MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 18Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 42.34,-71.34 Latitude: 42.34 Longitude: -71.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1004 69 11.1 5.0 66 6.2 8.0 273 10 283.9 284.9 281.0 299.1 5.43 1 1000 103 10.4 4.4 66 6.1 7.4 274 13 283.6 284.5 280.6 298.2 5.23 2 950 527 6.2 2.7 78 3.5 4.5 277 23 283.5 284.3 280.1 297.2 4.90 3 900 968 2.8 0.7 87 2.0 1.8 279 22 284.3 285.1 280.0 297.0 4.48 4 850 1428 0.1 -2.1 85 2.2 -0.8 271 22 286.3 287.0 280.1 297.3 3.85 5 800 1911 -3.1 -5.0 87 1.9 -3.9 257 21 287.8 288.4 280.1 297.3 3.29 6 750 2419 -6.6 -7.9 91 1.3 -7.0 254 21 289.4 289.9 280.3 297.7 2.82 7 700 2956 -8.3 -13.7 65 5.4 -10.0 256 27 293.3 293.6 280.9 299.0 1.89 8 650 3528 -10.7 -21.0 43 10.3 -13.3 255 32 296.8 297.0 281.5 300.3 1.10 9 600 4139 -14.3 -28.1 30 13.8 -17.0 251 34 299.5 299.6 282.0 301.6 0.63 10 550 4793 -19.2 -26.4 53 7.2 -20.5 249 33 301.4 301.5 283.0 304.0 0.80 11 500 5493 -24.9 -28.0 75 3.1 -25.4 248 30 302.7 302.8 283.5 305.2 0.76 12 450 6249 -31.6 -33.9 80 2.3 -31.9 245 29 303.5 303.6 283.5 305.2 0.49 13 400 7071 -37.1 -48.3 30 11.2 -37.8 239 36 306.8 306.8 284.2 307.2 0.12 14 350 7986 -40.7 -58.7 13 18.0 -41.3 238 48 313.9 313.9 286.8 314.1 0.04 15 300 9030 -43.0 -65.2 7 22.2 -43.6 236 56 324.8 324.8 290.2 324.9 0.02 16 250 10256 -44.5 -70.7 4 26.2 -45.2 230 65 339.9 339.9 294.3 339.9 0.01 17 200 11740 -46.8 -76.0 2 29.3 -47.4 235 54 358.7 358.7 298.5 358.8 0.01 18 150 13631 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.3 -51.8 243 45 381.8 381.8 302.5 381.8 0.00 19 100 16223 -57.9 -84.5 2 26.6 -58.3 236 32 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5390.09 m Freezing level: 848.01 mb = 1447.10 m = 4747.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 865.18 mb = 1285.32 m = 4216.87 ft Precipitable water: 0.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.32 % Est. max temperature: 13.31 C = 55.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.51 mb = 837.19 m = 2746.65 ft T: 3.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 2.15 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.32 mb = 1163.91 m = 3818.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.36 C = 54.24 F Cap Strength: 5.78 C Lifted Index: 5.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.63 C Showalter Index: 5.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.05 C Cross Totals Index: 22.82 C K Index: 17.55 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 73.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14218.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.86 mb = 986.65 m = 3237.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.3 at 26.9 knts Storm direction: 286.3 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.6 neg: -8.5 tot: 24.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 17.97 m/s