MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F075.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F075.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 75 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 41.21,-73.10 Latitude: 41.21 Longitude: -73.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 997 74 18.0 15.9 87 2.1 16.6 168 11 291.4 293.4 289.9 323.7 11.44 2 950 486 14.5 13.4 93 1.1 13.8 176 23 291.9 293.8 289.0 321.0 10.23 3 900 941 12.0 9.2 83 2.8 10.3 183 26 293.8 295.3 287.8 317.2 8.12 4 850 1418 9.4 5.6 77 3.8 7.3 183 26 296.0 297.2 287.3 315.5 6.71 5 800 1919 6.6 -0.3 61 7.0 3.2 182 30 298.2 299.1 286.1 312.1 4.66 6 750 2445 3.3 -10.2 36 13.5 -2.0 182 39 300.2 300.6 284.4 307.5 2.35 7 700 3001 0.3 -10.5 44 10.8 -3.9 176 51 302.8 303.3 285.5 310.5 2.45 8 650 3591 -3.1 -22.1 21 19.0 -8.5 176 60 305.5 305.7 284.8 308.8 1.00 9 600 4220 -6.9 -37.2 7 30.3 -12.6 173 68 308.2 308.2 284.9 309.1 0.26 10 550 4892 -11.7 -44.2 5 32.5 -16.4 168 67 310.1 310.2 285.5 310.6 0.14 11 500 5615 -15.9 -44.5 7 28.5 -19.8 168 68 313.6 313.6 286.8 314.1 0.15 12 450 6402 -20.5 -46.6 8 26.1 -23.5 167 69 317.4 317.4 288.1 317.9 0.13 13 400 7264 -25.5 -39.1 27 13.6 -27.3 156 66 321.8 321.9 289.7 323.0 0.32 14 350 8221 -31.2 -43.2 30 11.9 -32.5 152 74 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.5 0.24 15 300 9298 -37.2 -57.8 10 20.6 -38.3 168 75 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.1 0.05 16 250 10544 -42.0 -64.8 7 22.8 -42.9 161 59 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.03 17 200 12039 -46.6 -74.2 3 27.6 -47.3 198 49 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 18 150 13909 -55.8 -79.9 3 24.0 -56.2 208 18 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.00 19 100 16426 -64.3 -83.8 5 19.4 -64.5 250 18 403.4 403.4 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5566.91 m Freezing level: 695.25 mb = 3057.24 m = 10030.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 769.02 mb = 2241.04 m = 7352.40 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.14 % Est. max temperature: 22.71 C = 72.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.26 mb = 340.99 m = 1118.71 ft T: 15.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 16.25 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.52 mb = 908.32 m = 2980.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.32 C = 68.57 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: 0.15 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.34 C Showalter Index: 2.99 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.33 C Cross Totals Index: 21.51 C K Index: 20.06 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.73 mb = 740.18 m = 2428.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.73 mb = 2055.33 m = 6743.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 506.73 mb = 5513.83 m = 18089.78 ft B at Equ Level: 53.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 426.73 mb = 6790.38 m = 22277.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 173.7 at 48.4 knts Storm direction: 203.7 at 36.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 4.4 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.1 neg: -1.3 tot: 138.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 120.21 m/s