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: 41.58,-72.99 Latitude: 41.58 Longitude: -72.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 996 172 9.8 3.8 66 6.0 6.9 242 3 283.3 284.1 280.2 297.4 5.05 2 950 572 12.7 2.7 50 10.1 7.6 225 12 290.1 291.0 283.1 304.1 4.88 3 900 1025 11.9 5.6 65 6.3 8.4 241 12 293.7 294.9 286.1 312.0 6.33 4 850 1505 12.0 7.2 72 4.8 9.2 239 9 298.7 300.1 289.0 320.7 7.49 5 800 2011 9.8 5.8 76 4.0 7.5 247 8 301.5 302.9 289.7 323.1 7.23 6 750 2545 6.5 5.0 90 1.5 5.6 275 10 303.6 305.0 290.5 325.6 7.30 7 700 3109 3.9 1.7 85 2.2 2.8 294 14 306.9 308.0 290.5 325.8 6.21 8 650 3709 0.7 -6.5 58 7.3 -2.5 308 16 309.8 310.4 289.1 321.1 3.60 9 600 4347 -3.6 -10.2 60 6.6 -6.2 297 17 312.0 312.5 289.2 321.4 2.93 10 550 5029 -7.6 -16.2 50 8.6 -10.5 306 21 315.1 315.4 289.2 321.5 1.96 11 500 5765 -11.7 -28.6 23 16.9 -15.7 311 24 318.7 318.9 289.1 321.3 0.72 12 450 6563 -17.0 -41.0 11 24.0 -20.7 308 27 321.8 321.9 289.6 322.7 0.23 13 400 7436 -22.9 -39.3 21 16.4 -25.3 308 30 325.2 325.3 290.7 326.4 0.32 14 350 8401 -29.6 -46.3 18 16.7 -31.2 318 32 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.6 0.17 15 300 9481 -38.1 -51.5 23 13.4 -38.9 330 39 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.11 16 250 10706 -49.3 -53.1 64 3.8 -49.4 332 63 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.2 0.11 17 200 12128 -60.9 -62.4 83 1.4 -60.9 333 43 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.04 18 150 13933 -58.9 -79.1 6 20.2 -59.1 290 45 368.7 368.7 300.3 368.7 0.01 19 100 16417 -68.1 -83.1 10 15.0 -68.2 284 29 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5622.31 m Freezing level: 641.69 mb = 3814.61 m = 12514.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.85 mb = 3417.16 m = 11211.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.93 % Est. max temperature: 25.45 C = 77.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.41 mb = 938.28 m = 3078.31 ft T: 12.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 617.29 mb = 4120.22 m = 13517.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.74 C = 99.94 F Cap Strength: 12.36 C Lifted Index: 13.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.66 C Showalter Index: 4.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.72 C Cross Totals Index: 18.88 C K Index: 28.67 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 128.44 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12830.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.50 mb = 1628.39 m = 5342.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.6 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 319.6 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.7 neg: -11.6 tot: 43.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.76 Bulk Shear: 23.05 m/s