MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.09,-71.27 Latitude: 42.09 Longitude: -71.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 998 66 18.6 16.5 88 2.0 17.2 153 13 291.9 294.1 290.5 325.8 11.95 2 950 482 15.3 14.9 98 0.3 15.1 159 34 292.7 294.7 290.2 324.8 11.31 3 900 940 13.2 13.0 99 0.2 13.1 168 44 295.1 297.0 290.4 325.4 10.52 4 850 1420 11.0 10.9 99 0.1 11.0 174 46 297.7 299.5 290.5 325.9 9.68 5 800 1925 8.7 8.5 99 0.2 8.6 179 45 300.4 302.0 290.6 326.2 8.74 6 750 2458 6.0 5.8 99 0.2 5.9 183 47 303.1 304.5 290.6 326.2 7.73 7 700 3020 2.6 2.4 99 0.1 2.5 183 48 305.3 306.5 290.3 325.1 6.52 8 650 3617 -0.5 -1.8 91 1.3 -1.2 183 51 308.4 309.3 290.0 324.3 5.15 9 600 4253 -4.1 -6.8 81 2.7 -5.3 182 54 311.4 312.1 289.8 323.5 3.82 10 550 4935 -8.2 -10.9 81 2.7 -9.2 182 57 314.3 314.9 290.0 324.2 3.03 11 500 5668 -12.8 -14.4 88 1.6 -13.3 182 58 317.4 317.9 290.5 325.7 2.51 12 450 6464 -17.9 -20.3 81 2.4 -18.6 180 59 320.8 321.1 290.7 326.5 1.70 13 400 7334 -23.9 -26.0 83 2.1 -24.4 179 61 323.9 324.2 291.1 327.9 1.14 14 350 8295 -30.9 -31.3 96 0.5 -30.9 178 65 327.1 327.3 291.7 330.0 0.80 15 300 9371 -39.0 -39.2 98 0.2 -39.0 178 73 330.4 330.5 292.3 332.0 0.43 16 250 10599 -46.1 -55.1 36 8.9 -46.5 178 76 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.8 0.09 17 200 12066 -52.1 -70.2 10 18.1 -52.5 178 70 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 13899 -57.9 -79.1 5 21.2 -58.1 193 33 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.01 19 100 16416 -63.7 -83.7 5 20.1 -63.8 211 11 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5624.24 m Freezing level: 658.64 mb = 3513.81 m = 11528.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.86 mb = 3422.92 m = 11229.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.30 % Est. max temperature: 24.48 C = 76.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.13 mb = 320.96 m = 1053.00 ft T: 16.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 2.72 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.81 mb = 636.97 m = 2089.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.14 C = 68.24 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: 0.78 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Showalter Index: 0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.84 C Cross Totals Index: 23.70 C K Index: 34.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6425.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.10 mb = 598.19 m = 1962.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 179.2 at 48.5 knts Storm direction: 209.2 at 36.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 328.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 328.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 94.11 m/s