MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F303.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F303.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 303 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 9 OCT 25 Station: 42.15,-73.5 Latitude: 42.15 Longitude: -73.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 979 282 12.0 11.7 98 0.3 11.8 326 5 286.9 288.4 285.8 311.5 8.83 2 950 535 10.4 10.2 98 0.2 10.3 319 15 287.7 289.2 285.6 310.8 8.22 3 900 984 8.1 7.5 96 0.6 7.8 312 22 289.8 291.1 285.4 310.4 7.24 4 850 1455 6.5 5.4 93 1.1 5.9 295 21 293.0 294.1 286.1 312.0 6.62 5 800 1951 3.8 3.2 96 0.6 3.5 279 17 295.2 296.3 286.3 312.8 6.03 6 750 2473 0.7 0.7 100 0.0 0.7 251 7 297.4 298.4 286.5 313.3 5.38 7 700 3026 -1.0 -1.1 99 0.1 -1.0 202 10 301.4 302.3 287.6 316.5 5.04 8 650 3615 -4.0 -4.3 98 0.3 -4.1 211 21 304.5 305.3 287.9 317.6 4.28 9 600 4243 -7.3 -7.7 97 0.5 -7.5 194 28 307.7 308.4 288.3 318.9 3.56 10 550 4916 -10.8 -11.3 96 0.5 -11.0 191 37 311.2 311.8 288.9 320.6 2.93 11 500 5644 -14.7 -15.0 98 0.3 -14.8 190 46 315.1 315.6 289.6 323.0 2.39 12 450 6434 -19.7 -19.7 100 0.0 -19.7 190 50 318.5 318.9 290.1 324.5 1.79 13 400 7297 -25.9 -25.9 100 0.0 -25.9 193 51 321.4 321.6 290.4 325.4 1.16 14 350 8250 -33.0 -33.0 100 0.0 -33.0 187 53 324.3 324.4 290.8 326.7 0.68 15 300 9315 -41.7 -41.6 100 -0.0 -41.6 181 58 326.7 326.7 291.1 327.9 0.33 16 250 10527 -48.5 -61.9 20 13.4 -48.9 194 58 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.1 0.04 17 200 11982 -51.3 -70.0 9 18.7 -51.7 209 40 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.02 18 150 13844 -55.1 -78.8 4 23.7 -55.5 234 26 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.1 0.01 19 100 16394 -60.3 -84.0 3 23.7 -60.6 251 20 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5538.93 m Freezing level: 728.70 mb = 2708.51 m = 8886.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.44 mb = 2695.75 m = 8844.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.05 % Est. max temperature: 18.96 C = 66.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.33 mb = 323.10 m = 1060.03 ft T: 11.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 1.10 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.38 mb = 824.92 m = 2706.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.20 C = 57.56 F Cap Strength: 5.56 C Lifted Index: 7.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.72 C Showalter Index: 6.36 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.25 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.18 C Cross Totals Index: 20.07 C K Index: 26.47 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.88 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11502.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.24 mb = 781.08 m = 2562.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.8 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 241.8 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.5 neg: -105.9 tot: -41.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -13.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 129.95 m/s