MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 18Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 43.21,-70.91 Latitude: 43.21 Longitude: -70.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 996 94 15.2 13.8 91 1.4 14.3 129 15 288.7 290.4 287.6 316.7 9.98 2 950 493 13.0 12.4 96 0.6 12.6 141 38 290.4 292.1 287.9 317.4 9.57 3 900 948 11.9 11.7 98 0.2 11.7 155 49 293.8 295.5 289.1 321.3 9.61 4 850 1426 10.2 10.2 100 0.0 10.2 161 49 296.8 298.5 289.8 323.6 9.21 5 800 1929 7.6 7.5 99 0.1 7.5 163 47 299.2 300.7 289.7 323.1 8.14 6 750 2458 4.7 4.3 97 0.4 4.5 165 47 301.7 302.9 289.5 322.4 6.95 7 700 3019 1.7 1.1 96 0.6 1.4 166 49 304.4 305.5 289.5 322.4 5.95 8 650 3613 -1.3 -1.7 97 0.4 -1.5 166 51 307.5 308.5 289.8 323.5 5.19 9 600 4248 -4.7 -5.2 96 0.5 -4.9 168 54 310.7 311.5 290.0 324.3 4.34 10 550 4928 -9.2 -10.3 92 1.1 -9.6 172 57 313.2 313.8 289.8 323.4 3.18 11 500 5659 -13.8 -14.3 96 0.5 -14.0 179 56 316.2 316.7 290.1 324.4 2.52 12 450 6452 -18.7 -18.8 100 0.0 -18.7 180 55 319.7 320.1 290.6 326.2 1.93 13 400 7320 -24.5 -24.5 100 0.0 -24.5 176 53 323.1 323.4 291.0 327.7 1.31 14 350 8279 -31.2 -31.2 100 -0.0 -31.2 175 56 326.7 326.9 291.6 329.6 0.81 15 300 9353 -39.0 -39.6 94 0.6 -39.1 173 59 330.4 330.4 292.2 331.9 0.41 16 250 10581 -46.0 -51.2 55 5.3 -46.2 165 72 337.7 337.8 293.9 338.3 0.14 17 200 12049 -50.7 -71.2 7 20.5 -51.1 182 61 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 13896 -57.5 -79.4 5 21.9 -57.8 193 34 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.0 0.00 19 100 16413 -63.6 -83.8 5 20.2 -63.8 212 15 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5599.16 m Freezing level: 671.32 mb = 3359.72 m = 11022.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.66 mb = 3302.60 m = 10835.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.39 % Est. max temperature: 23.50 C = 74.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.05 mb = 273.29 m = 896.62 ft T: 14.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 1.16 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.80 mb = 1024.20 m = 3360.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.76 C = 69.36 F Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lifted Index: 3.43 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.00 C Showalter Index: 0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.01 C Cross Totals Index: 24.00 C K Index: 33.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 275.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8894.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.31 mb = 624.20 m = 2047.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 166.0 at 49.5 knts Storm direction: 196.0 at 37.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 386.1 neg: -2.1 tot: 384.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 94.70 m/s