MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F288.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F288.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 day GFS valid 6Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 40.83,-79.63 Latitude: 40.83 Longitude: -79.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 SFC 972 376 14.1 13.8 98 0.3 14.0 318 2 289.6 291.5 288.3 318.5 10.29 2 950 568 12.8 12.6 99 0.2 12.7 12 5 290.2 291.9 287.9 317.6 9.72 3 900 1024 13.4 13.4 100 0.0 13.4 137 15 295.3 297.3 290.7 326.4 10.81 4 850 1506 12.8 12.8 100 0.0 12.8 155 30 299.6 301.6 292.2 331.7 10.97 5 800 2015 10.4 10.2 99 0.2 10.3 169 32 302.2 304.0 292.0 331.3 9.81 6 750 2551 7.5 7.0 97 0.4 7.2 176 32 304.7 306.3 291.7 330.0 8.43 7 700 3117 4.6 3.8 95 0.8 4.1 180 35 307.6 308.9 291.6 329.5 7.20 8 650 3719 1.5 -0.0 89 1.5 0.7 180 37 310.7 311.8 291.4 328.9 5.88 9 600 4360 -1.9 -6.5 71 4.5 -4.0 176 41 313.9 314.6 290.7 326.4 3.93 10 550 5047 -6.5 -11.9 65 5.4 -8.6 174 41 316.4 317.0 290.5 325.6 2.80 11 500 5784 -11.9 -17.1 65 5.2 -13.6 181 41 318.6 319.0 290.3 325.3 2.01 12 450 6583 -16.9 -23.5 57 6.5 -18.7 188 46 321.9 322.2 290.7 326.4 1.28 13 400 7455 -23.4 -29.6 57 6.2 -24.6 190 50 324.6 324.7 291.0 327.5 0.82 14 350 8417 -30.7 -37.9 49 7.3 -31.6 187 49 327.4 327.5 291.4 328.9 0.42 15 300 9493 -38.6 -41.2 76 2.6 -38.8 175 52 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.3 0.35 16 250 10720 -48.2 -48.2 100 0.0 -48.1 164 63 334.5 334.5 293.1 335.2 0.19 17 200 12155 -56.8 -64.4 38 7.6 -57.0 188 64 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.03 18 150 13972 -58.6 -78.1 6 19.5 -58.9 202 50 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.01 19 100 16476 -66.1 -83.4 7 17.3 -66.2 199 36 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.99 m Freezing level: 628.15 mb = 3999.07 m = 13120.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.34 mb = 3813.80 m = 12512.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.81 % Est. max temperature: 25.42 C = 77.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.89 mb = 410.47 m = 1346.67 ft T: 13.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 6.37 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 968.90 mb = 401.67 m = 1317.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.20 C = 57.55 F Cap Strength: 3.60 C Lifted Index: 2.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.98 C Showalter Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.66 C Cross Totals Index: 24.63 C K Index: 36.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 258.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6728.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.46 mb = 843.54 m = 2767.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 174.6 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 204.6 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 329.8 neg: -1.7 tot: 328.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 173.64 m/s