MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 43.17,-71.07 Latitude: 43.17 Longitude: -71.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 994 109 15.4 14.6 96 0.7 14.9 136 14 289.0 290.9 288.3 318.7 10.60 2 950 488 13.4 13.4 100 0.0 13.4 147 38 290.8 292.6 288.6 319.6 10.21 3 900 944 13.2 12.9 98 0.3 13.0 162 53 295.1 297.0 290.3 325.2 10.45 4 850 1424 11.0 10.7 98 0.3 10.8 164 53 297.6 299.3 290.4 325.4 9.54 5 800 1929 7.9 7.5 98 0.4 7.6 163 53 299.5 301.0 289.8 323.6 8.16 6 750 2459 4.9 3.8 93 1.1 4.3 164 53 301.9 303.1 289.3 321.9 6.72 7 700 3019 1.7 1.0 96 0.6 1.3 167 51 304.3 305.4 289.4 322.2 5.89 8 650 3614 -1.2 -1.5 98 0.3 -1.4 171 50 307.6 308.6 289.9 323.8 5.26 9 600 4249 -4.3 -4.7 97 0.4 -4.5 174 50 311.2 312.0 290.4 325.3 4.51 10 550 4930 -7.6 -7.9 98 0.3 -7.8 177 49 315.0 315.8 290.9 327.3 3.82 11 500 5664 -14.0 -14.3 98 0.3 -14.0 180 55 316.0 316.5 290.0 324.3 2.54 12 450 6456 -18.9 -22.8 72 3.8 -19.9 177 59 319.4 319.7 290.0 324.1 1.36 13 400 7324 -23.8 -24.1 97 0.3 -23.9 188 68 324.0 324.3 291.3 328.8 1.36 14 350 8286 -30.6 -30.8 97 0.3 -30.6 187 69 327.5 327.7 291.9 330.6 0.84 15 300 9364 -37.8 -39.1 88 1.3 -37.9 184 75 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.7 0.43 16 250 10596 -45.1 -49.8 59 4.8 -45.3 184 85 339.1 339.1 294.3 339.7 0.16 17 200 12062 -53.2 -68.2 14 15.0 -53.5 178 69 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 13901 -58.0 -79.1 5 21.1 -58.3 191 29 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.01 19 100 16410 -63.4 -83.7 5 20.3 -63.6 201 15 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5610.21 m Freezing level: 671.31 mb = 3360.39 m = 11024.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.72 mb = 3302.41 m = 10834.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.06 % Est. max temperature: 24.16 C = 75.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.44 mb = 195.44 m = 641.20 ft T: 14.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 3.46 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 957.49 mb = 421.85 m = 1384.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.80 C = 62.25 F Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lifted Index: 1.72 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.70 C Showalter Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.92 C Cross Totals Index: 24.65 C K Index: 34.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7520.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.79 mb = 588.45 m = 1930.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 168.8 at 49.7 knts Storm direction: 198.8 at 37.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.1 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 404.3 neg: -7.9 tot: 396.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 132.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 86.91 m/s