MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 18Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.16,-71.23 Latitude: 42.16 Longitude: -71.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 59 18.1 15.3 84 2.7 16.3 161 13 291.1 293.1 289.4 322.2 10.99 1 1000 70 17.9 15.1 84 2.8 16.1 161 17 291.0 293.0 289.2 321.7 10.83 2 950 507 14.3 13.4 94 0.9 13.7 170 32 291.7 293.5 288.9 320.7 10.22 3 900 962 11.6 11.5 99 0.2 11.5 176 37 293.5 295.2 288.9 320.6 9.48 4 850 1439 9.5 9.5 100 0.1 9.5 180 39 296.1 297.7 289.2 321.6 8.77 5 800 1941 7.2 7.1 99 0.1 7.1 173 40 298.8 300.3 289.4 322.1 7.92 6 750 2471 4.7 4.3 97 0.4 4.4 167 44 301.6 302.9 289.5 322.3 6.94 7 700 3031 1.1 0.9 98 0.2 1.0 164 48 303.8 304.8 289.2 321.5 5.86 8 650 3623 -2.3 -3.4 92 1.1 -2.9 165 51 306.3 307.2 288.9 320.4 4.57 9 600 4256 -5.2 -6.9 87 1.8 -5.9 167 50 310.1 310.9 289.4 322.1 3.80 10 550 4935 -9.1 -10.5 90 1.4 -9.6 170 49 313.3 313.9 289.8 323.4 3.14 11 500 5667 -13.1 -14.7 87 1.6 -13.6 177 50 317.1 317.6 290.3 325.1 2.44 12 450 6463 -17.9 -19.2 89 1.3 -18.3 181 50 320.8 321.1 290.9 327.1 1.86 13 400 7334 -23.7 -24.1 97 0.4 -23.8 186 51 324.2 324.5 291.4 329.0 1.37 14 350 8296 -30.4 -31.6 89 1.2 -30.6 186 59 327.8 327.9 291.9 330.6 0.78 15 300 9375 -37.9 -40.4 78 2.4 -38.2 176 71 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.3 0.38 16 250 10610 -45.2 -55.6 30 10.3 -45.7 170 71 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.08 17 200 12079 -51.3 -70.4 8 19.1 -51.7 186 63 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 13916 -58.7 -78.5 6 19.8 -58.9 204 28 368.9 368.9 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16428 -64.8 -83.7 6 18.9 -65.0 233 15 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5596.95 m Freezing level: 683.52 mb = 3226.12 m = 10584.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.87 mb = 3182.19 m = 10440.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.71 % Est. max temperature: 23.02 C = 73.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.50 mb = 404.66 m = 1327.61 ft T: 15.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 1.93 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.00 mb = 731.62 m = 2400.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.53 C = 67.16 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: 2.78 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.30 C Showalter Index: 2.48 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.61 C Cross Totals Index: 22.54 C K Index: 31.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8151.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.51 mb = 654.52 m = 2147.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 170.4 at 44.0 knts Storm direction: 200.4 at 33.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 2.3 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.2 neg: -7.4 tot: 133.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 47.52 m/s