MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 12Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 42.42,-75.47 Latitude: 42.42 Longitude: -75.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 SFC 962 454 7.5 5.2 85 2.3 6.3 281 10 283.8 284.8 281.3 299.9 5.77 2 950 555 6.8 4.8 87 2.1 5.8 284 16 284.1 285.1 281.3 299.9 5.66 3 900 996 3.3 3.2 99 0.1 3.3 295 24 285.0 285.9 281.3 300.0 5.37 4 850 1458 0.9 0.3 96 0.6 0.6 304 29 287.1 287.9 281.4 300.2 4.59 5 800 1943 -2.0 -2.4 98 0.3 -2.1 303 31 289.0 289.7 281.6 300.6 4.02 6 750 2454 -5.1 -5.6 96 0.5 -5.3 301 31 291.1 291.6 281.7 300.9 3.36 7 700 2994 -6.6 -12.9 61 6.3 -8.7 297 33 295.2 295.5 281.9 301.4 2.02 8 650 3571 -8.1 -26.6 21 18.5 -12.3 293 38 299.9 300.0 282.2 302.0 0.67 9 600 4188 -12.4 -18.9 58 6.5 -14.2 291 40 301.7 302.0 283.9 306.3 1.43 10 550 4847 -16.5 -28.4 35 11.9 -18.8 291 46 304.5 304.6 284.1 306.7 0.67 11 500 5560 -19.1 -36.5 20 17.4 -21.7 293 62 309.8 309.9 285.7 311.0 0.34 12 450 6334 -25.5 -34.0 45 8.5 -26.7 288 67 311.2 311.3 286.4 312.8 0.48 13 400 7176 -32.3 -36.9 64 4.6 -32.8 285 78 313.0 313.1 286.9 314.4 0.40 14 350 8105 -37.8 -50.5 25 12.8 -38.5 281 92 317.8 317.9 288.2 318.2 0.11 15 300 9154 -43.9 -54.8 29 10.9 -44.4 284 92 323.5 323.5 289.9 323.8 0.08 16 250 10363 -49.5 -63.4 18 13.9 -49.8 281 77 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.6 0.03 17 200 11810 -52.0 -72.1 7 20.1 -52.4 273 77 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 13663 -55.7 -79.8 3 24.1 -56.1 269 51 374.1 374.1 301.3 374.1 0.00 19 100 16225 -59.2 -84.1 3 24.9 -59.6 262 30 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5429.61 m Freezing level: 834.52 mb = 1608.39 m = 5276.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 839.00 mb = 1562.40 m = 5125.93 ft Precipitable water: 0.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.32 % Est. max temperature: 12.18 C = 53.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.33 mb = 743.16 m = 2438.14 ft T: 5.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.86 C/km ThetaE index: 0.01 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.70 mb = 1034.96 m = 3395.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.81 C = 47.86 F Cap Strength: 6.68 C Lifted Index: 9.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.82 C Showalter Index: 9.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.98 C Cross Totals Index: 19.36 C K Index: 13.97 Risk: None Sweat Index: 123.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12943.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.95 mb = 1014.68 m = 3328.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.8 at 40.4 knts Storm direction: 323.8 at 30.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.6 neg: -0.7 tot: 99.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 63.94 m/s