MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.54,-72.88 Latitude: 41.54 Longitude: -72.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 142 SFC 1000 146 9.9 3.8 66 6.0 6.9 229 2 283.1 283.9 280.1 297.1 5.04 2 950 572 12.7 2.4 49 10.3 7.5 223 12 290.1 290.9 282.9 303.8 4.78 3 900 1025 11.9 5.5 65 6.4 8.5 241 11 293.8 294.9 286.1 312.1 6.32 4 850 1504 12.1 7.1 72 5.0 9.2 241 8 298.8 300.2 289.0 320.8 7.47 5 800 2011 9.9 5.6 75 4.3 7.4 253 7 301.7 303.0 289.6 322.9 7.14 6 750 2545 6.6 4.8 88 1.8 5.6 282 10 303.7 305.0 290.3 325.3 7.19 7 700 3109 3.9 1.7 86 2.2 2.8 298 15 306.8 308.0 290.5 325.8 6.21 8 650 3709 0.7 -6.1 60 6.8 -2.4 309 16 309.8 310.5 289.2 321.5 3.73 9 600 4347 -3.6 -9.9 62 6.3 -6.1 300 17 312.0 312.5 289.2 321.6 3.01 10 550 5029 -7.7 -15.9 52 8.2 -10.5 305 22 315.0 315.4 289.2 321.7 2.02 11 500 5764 -11.8 -26.1 30 14.2 -15.4 310 24 318.6 318.8 289.3 321.8 0.91 12 450 6562 -17.0 -36.0 18 19.0 -20.4 310 27 321.8 321.9 289.8 323.3 0.39 13 400 7436 -22.8 -37.4 25 14.6 -25.1 310 30 325.4 325.4 290.8 326.8 0.39 14 350 8401 -29.5 -48.6 14 19.0 -31.3 318 32 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.5 0.13 15 300 9482 -38.1 -51.7 23 13.6 -39.0 328 39 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.1 0.11 16 250 10706 -49.3 -53.4 62 4.1 -49.4 331 60 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.2 0.11 17 200 12128 -60.8 -62.3 83 1.4 -60.9 329 43 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.6 0.04 18 150 13933 -58.9 -79.2 6 20.3 -59.1 291 45 368.7 368.7 300.3 368.7 0.01 19 100 16416 -67.9 -83.1 10 15.2 -68.0 284 30 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5622.65 m Freezing level: 641.90 mb = 3811.98 m = 12506.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.10 mb = 3426.11 m = 11240.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.60 % Est. max temperature: 25.65 C = 78.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.76 mb = 916.20 m = 3005.88 ft T: 12.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 613.87 mb = 4164.48 m = 13662.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.14 C = 100.66 F Cap Strength: 12.65 C Lifted Index: 14.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.93 C Showalter Index: 4.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.91 C Cross Totals Index: 18.94 C K Index: 28.86 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 125.73 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13051.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.57 mb = 1627.46 m = 5339.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.0 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 322.0 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.9 neg: -9.1 tot: 43.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.62 Bulk Shear: 25.37 m/s