MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F312.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F312.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 13 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 31 OCT 25 Station: 42.08,-73.9 Latitude: 42.08 Longitude: -73.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 984 168 12.7 12.0 96 0.6 12.3 102 12 287.1 288.7 286.1 312.2 9.00 2 950 466 11.1 10.9 98 0.3 11.0 108 30 288.5 290.0 286.3 312.7 8.62 3 900 916 9.1 9.0 100 0.1 9.0 115 43 290.8 292.3 286.6 313.6 8.02 4 850 1389 7.7 7.5 99 0.2 7.6 133 58 294.2 295.5 287.5 316.3 7.67 5 800 1888 5.5 5.3 99 0.2 5.4 147 53 297.0 298.3 287.9 317.5 7.00 6 750 2413 2.5 2.2 98 0.3 2.3 159 42 299.2 300.3 287.8 317.0 5.98 7 700 2970 0.6 -0.2 94 0.8 0.2 176 37 303.2 304.1 288.6 319.5 5.39 8 650 3563 -1.6 -4.5 81 2.9 -3.0 194 36 307.1 307.9 288.8 320.1 4.20 9 600 4199 -3.0 -19.3 27 16.3 -8.2 204 45 312.6 312.9 287.8 317.2 1.39 10 550 4882 -8.1 -18.3 44 10.2 -11.4 204 49 314.4 314.7 288.7 319.9 1.64 11 500 5614 -13.6 -14.7 91 1.2 -14.0 189 56 316.5 317.0 290.1 324.5 2.44 12 450 6409 -18.1 -18.2 100 0.0 -18.1 176 61 320.4 320.8 290.9 327.3 2.03 13 400 7278 -24.2 -24.2 100 0.0 -24.2 170 60 323.5 323.8 291.2 328.2 1.35 14 350 8238 -31.1 -31.1 100 -0.0 -31.1 161 61 326.8 327.0 291.6 329.7 0.81 15 300 9310 -39.8 -39.9 99 0.1 -39.8 160 68 329.3 329.4 291.9 330.8 0.40 16 250 10529 -50.1 -50.1 100 0.0 -50.1 164 84 331.5 331.6 292.3 332.2 0.16 17 200 11951 -56.7 -62.0 51 5.3 -56.8 183 100 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.05 18 150 13805 -52.9 -80.4 2 27.6 -53.4 212 69 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.0 0.00 19 100 16372 -61.5 -84.1 3 22.6 -61.8 192 41 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5578.81 m Freezing level: 686.51 mb = 3129.74 m = 10268.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.91 mb = 3005.02 m = 9858.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.38 % Est. max temperature: 20.56 C = 69.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.23 mb = 245.78 m = 806.34 ft T: 12.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 0.48 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.78 mb = 680.92 m = 2233.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.14 C = 59.25 F Cap Strength: 7.39 C Lifted Index: 6.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.22 C Showalter Index: 4.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.21 C Cross Totals Index: 21.06 C K Index: 27.92 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10007.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.72 mb = 645.58 m = 2118.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 171.2 at 45.3 knts Storm direction: 201.2 at 34.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 769.2 neg: -8.4 tot: 760.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 253.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.2 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 221.58 m/s