MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 42.08,-80 Latitude: 42.08 Longitude: -80.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 SFC 973 357 15.5 4.9 49 10.6 9.8 291 3 290.9 291.9 284.2 307.0 5.60 2 950 559 13.4 3.7 52 9.7 8.3 270 4 290.8 291.7 283.7 305.9 5.25 3 900 1011 9.7 1.3 56 8.5 5.5 228 6 291.5 292.3 283.4 305.0 4.65 4 850 1483 8.1 -0.2 56 8.3 4.1 266 8 294.6 295.4 284.4 307.6 4.43 5 800 1985 8.8 8.3 97 0.4 8.5 317 19 300.5 302.1 290.6 326.0 8.65 6 750 2519 7.4 5.2 86 2.2 6.1 323 24 304.6 306.0 290.8 326.8 7.39 7 700 3085 4.6 3.3 91 1.3 3.9 319 25 307.6 308.9 291.4 328.8 6.95 8 650 3687 1.6 0.2 90 1.5 0.8 320 36 310.8 311.9 291.5 329.3 5.97 9 600 4329 -1.7 -4.8 79 3.2 -3.2 317 41 314.2 315.0 291.2 328.3 4.45 10 550 5016 -5.5 -12.3 59 6.7 -8.2 314 41 317.5 318.1 290.7 326.4 2.71 11 500 5758 -10.1 -19.0 48 9.0 -12.9 311 39 320.8 321.1 290.7 326.6 1.70 12 450 6561 -16.0 -21.4 63 5.4 -17.6 309 40 323.1 323.4 291.2 328.4 1.53 13 400 7436 -22.9 -23.2 97 0.4 -22.9 307 39 325.3 325.6 291.8 330.4 1.47 14 350 8402 -29.5 -34.3 63 4.8 -30.2 306 41 329.0 329.1 292.0 331.2 0.60 15 300 9483 -38.0 -38.0 100 -0.0 -38.0 309 50 331.8 331.8 292.7 333.6 0.48 16 250 10714 -47.0 -50.0 72 3.0 -47.2 304 63 336.1 336.2 293.5 336.8 0.16 17 200 12156 -56.3 -59.8 65 3.5 -56.4 303 70 343.6 343.6 295.3 343.8 0.06 18 150 13950 -63.9 -75.2 20 11.3 -64.0 307 56 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16399 -66.2 -83.4 7 17.2 -66.4 317 28 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5632.94 m Freezing level: 625.50 mb = 4001.25 m = 13127.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.61 mb = 3815.88 m = 12519.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.89 % Est. max temperature: 22.27 C = 72.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.13 mb = 1678.89 m = 5508.09 ft T: 8.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 1.99 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 566.70 mb = 4779.97 m = 15682.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.75 C = 105.35 F Cap Strength: 13.91 C Lifted Index: 15.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.90 C Showalter Index: 13.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 27.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.13 C Cross Totals Index: 9.84 C K Index: 16.64 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 55.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.99 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13240.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.63 mb = 1957.80 m = 6423.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.4 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 343.4 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.8 neg: -0.1 tot: 104.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 83.18 m/s