MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F330.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F330.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 330 hour GFS valid 6Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 44.52,-70.39 Latitude: 44.52 Longitude: -70.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 983 260 6.1 5.5 96 0.6 5.8 237 1 280.6 281.6 279.7 296.4 5.75 2 950 539 7.4 5.6 88 1.8 6.5 199 6 284.7 285.7 281.9 301.4 6.00 3 900 983 6.2 4.7 90 1.6 5.4 205 13 287.9 289.0 283.3 304.7 5.94 4 850 1452 5.6 2.0 78 3.6 3.8 219 15 292.0 292.9 284.2 307.0 5.19 5 800 1947 4.6 -0.6 69 5.3 2.1 212 16 296.1 296.9 285.2 309.6 4.57 6 750 2472 2.6 -0.7 79 3.3 1.0 198 24 299.4 300.3 286.7 313.9 4.84 7 700 3026 -1.0 -1.3 98 0.3 -1.2 199 31 301.3 302.3 287.5 316.3 4.97 8 650 3614 -4.9 -5.0 99 0.1 -4.9 201 40 303.5 304.2 287.4 315.9 4.06 9 600 4241 -6.8 -18.1 40 11.3 -10.3 208 45 308.3 308.6 286.5 313.3 1.53 10 550 4917 -9.2 -24.5 28 15.3 -13.2 207 47 313.2 313.3 287.6 316.4 0.96 11 500 5649 -13.2 -18.6 64 5.4 -14.9 207 54 316.9 317.3 289.6 322.8 1.76 12 450 6442 -19.2 -21.3 83 2.2 -19.7 209 61 319.1 319.4 290.1 324.4 1.55 13 400 7307 -25.7 -26.3 95 0.6 -25.9 210 66 321.5 321.7 290.4 325.4 1.11 14 350 8261 -32.8 -36.0 73 3.2 -33.2 214 70 324.5 324.6 290.7 326.3 0.50 15 300 9326 -41.0 -42.6 85 1.6 -41.2 219 81 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.6 0.30 16 250 10538 -51.0 -51.7 92 0.7 -51.0 220 87 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.13 17 200 11977 -54.1 -69.9 13 15.8 -54.3 220 105 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 13803 -57.7 -78.1 6 20.4 -57.9 222 82 370.7 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.01 19 100 16340 -60.7 -84.0 3 23.3 -61.0 217 53 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5532.50 m Freezing level: 714.20 mb = 2868.88 m = 9412.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 727.31 mb = 2718.80 m = 8919.84 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.33 % Est. max temperature: 18.76 C = 65.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.61 mb = 336.42 m = 1103.74 ft T: 6.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.64 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 738.87 mb = 2592.06 m = 8504.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.16 C = 77.29 F Cap Strength: 12.57 C Lifted Index: 14.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.22 C Showalter Index: 11.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.77 C Cross Totals Index: 15.16 C K Index: 20.46 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 107.36 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13316.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.05 mb = 901.14 m = 2956.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.8 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 235.8 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 3.7 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.3 neg: -2.8 tot: 120.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 104.09 m/s