MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 43.24,-84.10 Latitude: 43.24 Longitude: -84.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26 SFC 978 212 16.0 15.5 97 0.5 15.7 147 5 291.0 293.0 289.7 323.0 11.35 2 950 463 16.4 14.9 91 1.5 15.5 161 8 293.9 295.9 290.6 326.2 11.30 3 900 923 15.0 12.5 85 2.5 13.4 199 9 297.0 298.8 290.7 326.5 10.20 4 850 1407 13.3 9.7 79 3.7 11.1 216 15 300.1 301.8 290.7 326.4 8.92 5 800 1915 10.2 7.1 81 3.1 8.4 216 20 302.0 303.4 290.5 325.6 7.93 6 750 2450 7.1 3.7 79 3.4 5.2 216 26 304.3 305.5 290.1 324.4 6.66 7 700 3014 3.4 0.6 82 2.9 2.0 213 32 306.3 307.3 289.9 323.7 5.70 8 650 3612 -0.3 -3.3 80 3.0 -1.7 209 40 308.6 309.5 289.6 322.9 4.61 9 600 4248 -4.3 -8.5 73 4.2 -6.0 204 46 311.2 311.8 289.3 321.9 3.36 10 550 4928 -8.4 -10.2 87 1.8 -9.1 206 44 314.1 314.7 290.1 324.5 3.20 11 500 5663 -12.5 -13.2 94 0.7 -12.8 209 49 317.8 318.3 290.8 326.9 2.76 12 450 6460 -17.4 -18.0 95 0.6 -17.6 210 55 321.4 321.8 291.3 328.4 2.07 13 400 7332 -23.4 -23.6 99 0.2 -23.4 214 54 324.6 324.9 291.6 329.5 1.43 14 350 8295 -30.6 -31.0 97 0.4 -30.7 208 43 327.5 327.6 291.8 330.4 0.82 15 300 9370 -39.3 -39.4 99 0.1 -39.3 220 56 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.5 0.42 16 250 10589 -49.9 -49.9 100 0.0 -49.9 232 78 331.9 332.0 292.4 332.6 0.16 17 200 12027 -52.0 -65.5 18 13.4 -52.4 260 75 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.03 18 150 13858 -58.8 -78.8 6 20.0 -59.0 253 45 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16374 -63.4 -84.1 4 20.7 -63.6 244 29 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5636.98 m Freezing level: 654.45 mb = 3558.53 m = 11674.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.54 mb = 3324.84 m = 10908.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.51 % Est. max temperature: 25.89 C = 78.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.58 mb = 280.13 m = 919.04 ft T: 16.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 4.68 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.10 mb = 1615.74 m = 5300.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.87 C = 78.56 F Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lifted Index: 0.73 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.58 C Showalter Index: 0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.84 C Cross Totals Index: 22.18 C K Index: 32.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 129.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.52 mb = 908.75 m = 2981.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 616.52 mb = 4031.95 m = 13228.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 546.52 mb = 4977.29 m = 16329.51 ft B at Equ Level: 23.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 476.52 mb = 6026.49 m = 19771.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.3 at 32.3 knts Storm direction: 238.3 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 2.8 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.3 neg: -1.6 tot: 73.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 99.29 m/s