MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F336.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F336.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 14 day GFS valid 18Z THU 30 OCT 25 Station: 41.97,-71.29 Latitude: 41.97 Longitude: -71.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 10 SFC 993 67 13.7 10.0 78 3.7 11.6 255 8 287.4 288.8 285.0 309.2 7.79 2 950 440 10.0 6.7 80 3.3 8.2 256 17 287.3 288.4 283.6 305.5 6.47 3 900 887 6.2 4.8 91 1.4 5.5 258 18 287.9 289.0 283.4 304.9 6.02 4 850 1353 2.8 2.3 96 0.6 2.5 259 19 289.1 290.1 283.1 304.3 5.31 5 800 1841 -0.4 -0.5 99 0.1 -0.4 257 20 290.8 291.6 283.0 304.1 4.60 6 750 2355 -3.6 -4.0 97 0.4 -3.8 250 21 292.6 293.3 282.9 303.7 3.78 7 700 2897 -7.0 -7.5 96 0.5 -7.2 246 23 294.7 295.3 283.0 304.0 3.11 8 650 3471 -10.5 -11.4 93 0.9 -10.8 247 24 297.1 297.5 283.2 304.5 2.45 9 600 4082 -14.7 -15.9 91 1.2 -15.0 255 24 299.1 299.5 283.4 304.9 1.85 10 550 4734 -19.7 -19.9 98 0.2 -19.7 253 24 300.7 301.0 283.5 305.3 1.44 11 500 5434 -25.0 -25.1 100 0.0 -25.1 236 23 302.5 302.7 283.7 305.8 1.00 12 450 6191 -30.8 -30.9 99 0.1 -30.8 224 22 304.5 304.6 284.1 306.7 0.64 13 400 7019 -34.2 -46.9 27 12.7 -35.1 229 32 310.5 310.5 285.7 311.0 0.14 14 350 7945 -37.7 -51.5 22 13.7 -38.5 230 30 317.9 317.9 288.2 318.3 0.10 15 300 9011 -36.5 -68.5 2 32.0 -37.8 223 36 333.9 333.9 292.8 333.9 0.01 16 250 10268 -38.8 -71.3 2 32.5 -40.0 223 35 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.01 17 200 11788 -41.9 -73.6 2 31.7 -43.0 233 39 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.01 18 150 13707 -49.2 -79.1 2 29.9 -49.9 255 44 385.3 385.3 303.1 385.3 0.01 19 100 16312 -59.2 -84.3 2 25.1 -59.6 270 26 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5424.00 m Freezing level: 805.84 mb = 1784.30 m = 5853.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 807.51 mb = 1766.02 m = 5793.95 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.86 % Est. max temperature: 15.62 C = 60.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.65 mb = 530.81 m = 1741.49 ft T: 9.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 5.50 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.44 mb = 901.13 m = 2956.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.26 C = 57.66 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.92 C Showalter Index: 0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.19 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 27.87 C Cross Totals Index: 27.32 C K Index: 29.65 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.37 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 105.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.22 mb = 848.32 m = 2783.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.22 mb = 1077.46 m = 3534.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 479.22 mb = 5739.23 m = 18829.26 ft B at Equ Level: 104.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 389.22 mb = 7208.37 m = 23649.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.9 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 278.9 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.3 neg: -2.9 tot: 19.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 11.63 Bulk Shear: 9.03 m/s