MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 12Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 41.29,-73.42 Latitude: 41.29 Longitude: -73.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 991 122 17.0 16.4 96 0.6 16.6 154 15 290.9 293.0 290.1 324.4 11.90 2 950 486 15.0 14.8 99 0.2 14.8 160 34 292.4 294.4 290.0 324.2 11.20 3 900 943 12.7 12.5 98 0.2 12.6 171 43 294.6 296.4 289.9 323.7 10.15 4 850 1422 10.4 9.8 96 0.5 10.0 174 45 297.0 298.7 289.8 323.2 9.01 5 800 1925 7.5 6.7 95 0.8 7.1 174 45 299.2 300.6 289.3 321.9 7.72 6 750 2454 4.1 3.6 96 0.5 3.9 175 43 301.1 302.3 289.0 320.8 6.63 7 700 3013 0.9 0.7 99 0.2 0.8 176 39 303.5 304.5 289.0 320.8 5.76 8 650 3606 -1.7 -2.0 98 0.3 -1.9 178 38 307.0 308.0 289.6 322.6 5.07 9 600 4240 -4.8 -5.2 97 0.4 -5.0 177 40 310.6 311.4 290.0 324.1 4.32 10 550 4920 -8.4 -8.9 96 0.5 -8.6 177 43 314.1 314.8 290.4 325.5 3.55 11 500 5653 -12.7 -13.1 96 0.5 -12.8 178 45 317.6 318.1 290.8 326.7 2.78 12 450 6449 -17.8 -17.8 99 0.1 -17.8 181 46 320.9 321.3 291.1 327.9 2.09 13 400 7318 -24.4 -24.5 100 0.0 -24.5 176 48 323.2 323.5 291.1 327.8 1.32 14 350 8274 -32.6 -32.6 100 -0.0 -32.6 170 57 324.8 325.0 291.0 327.4 0.71 15 300 9345 -38.7 -41.3 77 2.6 -38.9 175 83 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.1 0.34 16 250 10580 -44.4 -61.4 13 17.0 -45.0 178 67 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.04 17 200 12059 -48.7 -72.4 5 23.8 -49.2 191 63 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.8 0.01 18 150 13914 -57.3 -79.5 4 22.2 -57.6 217 35 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 19 100 16426 -64.5 -83.8 5 19.3 -64.7 252 21 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5604.72 m Freezing level: 683.17 mb = 3212.60 m = 10539.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.34 mb = 3182.27 m = 10440.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.92 % Est. max temperature: 23.50 C = 74.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.48 mb = 199.33 m = 653.96 ft T: 16.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 3.59 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.81 mb = 640.06 m = 2099.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.26 C = 66.67 F Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lifted Index: 1.51 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.19 C Showalter Index: 2.00 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.04 C Cross Totals Index: 22.50 C K Index: 32.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.84 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.61 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 74.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.69 mb = 604.99 m = 1984.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.69 mb = 1503.23 m = 4931.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 611.69 mb = 4087.18 m = 13409.20 ft B at Equ Level: 74.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 471.69 mb = 6093.54 m = 19991.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 174.9 at 41.2 knts Storm direction: 204.9 at 30.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 215.3 neg: -20.4 tot: 194.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 2.15 Bulk Shear: 34.80 m/s