MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z SUN 12 OCT 25 Station: 46.17,-77.09 Latitude: 46.17 Longitude: -77.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 980 261 17.3 16.4 95 0.9 16.8 221 8 292.2 294.3 290.7 326.4 12.09 2 950 527 15.9 15.5 98 0.3 15.7 227 21 293.3 295.4 290.8 326.8 11.76 3 900 985 13.6 13.6 100 0.0 13.6 243 33 295.5 297.5 290.9 327.0 10.93 4 850 1466 11.3 11.2 99 0.1 11.2 260 34 297.9 299.7 290.7 326.6 9.85 5 800 1972 9.0 8.9 99 0.1 8.9 255 34 300.7 302.4 290.9 327.2 8.97 6 750 2505 6.3 6.1 99 0.2 6.2 251 41 303.4 304.9 290.9 327.1 7.92 7 700 3069 4.5 0.5 75 4.0 2.4 243 52 307.4 308.5 290.2 324.9 5.68 8 650 3669 0.3 -3.8 74 4.1 -1.6 237 54 309.3 310.2 289.8 323.2 4.46 9 600 4305 -4.5 -8.7 73 4.1 -6.2 239 49 310.9 311.5 289.2 321.4 3.31 10 550 4984 -9.2 -12.0 80 2.8 -10.3 244 45 313.1 313.6 289.4 322.0 2.76 11 500 5716 -13.1 -14.1 92 1.0 -13.5 245 52 317.1 317.6 290.5 325.6 2.57 12 450 6514 -16.7 -17.0 97 0.3 -16.7 237 68 322.3 322.7 291.7 329.9 2.25 13 400 7389 -22.8 -22.9 100 0.0 -22.8 241 80 325.3 325.6 291.9 330.6 1.52 14 350 8352 -30.8 -30.8 100 0.0 -30.8 243 88 327.3 327.4 291.8 330.3 0.84 15 300 9426 -39.8 -39.7 100 -0.0 -39.8 246 93 329.3 329.4 291.9 330.8 0.40 16 250 10642 -50.5 -51.0 94 0.5 -50.5 264 105 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.5 0.14 17 200 12067 -58.6 -64.3 48 5.7 -58.7 273 120 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.0 0.03 18 150 13857 -61.9 -75.9 14 14.0 -62.0 261 92 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16360 -62.8 -83.7 4 20.9 -63.0 242 58 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5627.76 m Freezing level: 646.75 mb = 3710.25 m = 12172.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.05 mb = 3423.00 m = 11230.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.31 % Est. max temperature: 24.15 C = 75.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.58 mb = 370.26 m = 1214.75 ft T: 16.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 5.82 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.09 mb = 788.89 m = 2588.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.72 C = 67.50 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: -0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.36 C Showalter Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.34 C Cross Totals Index: 24.24 C K Index: 31.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 70.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.54 mb = 748.06 m = 2454.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.54 mb = 3910.53 m = 12829.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 490.54 mb = 5860.79 m = 19228.10 ft B at Equ Level: 70.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 410.54 mb = 7195.88 m = 23608.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.8 at 43.5 knts Storm direction: 273.8 at 32.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 3.7 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 192.7 neg: -11.5 tot: 181.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.82 Bulk Shear: 85.22 m/s