MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.14,-74.53 Latitude: 42.14 Longitude: -74.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 16 1 950 450 SFC 926 670 13.1 11.5 90 1.6 12.1 113 2 292.6 294.2 288.4 318.9 9.22 3 900 904 10.5 9.6 94 0.9 10.0 120 3 292.3 293.8 287.5 316.3 8.38 4 850 1378 7.7 7.0 96 0.7 7.3 139 6 294.2 295.5 287.3 315.5 7.40 5 800 1876 4.7 3.8 94 0.9 4.2 161 9 296.2 297.3 286.9 314.6 6.31 6 750 2400 1.5 0.5 93 1.0 1.0 173 14 298.2 299.2 286.7 313.9 5.29 7 700 2952 -2.1 -3.6 90 1.5 -2.8 177 20 300.1 300.9 286.3 312.8 4.19 8 650 3537 -6.0 -9.4 77 3.4 -7.3 180 28 302.2 302.7 285.7 311.1 2.87 9 600 4160 -9.2 -18.8 45 9.7 -12.0 171 42 305.5 305.8 285.4 310.2 1.44 10 550 4828 -13.0 -24.9 36 11.9 -15.8 163 53 308.7 308.9 285.9 311.8 0.92 11 500 5549 -16.8 -32.2 25 15.4 -19.7 158 76 312.5 312.6 286.8 314.3 0.51 12 450 6332 -21.7 -39.1 19 17.3 -24.1 154 86 315.9 316.0 287.8 317.0 0.29 13 400 7189 -27.3 -52.3 7 25.0 -29.3 153 87 319.5 319.6 288.7 319.8 0.08 14 350 8141 -31.8 -59.0 5 27.2 -33.4 151 81 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.0 0.04 15 300 9219 -36.1 -61.4 6 25.3 -37.4 153 77 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.6 0.03 16 250 10473 -40.0 -65.5 5 25.4 -41.1 164 62 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.02 17 200 11972 -47.5 -73.3 4 25.8 -48.1 182 66 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.01 18 150 13857 -53.7 -80.9 2 27.2 -54.1 224 23 377.5 377.5 301.8 377.5 0.00 19 100 16403 -61.8 -83.9 4 22.2 -62.0 209 13 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5533.04 m Freezing level: 729.31 mb = 2628.24 m = 8622.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 736.66 mb = 2543.27 m = 8343.97 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.80 % Est. max temperature: 17.49 C = 63.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.75 mb = 869.24 m = 2851.79 ft T: 10.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 8.74 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.42 mb = 1306.15 m = 4285.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.30 C = 57.75 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: 1.71 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.92 C Showalter Index: 2.09 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.50 C Cross Totals Index: 23.83 C K Index: 30.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 76.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.32 mb = 1249.29 m = 4098.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.32 mb = 1690.07 m = 5544.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 568.32 mb = 4576.49 m = 15014.53 ft B at Equ Level: 76.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 458.32 mb = 6195.74 m = 20326.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 161.9 at 39.1 knts Storm direction: 191.9 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.1 neg: -0.2 tot: 61.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 175.53 m/s