MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 42.69,-71.14 Latitude: 42.69 Longitude: -71.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 52 15.9 8.7 62 7.2 11.8 99 1 288.3 289.6 284.6 308.1 7.00 1 1000 128 16.6 7.5 55 9.1 11.6 344 1 289.8 290.9 284.7 308.3 6.53 2 950 563 14.0 5.6 57 8.4 9.5 317 10 291.4 292.5 284.8 308.6 6.00 3 900 1016 9.7 4.7 71 5.0 7.1 311 11 291.5 292.5 284.8 308.6 5.96 4 850 1487 6.2 2.1 75 4.1 4.2 312 14 292.7 293.6 284.5 307.9 5.25 5 800 1985 6.2 -5.2 44 11.5 1.2 324 18 297.8 298.4 284.4 307.6 3.23 6 750 2511 4.0 -9.2 37 13.2 -1.3 324 20 300.9 301.4 284.8 308.8 2.54 7 700 3069 1.0 -13.8 32 14.8 -4.3 320 21 303.6 303.9 285.1 309.5 1.88 8 650 3660 -2.8 -12.7 46 9.9 -6.4 311 20 305.8 306.2 286.3 312.8 2.21 9 600 4289 -7.1 -13.7 59 6.6 -9.4 303 19 307.9 308.3 287.1 314.9 2.21 10 550 4962 -11.0 -20.6 45 9.7 -13.7 308 17 311.1 311.3 287.3 315.5 1.35 11 500 5688 -15.2 -29.7 28 14.5 -18.2 310 18 314.5 314.6 287.7 316.8 0.65 12 450 6476 -20.5 -31.3 38 10.8 -22.5 307 20 317.4 317.6 288.6 319.6 0.62 13 400 7336 -27.1 -30.2 75 3.1 -27.6 308 23 319.8 319.9 289.5 322.5 0.77 14 350 8282 -35.2 -35.8 94 0.6 -35.3 301 25 321.3 321.4 289.7 323.1 0.51 15 300 9335 -44.5 -45.5 90 0.9 -44.6 293 25 322.6 322.6 289.8 323.4 0.22 16 250 10528 -53.1 -55.6 74 2.5 -53.2 316 37 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.4 0.08 17 200 11953 -55.9 -68.9 18 13.0 -56.1 312 34 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.3 0.02 18 150 13782 -56.7 -79.1 4 22.3 -57.1 308 30 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.01 19 100 16304 -63.6 -83.9 5 20.2 -63.8 314 18 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5560.77 m Freezing level: 686.87 mb = 3224.10 m = 10577.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 776.35 mb = 2229.43 m = 7314.32 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.52 % Est. max temperature: 20.05 C = 68.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.11 mb = 968.27 m = 3176.69 ft T: 10.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 1.06 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.02 mb = 2885.97 m = 9468.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.34 C = 86.62 F Cap Strength: 6.76 C Lifted Index: 8.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.85 C Showalter Index: 8.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.44 C Cross Totals Index: 17.35 C K Index: 8.75 Risk: None Sweat Index: 71.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.90 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10306.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.35 mb = 1493.40 m = 4899.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.5 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 343.5 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.2 neg: -2.8 tot: 29.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 19.27 m/s