MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 43.17,-70.91 Latitude: 43.17 Longitude: -70.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 997 83 15.4 14.8 97 0.5 15.0 145 15 288.8 290.7 288.3 318.7 10.70 2 950 490 13.9 13.8 100 0.1 13.8 158 40 291.3 293.1 289.0 321.0 10.50 3 900 947 13.1 12.9 99 0.2 13.0 173 52 295.0 296.8 290.2 324.9 10.42 4 850 1426 10.8 10.3 97 0.5 10.5 179 50 297.4 299.1 290.1 324.5 9.31 5 800 1930 7.9 7.3 96 0.6 7.6 183 45 299.5 301.0 289.8 323.3 8.05 6 750 2460 4.6 4.2 97 0.4 4.4 187 44 301.6 302.8 289.4 322.2 6.90 7 700 3020 1.2 1.0 99 0.2 1.1 185 43 303.9 305.0 289.3 321.7 5.91 8 650 3614 -1.3 -1.6 98 0.3 -1.5 183 48 307.5 308.5 289.8 323.6 5.22 9 600 4249 -4.5 -5.1 96 0.6 -4.8 182 53 310.9 311.7 290.2 324.6 4.36 10 550 4929 -8.3 -9.2 93 0.9 -8.7 182 56 314.2 314.9 290.3 325.3 3.46 11 500 5663 -12.6 -13.7 92 1.1 -13.0 181 57 317.7 318.2 290.7 326.4 2.66 12 450 6458 -17.9 -18.2 97 0.3 -18.0 178 55 320.8 321.1 291.0 327.6 2.02 13 400 7328 -24.4 -24.4 100 0.0 -24.4 175 52 323.3 323.5 291.1 327.9 1.32 14 350 8286 -31.3 -31.3 100 0.0 -31.3 177 51 326.5 326.7 291.5 329.4 0.80 15 300 9359 -39.4 -39.8 96 0.4 -39.4 173 55 329.9 330.0 292.1 331.4 0.40 16 250 10587 -46.8 -47.4 94 0.5 -46.9 182 90 336.4 336.5 293.6 337.3 0.21 17 200 12053 -52.3 -69.3 11 16.9 -52.7 172 67 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.02 18 150 13891 -57.5 -79.2 5 21.7 -57.8 202 36 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.01 19 100 16407 -63.1 -83.8 4 20.7 -63.3 210 14 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5607.47 m Freezing level: 675.72 mb = 3308.37 m = 10854.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.51 mb = 3269.74 m = 10727.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.48 % Est. max temperature: 24.15 C = 75.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.27 mb = 146.73 m = 481.39 ft T: 15.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 3.21 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.05 mb = 964.77 m = 3165.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.64 C = 70.96 F Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lifted Index: 2.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.14 C Showalter Index: 1.38 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.40 C Cross Totals Index: 22.94 C K Index: 33.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8017.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.63 mb = 555.72 m = 1823.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 179.9 at 48.5 knts Storm direction: 209.9 at 36.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 381.4 neg: -12.9 tot: 368.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 122.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 79.16 m/s