MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 41.81,-72.48 Latitude: 41.81 Longitude: -72.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 996 107 17.1 15.7 92 1.4 16.2 152 12 290.6 292.6 289.5 322.5 11.33 2 950 506 14.9 14.4 97 0.4 14.6 162 34 292.3 294.2 289.8 323.3 10.93 3 900 963 13.0 12.5 97 0.5 12.7 181 45 294.9 296.7 290.0 324.0 10.15 4 850 1442 10.3 10.0 98 0.3 10.1 187 45 296.9 298.6 289.8 323.3 9.08 5 800 1946 7.9 7.8 99 0.1 7.8 187 43 299.6 301.1 290.0 324.1 8.32 6 750 2476 4.7 4.4 98 0.3 4.5 186 41 301.7 302.9 289.5 322.5 7.01 7 700 3036 1.2 0.2 93 1.0 0.7 190 46 303.9 304.9 289.0 320.7 5.57 8 650 3629 -1.7 -3.1 91 1.3 -2.4 194 54 307.0 307.9 289.2 321.5 4.70 9 600 4264 -4.7 -6.7 86 2.0 -5.5 194 57 310.7 311.4 289.6 322.9 3.85 10 550 4944 -8.1 -11.3 78 3.2 -9.4 196 57 314.4 315.0 289.9 323.9 2.93 11 500 5679 -12.4 -15.6 77 3.3 -13.5 206 60 318.0 318.4 290.4 325.5 2.27 12 450 6475 -18.3 -28.3 41 10.0 -20.4 207 68 320.3 320.4 289.7 323.2 0.82 13 400 7343 -24.2 -34.1 39 9.9 -25.8 190 71 323.5 323.6 290.4 325.4 0.53 14 350 8314 -26.6 -28.7 82 2.2 -27.0 181 76 332.9 333.1 293.5 336.6 1.02 15 300 9410 -34.8 -38.1 72 3.3 -35.2 182 73 336.4 336.5 293.9 338.2 0.48 16 250 10652 -45.8 -45.8 100 -0.0 -45.8 196 79 337.9 338.0 294.0 338.9 0.25 17 200 12111 -54.2 -66.3 21 12.1 -54.5 184 61 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.03 18 150 13931 -58.9 -79.1 6 20.1 -59.2 214 39 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.01 19 100 16419 -65.1 -83.7 6 18.5 -65.3 253 31 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5610.63 m Freezing level: 679.02 mb = 3284.79 m = 10776.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.36 mb = 3170.00 m = 10400.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.73 % Est. max temperature: 23.62 C = 74.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.87 mb = 276.82 m = 908.20 ft T: 16.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 3.35 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.14 mb = 785.05 m = 2575.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.33 C = 68.60 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: 2.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.56 C Showalter Index: 2.27 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.64 C Cross Totals Index: 22.32 C K Index: 31.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.90 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.29 mb = 637.81 m = 2092.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.29 mb = 2364.00 m = 7755.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 630.29 mb = 3873.27 m = 12707.44 ft B at Equ Level: 32.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 550.29 mb = 4940.18 m = 16207.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.7 at 49.0 knts Storm direction: 221.7 at 36.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 395.5 neg: -17.8 tot: 377.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 125.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 118.24 m/s