.49 4 850 1540 -1.1 -7.7 61 6.5 -3.5 48 30 285.0 285.4 277.8 292.3 2.52 5 800 2022 -2.7 -14.7 39 12.0 -6.4 42 28 288.3 288.5 278.1 292.9 1.53 6 750 2532 -4.3 -21.6 24 17.4 -8.7 36 28 291.9 292.1 279.0 294.8 0.90 7 700 3073 -6.4 -22.2 27 15.8 -10.4 36 29 295.4 295.6 280.6 298.3 0.92 8 650 3650 -8.6 -25.1 25 16.4 -12.5 38 31 299.2 299.4 282.1 301.7 0.77 9 600 4266 -11.8 -29.0 23 17.1 -15.3 36 34 302.4 302.5 283.1 304.4 0.58 10 550 4927 -15.9 -34.4 19 18.5 -19.0 37 38 305.2 305.2 284.0 306.5 0.38 11 500 5638 -20.8 -38.8 18 18.0 -23.2 38 39 307.7 307.8 284.8 308.6 0.27 12 450 6407 -26.7 -45.2 16 18.5 -28.4 38 40 309.7 309.7 285.4 310.2 0.15 13 400 7246 -32.7 -51.7 13 19.0 -33.9 40 42 312.5 312.5 286.3 312.8 0.08 14 350 8175 -37.4 -58.7 9 21.3 -38.4 36 36 318.3 318.3 288.2 318.4 0.04 15 300 9235 -39.0 -66.0 4 27.1 -39.9 316 23 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.5 0.02 16 250 10477 -42.2 -72.9 2 30.8 -43.1 275 42 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.01 17 200 11970 -45.5 -76.3 2 30.8 -46.3 286 56 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 18 150 13872 -50.6 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.2 288 50 382.9 382.9 302.7 382.9 0.00 19 100 16444 -60.6 -83.8 3 23.2 -60.9 301 36 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5408.16 m Freezing level: 884.22 mb = 1227.29 m = 4026.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 920.70 mb = 899.58 m = 2951.34 ft Precipitable water: 0.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.51 % Est. max temperature: 11.98 C = 53.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.23 mb = 877.41 m = 2878.60 ft T: 1.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 0.27 C Layer 1000.0- 950.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.44 mb = 2814.74 m = 9234.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.25 C = 70.24 F Cap Strength: 14.33 C Lifted Index: 15.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 28.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.24 C Showalter Index: 13.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.66 C Cross Totals Index: 13.11 C K Index: -3.84 Risk: None Sweat Index: 99.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18834.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.94 mb = 1218.03 m = 3996.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 38.5 at 31.6 knts Storm direction: 68.5 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.7 neg: -16.9 tot: 105.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.50 Bulk Shear: 28.91 m/s