MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 12Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.16,-71.32 Latitude: 42.16 Longitude: -71.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 71 16.6 15.2 91 1.4 15.8 144 12 289.7 291.7 288.9 320.5 10.94 1 1000 76 16.9 15.3 90 1.6 15.8 147 14 290.0 291.9 289.0 320.8 10.96 2 950 512 14.5 14.2 98 0.3 14.3 159 35 291.9 293.8 289.5 322.5 10.77 3 900 970 13.7 11.9 89 1.8 12.6 175 45 295.6 297.4 289.9 323.8 9.77 4 850 1450 10.5 9.6 94 0.9 10.0 178 43 297.2 298.8 289.6 322.9 8.85 5 800 1953 7.6 6.4 92 1.3 6.9 178 43 299.3 300.7 289.2 321.5 7.53 6 750 2483 5.1 2.8 85 2.3 3.9 183 45 302.1 303.3 289.0 320.9 6.27 7 700 3045 2.7 0.4 84 2.4 1.5 191 49 305.5 306.6 289.6 322.7 5.62 8 650 3642 -0.0 -3.7 76 3.7 -1.8 196 51 308.9 309.8 289.6 322.8 4.46 9 600 4279 -3.5 -9.5 63 6.0 -6.0 196 52 312.1 312.7 289.4 322.0 3.11 10 550 4963 -7.0 -22.5 28 15.5 -11.5 196 50 315.7 316.0 288.6 319.6 1.14 11 500 5699 -12.2 -30.6 20 18.4 -16.3 193 51 318.1 318.2 288.8 320.2 0.60 12 450 6494 -18.4 -33.5 25 15.1 -21.1 198 55 320.1 320.2 289.3 321.9 0.50 13 400 7361 -25.1 -37.5 31 12.4 -26.8 191 58 322.4 322.5 289.9 323.8 0.38 14 350 8320 -29.3 -29.6 97 0.3 -29.4 182 71 329.2 329.4 292.4 332.6 0.94 15 300 9409 -35.4 -36.2 93 0.8 -35.5 176 73 335.4 335.5 293.7 337.6 0.58 16 250 10649 -46.1 -46.1 100 -0.0 -46.2 186 77 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.4 0.24 17 200 12103 -54.5 -67.1 20 12.6 -54.8 178 59 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 13920 -59.4 -78.8 6 19.4 -59.6 212 36 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16415 -64.3 -83.7 5 19.4 -64.4 268 10 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5622.30 m Freezing level: 650.35 mb = 3638.11 m = 11935.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.90 mb = 3315.39 m = 10877.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.21 % Est. max temperature: 24.05 C = 75.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.31 mb = 245.28 m = 804.71 ft T: 15.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 2.92 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.52 mb = 1096.80 m = 3598.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.94 C = 73.29 F Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lifted Index: 2.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.32 C Showalter Index: 2.57 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.75 C Cross Totals Index: 21.82 C K Index: 29.96 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 252.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7413.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.53 mb = 642.29 m = 2107.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 187.3 at 46.2 knts Storm direction: 217.3 at 34.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 403.8 neg: -0.0 tot: 403.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 134.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 100.13 m/s