MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F318.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F318.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 318 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 1 NOV 25 Station: 42.67,-71.44 Latitude: 42.67 Longitude: -71.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 92 12.5 12.1 97 0.5 12.3 283 4 285.4 286.9 285.2 309.9 8.84 1 1000 120 12.4 11.8 96 0.6 12.1 280 5 285.6 287.1 285.2 309.8 8.75 2 950 550 10.1 9.1 93 1.0 9.5 304 15 287.4 288.8 284.9 308.8 7.63 3 900 998 8.2 7.8 97 0.4 7.9 279 12 289.9 291.2 285.6 310.9 7.38 4 850 1470 6.7 6.7 100 0.0 6.7 221 13 293.2 294.5 286.8 314.0 7.25 5 800 1967 5.3 5.3 100 0.0 5.3 192 33 296.8 298.1 287.9 317.3 7.00 6 750 2494 3.6 3.6 100 0.0 3.6 191 49 300.5 301.7 288.8 320.2 6.62 7 700 3052 0.7 0.7 100 0.0 0.7 196 52 303.3 304.3 288.9 320.6 5.75 8 650 3643 -3.1 -3.7 96 0.6 -3.3 195 54 305.5 306.3 288.5 319.3 4.49 9 600 4274 -6.1 -7.2 92 1.1 -6.5 198 62 309.1 309.8 288.9 320.7 3.71 10 550 4952 -8.7 -9.2 96 0.5 -8.9 207 68 313.8 314.4 290.2 324.9 3.47 11 500 5686 -12.8 -13.0 98 0.2 -12.9 208 68 317.4 318.0 290.7 326.6 2.80 12 450 6482 -17.7 -24.0 58 6.3 -19.3 208 72 321.0 321.2 290.3 325.2 1.22 13 400 7352 -24.2 -37.3 29 13.1 -26.2 207 76 323.5 323.6 290.2 324.9 0.39 14 350 8310 -32.1 -41.9 37 9.9 -33.1 211 83 325.5 325.6 290.7 326.5 0.27 15 300 9378 -40.9 -46.3 56 5.5 -41.2 214 89 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.20 16 250 10593 -49.7 -56.0 48 6.2 -50.0 223 106 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.4 0.08 17 200 12026 -58.1 -67.7 28 9.7 -58.2 229 122 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.02 18 150 13812 -60.7 -77.0 10 16.3 -60.9 224 108 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.01 19 100 16327 -62.2 -83.8 4 21.7 -62.4 219 67 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5565.55 m Freezing level: 690.69 mb = 3162.10 m = 10374.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.66 mb = 3147.55 m = 10326.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.96 % Est. max temperature: 20.08 C = 68.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.51 mb = 149.64 m = 490.93 ft T: 12.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 1.03 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.61 mb = 774.46 m = 2540.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.82 C = 60.48 F Cap Strength: 8.38 C Lifted Index: 9.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.02 C Showalter Index: 7.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.01 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.52 C Cross Totals Index: 19.49 C K Index: 26.18 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.26 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11311.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.48 mb = 624.42 m = 2048.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.5 at 45.1 knts Storm direction: 233.5 at 33.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 7.6 tot: 10.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 323.7 neg: -88.2 tot: 235.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 292.39 m/s