MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 22 OCT 25 Station: 44.52,-76.01 Latitude: 44.52 Longitude: -76.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 995 105 8.6 6.9 89 1.7 7.7 275 4 282.2 283.3 281.1 299.5 6.27 2 950 484 6.2 3.7 84 2.5 5.0 264 8 283.5 284.4 280.5 298.1 5.25 3 900 925 2.9 1.9 93 1.1 2.5 255 12 284.5 285.4 280.6 298.2 4.87 4 850 1386 0.3 -0.9 92 1.2 -0.3 258 17 286.4 287.1 280.6 298.4 4.20 5 800 1869 -2.8 -3.7 93 0.9 -3.1 254 17 288.2 288.8 280.8 298.7 3.64 6 750 2378 -5.8 -6.5 95 0.7 -6.1 246 15 290.2 290.8 281.1 299.4 3.13 7 700 2916 -9.0 -9.7 95 0.6 -9.2 230 13 292.5 292.9 281.4 300.3 2.62 8 650 3485 -13.1 -13.5 97 0.4 -13.2 222 10 294.2 294.5 281.5 300.5 2.08 9 600 4090 -17.4 -17.5 99 0.1 -17.4 202 8 296.0 296.2 281.7 300.9 1.61 10 550 4736 -22.0 -22.2 98 0.2 -22.1 174 10 298.0 298.2 282.0 301.7 1.17 11 500 5430 -26.7 -26.8 99 0.1 -26.7 187 18 300.5 300.7 282.7 303.3 0.85 12 450 6182 -32.2 -33.5 88 1.4 -32.3 174 22 302.8 302.9 283.2 304.5 0.50 13 400 7002 -38.6 -40.8 80 2.2 -38.8 169 21 304.8 304.9 283.7 305.8 0.27 14 350 7908 -43.0 -50.8 42 7.8 -43.4 169 25 310.7 310.7 285.7 311.1 0.10 15 300 8943 -44.4 -64.1 9 19.6 -45.0 192 28 322.7 322.7 289.6 322.8 0.02 16 250 10161 -45.2 -71.0 4 25.8 -45.9 224 19 338.8 338.9 294.0 338.9 0.01 17 200 11647 -46.2 -76.8 2 30.6 -47.0 235 20 359.5 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 18 150 13544 -49.0 -78.9 2 29.9 -49.7 241 26 385.6 385.6 303.1 385.7 0.01 19 100 16183 -53.9 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.5 280 18 423.5 423.5 308.1 423.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5368.86 m Freezing level: 845.71 mb = 1427.10 m = 4682.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 855.01 mb = 1338.19 m = 4390.33 ft Precipitable water: 0.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.87 % Est. max temperature: 13.02 C = 55.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.75 mb = 322.76 m = 1058.91 ft T: 7.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 1.36 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.88 mb = 880.61 m = 2889.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.86 C = 51.54 F Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lifted Index: 3.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.25 C Showalter Index: 3.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 52.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.92 C Cross Totals Index: 25.72 C K Index: 25.36 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 124.88 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.97 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13841.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.08 mb = 771.39 m = 2530.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.3 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 250.3 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -18.4 tot: -18.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: -2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.74 Bulk Shear: 12.43 m/s