MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 41.94,-79.41 Latitude: 41.94 Longitude: -79.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 SFC 953 498 4.6 3.5 92 1.2 4.1 242 12 281.6 282.5 279.5 295.8 5.14 2 950 528 4.4 2.9 90 1.4 3.7 245 16 281.6 282.5 279.3 295.4 4.97 3 900 965 0.8 0.8 100 0.1 0.8 254 29 282.4 283.1 279.0 294.9 4.50 4 850 1423 -1.8 -2.1 98 0.3 -1.9 271 33 284.3 284.9 279.2 295.2 3.86 5 800 1902 -5.0 -5.3 97 0.3 -5.1 276 32 285.9 286.4 279.1 295.1 3.22 6 750 2407 -7.9 -8.7 94 0.7 -8.2 281 29 288.0 288.4 279.4 295.7 2.65 7 700 2941 -10.6 -13.2 81 2.6 -11.4 285 29 290.7 291.1 279.8 296.7 1.98 8 650 3507 -13.7 -19.0 64 5.3 -15.0 284 32 293.5 293.7 280.3 297.5 1.31 9 600 4111 -17.3 -25.7 48 8.4 -19.0 284 35 296.1 296.2 280.7 298.6 0.79 10 550 4758 -21.4 -29.7 47 8.3 -22.7 287 38 298.7 298.8 281.6 300.7 0.59 11 500 5454 -26.4 -35.3 43 8.9 -27.5 292 39 300.8 300.9 282.2 302.1 0.38 12 450 6206 -32.3 -43.1 34 10.7 -33.1 293 40 302.6 302.7 282.7 303.3 0.19 13 400 7025 -38.6 -48.7 34 10.1 -39.1 291 49 304.8 304.9 283.5 305.2 0.11 14 350 7929 -44.8 -50.8 51 6.0 -45.0 287 56 308.3 308.3 284.8 308.7 0.10 15 300 8952 -47.6 -57.5 31 9.8 -47.9 287 70 318.2 318.2 288.2 318.4 0.05 16 250 10156 -47.7 -67.2 9 19.5 -48.1 284 69 335.2 335.2 293.1 335.2 0.02 17 200 11628 -47.7 -77.8 2 30.2 -48.3 279 61 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.00 18 150 13518 -49.7 -79.5 2 29.7 -50.4 272 50 384.3 384.3 302.9 384.4 0.00 19 100 16138 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 264 39 420.1 420.1 307.7 420.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5345.88 m Freezing level: 883.91 mb = 1112.50 m = 3649.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 884.75 mb = 1102.08 m = 3615.72 ft Precipitable water: 0.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.69 % Est. max temperature: 8.74 C = 47.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.97 mb = 648.31 m = 2126.96 ft T: 3.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 0.91 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.07 mb = 991.40 m = 3252.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 5.51 C = 41.92 F Cap Strength: 5.14 C Lifted Index: 6.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.72 C Showalter Index: 5.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 48.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.64 C Cross Totals Index: 24.33 C K Index: 19.99 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 104.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.56 mb = 1004.89 m = 3296.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 890.56 mb = 1049.69 m = 3443.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 880.56 mb = 1140.05 m = 3740.28 ft B at Equ Level: 10.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 750.56 mb = 2401.10 m = 7877.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.7 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 312.7 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.2 neg: -4.6 tot: 180.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 46.54 m/s