MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 42.01,-79.71 Latitude: 42.01 Longitude: -79.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -1 1 950 436 SFC 949 446 16.7 13.7 83 2.9 14.8 200 19 294.2 296.1 290.0 324.2 10.46 3 900 895 13.6 10.7 82 2.9 11.9 204 41 295.6 297.2 289.2 321.6 9.01 4 850 1375 10.6 7.9 84 2.6 9.0 210 49 297.2 298.7 288.8 320.3 7.91 5 800 1878 7.5 6.2 91 1.3 6.8 214 51 299.1 300.5 289.0 321.1 7.45 6 750 2408 4.4 4.1 98 0.3 4.2 213 50 301.4 302.6 289.3 321.9 6.88 7 700 2968 1.9 1.8 99 0.1 1.8 202 48 304.6 305.7 289.8 323.4 6.24 8 650 3563 -1.2 -1.3 99 0.1 -1.3 195 54 307.6 308.6 290.0 324.1 5.35 9 600 4198 -4.3 -4.6 98 0.3 -4.4 193 70 311.1 312.0 290.4 325.4 4.54 10 550 4882 -6.9 -7.3 97 0.4 -7.1 196 74 315.9 316.6 291.4 328.8 4.02 11 500 5622 -10.0 -11.2 91 1.2 -10.5 193 72 320.8 321.5 292.2 331.6 3.26 12 450 6429 -13.7 -18.6 66 5.0 -15.3 193 75 326.0 326.4 292.4 332.8 1.95 13 400 7315 -19.4 -20.5 91 1.1 -19.7 191 79 329.8 330.2 293.4 336.4 1.88 14 350 8293 -26.6 -27.1 95 0.6 -26.7 192 81 332.9 333.2 293.6 337.2 1.18 15 300 9389 -34.5 -38.7 65 4.2 -35.0 190 77 336.7 336.8 293.9 338.5 0.45 16 250 10636 -44.8 -46.1 87 1.3 -44.9 199 75 339.5 339.5 294.4 340.4 0.24 17 200 12089 -55.1 -60.7 50 5.5 -55.3 195 63 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.05 18 150 13910 -59.4 -79.1 6 19.8 -59.6 221 53 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16414 -62.7 -84.1 4 21.5 -62.9 240 27 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5623.20 m Freezing level: 669.21 mb = 3334.31 m = 10939.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.44 mb = 3314.41 m = 10873.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.74 % Est. max temperature: 21.58 C = 70.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.32 mb = 817.13 m = 2680.84 ft T: 14.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.48 C/km ThetaE index: 3.87 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.77 mb = 1525.16 m = 5003.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.21 C = 68.38 F Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lifted Index: 5.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.69 C Showalter Index: 6.21 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.58 C Cross Totals Index: 17.95 C K Index: 28.44 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.36 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8754.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.72 mb = 1269.84 m = 4166.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.2 at 58.2 knts Storm direction: 229.2 at 43.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 2.7 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.2 neg: -29.7 tot: 143.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 98.05 m/s