MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 43.52,-76.25 Latitude: 43.52 Longitude: -76.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 990 144 11.9 9.9 87 2.0 10.7 265 20 285.8 287.2 284.3 307.3 7.72 2 950 491 8.7 7.7 94 0.9 8.2 270 35 286.0 287.2 283.5 305.4 6.96 3 900 937 5.5 5.4 99 0.1 5.5 272 39 287.2 288.3 283.3 304.8 6.26 4 850 1402 2.5 2.4 99 0.1 2.4 274 39 288.7 289.7 283.0 304.0 5.35 5 800 1889 -0.1 -0.3 99 0.2 -0.2 276 36 291.0 291.8 283.2 304.5 4.67 6 750 2404 -2.7 -2.8 99 0.1 -2.7 275 33 293.7 294.4 283.7 305.8 4.14 7 700 2948 -5.7 -5.8 99 0.1 -5.7 275 33 296.2 296.8 284.1 306.8 3.55 8 650 3528 -7.3 -9.1 87 1.8 -8.0 279 35 300.7 301.2 285.2 309.8 2.95 9 600 4148 -10.3 -14.0 74 3.7 -11.5 272 31 304.2 304.6 285.7 311.0 2.16 10 550 4813 -14.4 -19.1 67 4.7 -15.7 268 30 307.0 307.3 286.0 312.0 1.53 11 500 5528 -19.9 -23.3 74 3.4 -20.6 262 30 308.8 309.0 286.3 312.7 1.17 12 450 6300 -26.4 -28.1 85 1.7 -26.7 261 27 310.0 310.2 286.4 312.9 0.84 13 400 7138 -33.6 -34.4 92 0.8 -33.7 264 24 311.3 311.4 286.4 313.1 0.52 14 350 8059 -41.2 -41.2 100 0.0 -41.2 276 22 313.2 313.3 286.8 314.3 0.30 15 300 9105 -39.9 -65.1 5 25.2 -40.8 260 28 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.2 0.02 16 250 10350 -40.5 -72.6 2 32.1 -41.5 246 22 345.9 345.9 295.7 345.9 0.01 17 200 11862 -43.4 -74.8 2 31.3 -44.4 217 25 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 18 150 13769 -50.0 -79.7 2 29.7 -50.6 209 28 383.9 383.9 302.9 384.0 0.00 19 100 16351 -59.5 -84.5 3 25.0 -59.9 219 19 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5464.55 m Freezing level: 802.79 mb = 1862.13 m = 6109.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 804.07 mb = 1848.53 m = 6064.67 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.05 % Est. max temperature: 15.21 C = 59.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.71 mb = 398.13 m = 1306.17 ft T: 9.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 3.31 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.20 mb = 709.26 m = 2326.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.62 C = 54.72 F Cap Strength: 5.16 C Lifted Index: 5.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.69 C Showalter Index: 6.37 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.33 C Cross Totals Index: 22.25 C K Index: 24.63 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 136.37 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.67 mb = 687.22 m = 2254.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 912.67 mb = 821.40 m = 2694.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 762.67 mb = 2270.23 m = 7448.19 ft B at Equ Level: 27.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 672.67 mb = 3259.62 m = 10694.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.5 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 301.5 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.6 neg: -14.6 tot: 74.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 21.35 Bulk Shear: 1.30 m/s