MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F315.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F315.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 315 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 10 OCT 25 Station: 42.08,-75.95 Latitude: 42.08 Longitude: -75.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 198 SFC 971 434 0.9 -1.7 83 2.6 -0.2 356 6 276.4 276.9 274.5 285.9 3.47 2 950 611 0.6 -2.7 78 3.3 -0.7 2 17 277.8 278.4 275.0 286.9 3.29 3 900 1044 -1.0 -9.3 53 8.3 -3.8 8 29 280.5 280.9 274.8 286.5 2.10 4 850 1500 -0.5 -24.2 15 23.7 -6.2 4 30 285.6 285.7 275.4 287.6 0.63 5 800 1983 -1.7 -27.2 12 25.5 -7.5 350 25 289.3 289.4 277.2 291.0 0.52 6 750 2495 -2.8 -27.4 13 24.6 -8.5 304 22 293.5 293.6 279.2 295.2 0.54 7 700 3039 -4.3 -32.9 9 28.6 -10.1 272 33 297.7 297.8 280.8 298.9 0.34 8 650 3621 -5.7 -44.2 3 38.5 -11.8 261 45 302.5 302.5 282.5 302.9 0.12 9 600 4245 -8.4 -49.5 2 41.1 -14.0 258 51 306.4 306.4 284.1 306.7 0.07 10 550 4915 -11.8 -51.5 2 39.7 -16.6 257 58 310.1 310.1 285.4 310.4 0.06 11 500 5638 -16.3 -53.3 3 37.0 -20.2 257 61 313.2 313.2 286.5 313.4 0.05 12 450 6422 -21.9 -53.4 4 31.5 -24.8 254 64 315.7 315.7 287.4 315.9 0.06 13 400 7277 -28.5 -50.4 10 21.9 -30.3 253 69 317.9 317.9 288.2 318.3 0.09 14 350 8219 -35.7 -53.2 15 17.5 -36.7 250 74 320.6 320.6 289.0 320.9 0.08 15 300 9272 -43.7 -53.6 33 9.9 -44.2 246 80 323.7 323.7 290.0 324.1 0.09 16 250 10474 -51.6 -58.1 45 6.5 -51.8 245 83 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.6 0.06 17 200 11904 -55.2 -68.9 17 13.7 -55.4 249 74 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 13738 -57.0 -79.2 4 22.2 -57.2 253 62 371.9 371.9 300.9 372.0 0.01 19 100 16286 -59.8 -84.3 3 24.5 -60.1 249 49 412.2 412.2 306.8 412.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5440.11 m Freezing level: 930.76 mb = 777.84 m = 2551.93 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 16.13 % Est. max temperature: 12.18 C = 53.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.39 mb = 761.10 m = 2497.01 ft T: 0.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.61 C/km ThetaE index: 0.41 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 527.05 mb = 5238.43 m = 17186.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.75 C = 96.36 F Cap Strength: 20.97 C Lifted Index: 22.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 26.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.57 C Showalter Index: 21.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 7.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 15.77 C Cross Totals Index: -7.90 C K Index: -37.04 Risk: None Sweat Index: 120.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18134.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 22.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.79 mb = 1691.65 m = 5549.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.4 at 41.6 knts Storm direction: 303.4 at 31.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 9.0 tot: 12.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.9 neg: -170.2 tot: -69.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -23.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 271.81 m/s