MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 44 SFC 997 74 18.1 12.5 70 5.6 14.7 194 11 291.6 293.2 288.0 317.7 9.19 2 950 479 13.8 9.9 78 3.8 11.5 197 17 291.1 292.6 286.8 314.2 8.10 3 900 932 9.7 8.5 92 1.2 9.0 198 16 291.5 292.9 286.6 313.7 7.77 4 850 1405 7.0 3.5 78 3.5 5.2 197 16 293.5 294.5 285.4 310.2 5.78 5 800 1902 4.7 -2.9 58 7.6 1.3 186 18 296.2 296.9 284.4 307.7 3.86 6 750 2425 1.6 -9.1 45 10.8 -2.6 185 18 298.3 298.8 283.8 306.1 2.55 7 700 2977 -1.8 -15.4 35 13.6 -6.3 191 16 300.5 300.8 283.7 305.7 1.65 8 650 3561 -5.9 -19.8 32 13.9 -9.9 192 15 302.3 302.5 283.9 306.3 1.23 9 600 4183 -9.8 -27.3 23 17.5 -13.7 194 14 304.8 304.9 284.2 307.0 0.68 10 550 4849 -13.9 -28.5 28 14.6 -17.0 197 19 307.5 307.7 285.2 309.8 0.66 11 500 5566 -18.5 -26.2 51 7.7 -20.1 191 28 310.5 310.7 286.6 313.6 0.90 12 450 6346 -22.1 -38.8 20 16.8 -24.4 176 40 315.5 315.6 287.6 316.6 0.29 13 400 7204 -25.9 -54.6 5 28.6 -28.2 172 44 321.3 321.3 289.2 321.5 0.06 14 350 8163 -30.2 -62.3 3 32.1 -32.1 165 51 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.1 0.02 15 300 9247 -35.4 -63.6 4 28.2 -36.8 167 56 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.5 0.02 16 250 10503 -39.9 -67.2 4 27.2 -41.0 180 37 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 17 200 12008 -45.2 -75.1 2 29.8 -46.0 203 32 361.1 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 18 150 13893 -55.0 -80.3 3 25.3 -55.4 237 15 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.3 0.00 19 100 16424 -63.2 -84.0 4 20.9 -63.4 232 16 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5522.51 m Freezing level: 726.16 mb = 2687.97 m = 8818.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 783.84 mb = 2067.11 m = 6781.79 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.99 % Est. max temperature: 20.21 C = 68.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.88 mb = 776.66 m = 2548.08 ft T: 11.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 11.96 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.41 mb = 1011.68 m = 3319.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.40 C = 65.13 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: 0.91 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.08 C Showalter Index: 3.70 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.45 C Cross Totals Index: 21.94 C K Index: 15.35 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 101.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.67 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.94 mb = 951.31 m = 3121.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.94 mb = 3056.76 m = 10028.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 552.94 mb = 4808.02 m = 15774.15 ft B at Equ Level: 16.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 492.94 mb = 5671.27 m = 18606.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.6 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 221.6 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.9 neg: -3.8 tot: 7.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.07 Bulk Shear: 2.44 m/s