MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 16 OCT 25 Station: 42.75,-74.69 Latitude: 42.75 Longitude: -74.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 966 411 10.1 -5.0 34 15.1 3.8 335 13 286.0 286.5 278.6 293.9 2.73 2 950 552 7.7 -7.1 34 14.8 1.9 338 19 285.0 285.4 277.6 291.8 2.35 3 900 993 3.0 -8.8 41 11.9 -1.3 341 26 284.6 285.0 277.2 291.0 2.17 4 850 1452 -1.3 -9.8 52 8.6 -4.2 344 27 284.8 285.2 277.2 291.0 2.13 5 800 1932 -3.8 -15.6 39 11.8 -7.2 354 31 287.1 287.3 277.3 291.4 1.42 6 750 2441 -4.1 -20.7 26 16.6 -8.5 360 36 292.1 292.3 279.1 295.2 0.98 7 700 2983 -6.1 -16.1 45 10.0 -9.1 356 37 295.7 296.0 281.5 300.5 1.55 8 650 3560 -9.1 -20.1 40 11.0 -12.0 354 40 298.7 298.9 282.4 302.5 1.19 9 600 4174 -13.4 -26.5 32 13.1 -16.2 353 44 300.6 300.8 282.6 303.0 0.73 10 550 4829 -18.5 -33.0 27 14.5 -20.8 354 45 302.2 302.2 282.8 303.6 0.43 11 500 5533 -22.6 -38.3 23 15.7 -24.6 355 51 305.5 305.6 284.0 306.5 0.28 12 450 6300 -26.6 -46.5 13 20.0 -28.3 352 68 309.9 309.9 285.4 310.3 0.13 13 400 7143 -30.8 -54.6 8 23.8 -32.3 352 96 315.0 315.0 287.2 315.2 0.06 14 350 8079 -36.5 -55.9 12 19.4 -37.5 348 104 319.5 319.5 288.6 319.7 0.06 15 300 9136 -40.7 -59.6 11 18.9 -41.4 347 104 328.1 328.1 291.2 328.2 0.04 16 250 10371 -42.5 -68.2 4 25.7 -43.3 346 89 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.02 17 200 11861 -48.1 -73.8 4 25.7 -48.7 338 75 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.01 18 150 13729 -53.8 -80.0 3 26.2 -54.2 340 58 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.4 0.00 19 100 16285 -60.3 -84.7 3 24.4 -60.6 343 50 411.2 411.2 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5406.99 m Freezing level: 864.57 mb = 1317.99 m = 4324.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 920.06 mb = 812.97 m = 2667.18 ft Precipitable water: 0.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.82 % Est. max temperature: 10.40 C = 50.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 767.19 mb = 2262.17 m = 7421.72 ft T: -3.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 2.97 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 599.90 mb = 4175.04 m = 13697.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.54 C = 76.17 F Cap Strength: 10.67 C Lifted Index: 12.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 25.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.52 C Showalter Index: 12.85 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.33 C Cross Totals Index: 12.77 C K Index: 1.49 Risk: None Sweat Index: 103.90 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18045.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.54 mb = 2424.94 m = 7955.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 352.8 at 40.2 knts Storm direction: 22.8 at 30.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 129.6 neg: -3.3 tot: 126.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 58.38 m/s