MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 43.15,-71.02 Latitude: 43.15 Longitude: -71.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 996 95 16.0 14.9 93 1.1 15.3 135 11 289.4 291.3 288.6 319.5 10.73 2 950 498 13.3 13.3 100 -0.0 13.3 150 31 290.7 292.5 288.5 319.4 10.16 3 900 953 13.2 12.3 95 0.8 12.6 170 44 295.1 296.9 290.0 324.0 10.05 4 850 1433 10.4 9.6 95 0.8 9.9 170 44 297.1 298.7 289.6 322.9 8.87 5 800 1936 7.4 6.5 94 0.9 6.9 170 45 299.0 300.4 289.2 321.3 7.59 6 750 2465 4.4 2.9 90 1.5 3.6 172 47 301.4 302.5 288.8 320.2 6.29 7 700 3025 1.3 1.1 98 0.2 1.2 177 48 303.9 305.0 289.3 321.9 5.93 8 650 3619 -1.2 -1.4 99 0.2 -1.3 179 45 307.6 308.6 289.9 323.9 5.31 9 600 4254 -4.7 -5.6 93 0.9 -5.1 181 43 310.7 311.5 289.9 323.8 4.19 10 550 4933 -8.9 -10.1 91 1.2 -9.4 177 49 313.5 314.1 289.9 323.9 3.24 11 500 5665 -13.3 -15.6 83 2.3 -14.0 181 54 316.8 317.3 290.0 324.3 2.27 12 450 6459 -18.5 -20.4 85 1.9 -19.0 186 56 320.0 320.3 290.5 325.7 1.68 13 400 7326 -25.5 -28.1 79 2.5 -26.0 181 60 321.8 322.0 290.3 325.2 0.95 14 350 8279 -32.5 -32.5 100 0.0 -32.5 182 70 324.9 325.1 291.0 327.5 0.71 15 300 9350 -39.7 -40.6 91 0.9 -39.8 178 73 329.4 329.4 291.9 330.8 0.37 16 250 10575 -46.4 -55.3 36 8.9 -46.8 177 68 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.4 0.08 17 200 12037 -52.6 -69.0 12 16.4 -52.9 176 70 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 13883 -56.4 -79.7 4 23.2 -56.7 203 36 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.00 19 100 16401 -62.8 -83.9 4 21.1 -63.0 215 17 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5601.80 m Freezing level: 674.24 mb = 3330.99 m = 10928.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.35 mb = 3300.39 m = 10827.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.90 % Est. max temperature: 23.73 C = 74.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.39 mb = 230.93 m = 757.63 ft T: 15.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 3.82 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 953.43 mb = 466.98 m = 1532.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.14 C = 62.85 F Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lifted Index: 2.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.54 C Showalter Index: 1.58 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 22.90 C K Index: 33.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 258.68 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7597.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.23 mb = 602.56 m = 1976.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 174.7 at 45.1 knts Storm direction: 204.7 at 33.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 343.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 343.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 93.84 m/s