MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: 42.92,-71.36 Latitude: 42.92 Longitude: -71.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 100 16.1 -1.8 29 17.9 7.8 27 7 288.0 288.6 280.3 297.5 3.30 1 1000 231 13.5 -3.5 30 17.0 6.0 27 13 286.6 287.2 279.1 295.2 2.94 2 950 659 9.1 -4.5 38 13.7 3.4 25 15 286.5 287.0 279.0 294.8 2.87 3 900 1103 4.9 -5.4 47 10.3 0.7 24 16 286.5 287.0 279.0 294.7 2.83 4 850 1565 0.5 -6.3 60 6.8 -2.1 24 16 286.7 287.2 279.0 294.8 2.80 5 800 2047 -3.5 -8.9 66 5.3 -5.4 33 19 287.4 287.8 278.9 294.5 2.44 6 750 2558 -3.7 -24.0 19 20.3 -8.7 47 30 292.5 292.7 279.0 294.9 0.73 7 700 3100 -5.8 -29.0 14 23.2 -10.8 50 34 296.0 296.1 280.3 297.7 0.50 8 650 3677 -8.6 -26.3 22 17.7 -12.6 47 35 299.2 299.3 282.0 301.4 0.68 9 600 4294 -10.7 -25.3 29 14.6 -14.1 42 35 303.8 303.9 284.0 306.4 0.81 10 550 4961 -12.8 -25.4 34 12.6 -15.8 36 36 308.9 309.0 286.0 311.8 0.88 11 500 5682 -16.9 -27.4 40 10.5 -19.1 42 43 312.4 312.6 287.2 315.2 0.81 12 450 6465 -21.8 -30.1 47 8.3 -23.3 48 61 315.9 316.0 288.2 318.3 0.70 13 400 7322 -27.7 -35.3 49 7.5 -28.8 48 72 318.9 319.0 288.9 320.7 0.47 14 350 8266 -35.6 -41.3 56 5.7 -36.1 56 75 320.7 320.8 289.3 321.8 0.29 15 300 9317 -44.8 -51.0 50 6.2 -45.1 57 75 322.2 322.2 289.5 322.6 0.12 16 250 10515 -51.2 -60.9 30 9.7 -51.4 41 73 329.9 330.0 291.7 330.1 0.04 17 200 11960 -50.5 -77.3 3 26.8 -51.0 351 23 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 13828 -52.1 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.6 312 25 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 19 100 16411 -59.1 -85.1 2 26.0 -59.4 305 34 413.6 413.6 306.9 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5450.73 m Freezing level: 843.60 mb = 1626.69 m = 5336.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 887.28 mb = 1217.86 m = 3995.56 ft Precipitable water: 0.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.23 % Est. max temperature: 14.77 C = 58.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 775.08 mb = 2297.61 m = 7537.99 ft T: -3.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.29 C/km ThetaE index: 2.80 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 619.92 mb = 4042.41 m = 13262.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.09 C = 86.15 F Cap Strength: 13.71 C Lifted Index: 15.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.52 C Showalter Index: 15.78 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 27.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.41 C Cross Totals Index: 10.59 C K Index: -12.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 74.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16825.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.89 mb = 2340.44 m = 7678.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 40.3 at 29.2 knts Storm direction: 70.3 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 101.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 38.78 m/s