MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 18Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 43.09,-71.54 Latitude: 43.09 Longitude: -71.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 990 168 11.3 2.2 54 9.1 6.8 246 10 285.2 286.0 280.4 298.0 4.52 2 950 511 7.1 0.3 62 6.8 4.0 250 21 284.4 285.1 279.6 296.1 4.12 3 900 952 2.9 -0.6 78 3.5 1.3 251 23 284.5 285.2 279.5 295.9 4.05 4 850 1412 -1.3 -1.8 97 0.4 -1.5 253 24 284.8 285.4 279.5 295.9 3.95 5 800 1892 -3.9 -5.9 86 1.9 -4.7 258 28 287.0 287.5 279.5 295.9 3.08 6 750 2399 -6.9 -8.4 89 1.5 -7.4 258 27 289.1 289.6 280.0 297.1 2.71 7 700 2934 -10.3 -11.9 88 1.6 -10.8 259 29 291.1 291.5 280.3 297.7 2.19 8 650 3501 -13.9 -17.3 75 3.5 -14.8 260 29 293.3 293.5 280.4 297.9 1.51 9 600 4104 -18.0 -22.0 71 4.0 -18.9 254 29 295.2 295.4 280.7 298.7 1.09 10 550 4748 -23.2 -24.8 87 1.6 -23.5 248 29 296.6 296.8 281.1 299.6 0.93 11 500 5437 -29.0 -29.3 97 0.3 -29.0 246 26 297.7 297.8 281.3 299.9 0.67 12 450 6182 -34.1 -40.7 51 6.7 -34.6 248 24 300.4 300.4 281.8 301.2 0.24 13 400 6997 -39.3 -48.2 38 8.9 -39.7 239 34 304.0 304.0 283.1 304.4 0.12 14 350 7902 -43.8 -53.8 32 9.9 -44.2 235 41 309.6 309.7 285.3 309.9 0.07 15 300 8931 -45.6 -62.9 12 17.3 -46.0 236 47 321.1 321.1 289.1 321.2 0.03 16 250 10146 -45.5 -70.3 4 24.8 -46.1 239 56 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.5 0.01 17 200 11630 -46.9 -77.3 2 30.4 -47.6 238 53 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.01 18 150 13520 -48.7 -78.7 2 30.0 -49.4 247 54 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.2 0.01 19 100 16153 -55.6 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 234 26 420.4 420.4 307.7 420.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5351.31 m Freezing level: 865.77 mb = 1266.63 m = 4155.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 876.73 mb = 1162.69 m = 3814.56 ft Precipitable water: 0.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.88 % Est. max temperature: 11.22 C = 52.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.65 mb = 1292.85 m = 4241.58 ft T: -0.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 2.10 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.20 mb = 1371.91 m = 4500.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.78 C = 51.41 F Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lifted Index: 2.49 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.27 C Showalter Index: 2.84 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 54.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.68 C Cross Totals Index: 27.24 C K Index: 24.30 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.36 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.79 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14330.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.95 mb = 1355.47 m = 4447.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.2 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 283.2 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.1 neg: -2.1 tot: 62.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 10.79 m/s