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: 42.58,-80 Latitude: 42.58 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 126 SFC 994 178 14.7 7.7 63 7.1 10.8 225 5 288.4 289.6 284.2 307.1 6.63 2 950 558 11.0 6.0 71 5.0 8.3 226 6 288.4 289.5 283.7 305.9 6.18 3 900 1007 9.0 -0.5 51 9.5 4.5 234 9 290.8 291.5 282.5 302.7 4.10 4 850 1479 8.1 2.0 65 6.1 5.0 270 12 294.6 295.6 285.2 309.9 5.20 5 800 1981 8.9 8.5 97 0.4 8.7 311 21 300.7 302.3 290.7 326.5 8.75 6 750 2515 7.1 5.9 92 1.2 6.4 316 24 304.3 305.7 291.0 327.7 7.81 7 700 3081 4.6 3.4 92 1.2 3.9 322 29 307.6 308.9 291.4 328.9 7.00 8 650 3682 1.5 0.3 92 1.2 0.8 317 36 310.6 311.7 291.5 329.3 6.01 9 600 4324 -2.0 -4.0 86 2.0 -3.0 316 42 313.8 314.7 291.4 328.9 4.75 10 550 5010 -6.3 -10.3 73 4.0 -7.9 312 44 316.6 317.2 290.9 327.0 3.18 11 500 5751 -10.2 -19.0 48 8.8 -13.0 309 42 320.6 320.9 290.7 326.3 1.70 12 450 6553 -16.0 -23.2 54 7.2 -17.9 308 41 323.1 323.4 291.0 327.7 1.31 13 400 7429 -22.6 -24.1 87 1.5 -22.9 307 38 325.6 325.9 291.8 330.4 1.36 14 350 8395 -29.7 -31.7 83 2.0 -30.0 308 42 328.7 328.9 292.1 331.5 0.77 15 300 9475 -38.4 -38.3 100 -0.0 -38.4 304 45 331.3 331.4 292.5 333.0 0.46 16 250 10705 -47.1 -49.3 78 2.2 -47.2 303 65 336.0 336.1 293.5 336.7 0.17 17 200 12146 -56.6 -60.2 64 3.6 -56.6 303 66 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.06 18 150 13938 -63.8 -75.9 18 12.0 -63.9 308 59 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16395 -66.3 -83.5 7 17.1 -66.5 316 27 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5624.25 m Freezing level: 628.88 mb = 3953.48 m = 12970.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.97 mb = 3819.62 m = 12531.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.24 % Est. max temperature: 21.67 C = 71.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.95 mb = 1062.77 m = 3486.74 ft T: 8.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 4.42 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 604.30 mb = 4266.76 m = 13998.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.85 C = 103.73 F Cap Strength: 13.49 C Lifted Index: 15.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.15 C Showalter Index: 12.19 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.34 C Cross Totals Index: 12.24 C K Index: 19.14 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 89.87 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13502.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.12 mb = 1458.88 m = 4786.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.0 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 340.0 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 132.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 108.55 m/s