MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 43.21,-80.5 Latitude: 43.21 Longitude: -80.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -33 SFC 962 293 14.4 12.6 89 1.7 13.3 206 14 290.7 292.4 288.0 317.8 9.59 2 950 402 13.8 12.2 90 1.6 12.8 210 22 291.2 292.8 288.1 317.8 9.41 3 900 856 10.9 9.8 93 1.1 10.3 220 33 292.7 294.2 287.8 317.0 8.48 4 850 1332 9.4 5.2 75 4.2 7.1 222 37 296.0 297.2 287.1 315.0 6.52 5 800 1834 7.0 0.1 61 6.9 3.6 225 41 298.7 299.5 286.4 313.1 4.83 6 750 2361 2.7 -2.6 68 5.4 0.3 235 43 299.5 300.3 286.1 312.2 4.20 7 700 2915 -1.3 -2.6 91 1.3 -1.9 237 41 301.0 301.9 286.9 314.6 4.51 8 650 3504 -3.3 -3.7 97 0.3 -3.5 212 34 305.2 306.0 288.4 318.9 4.48 9 600 4135 -5.5 -5.8 97 0.3 -5.7 183 35 309.7 310.5 289.6 322.7 4.12 10 550 4814 -8.9 -9.4 96 0.5 -9.1 177 47 313.5 314.2 290.1 324.5 3.42 11 500 5547 -13.2 -13.6 96 0.5 -13.3 182 53 317.0 317.5 290.5 325.7 2.67 12 450 6340 -18.7 -20.9 82 2.2 -19.3 187 68 319.7 320.0 290.3 325.2 1.60 13 400 7208 -24.2 -37.6 28 13.4 -26.2 185 89 323.5 323.6 290.2 324.9 0.38 14 350 8172 -29.4 -41.9 29 12.5 -30.8 182 97 329.1 329.2 291.7 330.2 0.27 15 300 9256 -36.0 -49.6 23 13.6 -37.0 187 97 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.2 0.14 16 250 10503 -42.7 -63.0 9 20.4 -43.5 195 90 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.03 17 200 11995 -47.6 -73.9 3 26.3 -48.3 188 66 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 18 150 13848 -57.8 -79.6 5 21.8 -58.1 221 54 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.00 19 100 16382 -61.4 -84.5 3 23.1 -61.7 228 25 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5579.34 m Freezing level: 716.15 mb = 2735.97 m = 8976.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 744.14 mb = 2423.86 m = 7952.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.16 % Est. max temperature: 21.58 C = 70.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.15 mb = 507.75 m = 1665.82 ft T: 13.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.52 C/km ThetaE index: 5.67 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.28 mb = 1447.29 m = 4748.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.20 C = 68.36 F Cap Strength: 4.01 C Lifted Index: 4.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.44 C Showalter Index: 6.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.57 C Cross Totals Index: 18.35 C K Index: 26.41 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.44 mb = 963.96 m = 3162.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 723.44 mb = 2650.36 m = 8695.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 683.44 mb = 3105.14 m = 10187.33 ft B at Equ Level: 19.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 633.44 mb = 3707.24 m = 12162.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.3 at 41.9 knts Storm direction: 233.3 at 31.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 2.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.8 neg: -24.1 tot: 70.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 43.05 m/s