MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 22 OCT 25 Station: 43.63,-76.97 Latitude: 43.63 Longitude: -76.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 999 77 11.3 7.2 76 4.1 9.1 254 17 284.6 285.7 282.3 302.4 6.39 2 950 492 6.9 4.9 87 2.0 5.9 258 20 284.2 285.2 281.4 300.2 5.74 3 900 934 3.3 2.9 97 0.4 3.1 263 21 284.9 285.8 281.1 299.6 5.23 4 850 1395 0.2 0.1 99 0.1 0.2 273 21 286.4 287.2 281.0 299.3 4.53 5 800 1879 -2.5 -3.6 93 1.0 -3.0 279 20 288.4 289.1 280.9 299.1 3.67 6 750 2388 -5.7 -7.1 90 1.4 -6.2 286 20 290.4 290.9 281.0 299.1 2.98 7 700 2925 -9.1 -10.4 90 1.3 -9.6 293 21 292.4 292.8 281.2 299.7 2.46 8 650 3495 -12.8 -14.5 87 1.7 -13.3 298 21 294.5 294.8 281.5 300.3 1.91 9 600 4100 -17.0 -18.0 92 1.0 -17.3 304 24 296.4 296.7 281.8 301.2 1.54 10 550 4747 -22.0 -22.6 95 0.6 -22.1 308 27 297.9 298.1 282.0 301.5 1.13 11 500 5441 -26.8 -28.4 86 1.6 -27.1 311 28 300.4 300.5 282.5 302.8 0.73 12 450 6193 -32.3 -34.9 78 2.5 -32.6 309 25 302.6 302.7 283.0 304.1 0.44 13 400 7012 -37.8 -43.4 56 5.5 -38.2 313 35 305.8 305.8 284.0 306.5 0.21 14 350 7923 -41.8 -54.5 24 12.7 -42.3 313 46 312.4 312.4 286.3 312.7 0.07 15 300 8964 -43.1 -62.5 10 19.3 -43.7 300 35 324.6 324.6 290.2 324.7 0.03 16 250 10188 -44.5 -72.6 3 28.0 -45.2 303 42 339.9 339.9 294.3 339.9 0.01 17 200 11675 -46.6 -77.1 2 30.5 -47.3 296 40 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 18 150 13566 -50.0 -79.7 2 29.7 -50.6 285 35 383.9 383.9 302.9 384.0 0.00 19 100 16191 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.9 245 24 422.7 422.7 308.0 422.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5373.82 m Freezing level: 845.70 mb = 1436.54 m = 4713.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 847.35 mb = 1419.83 m = 4658.17 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.08 % Est. max temperature: 13.19 C = 55.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.38 mb = 592.41 m = 1943.59 ft T: 6.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 3.32 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.62 mb = 793.01 m = 2601.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.44 C = 52.59 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: 1.77 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: 2.65 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 53.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.04 C Cross Totals Index: 26.90 C K Index: 25.83 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.57 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.67 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.28 mb = 769.36 m = 2524.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.28 mb = 903.92 m = 2965.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 693.28 mb = 2999.51 m = 9840.81 ft B at Equ Level: 26.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 563.28 mb = 4569.67 m = 14992.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.6 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 322.6 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 51.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.09 Bulk Shear: 24.03 m/s