MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F240.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F240.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10 day GFS valid 18Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 40.87,-78.66 Latitude: 40.87 Longitude: -78.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 180 SFC 962 508 17.6 12.6 72 5.0 14.5 119 4 294.0 295.7 289.2 321.4 9.57 2 950 618 16.6 11.7 73 4.9 13.6 121 8 294.0 295.7 288.8 320.2 9.11 3 900 1076 12.8 11.0 89 1.8 11.7 129 12 294.7 296.4 289.1 321.2 9.19 4 850 1556 11.0 8.3 84 2.7 9.4 156 12 297.6 299.1 289.2 321.3 8.11 5 800 2060 8.9 1.2 58 7.7 4.9 155 13 300.7 301.6 287.5 316.4 5.23 6 750 2592 6.4 -1.9 55 8.3 2.4 153 24 303.5 304.3 287.8 317.1 4.44 7 700 3156 3.6 -2.7 63 6.4 0.5 159 33 306.5 307.4 288.8 320.3 4.48 8 650 3754 0.8 -6.1 60 6.9 -2.3 163 35 309.9 310.6 289.2 321.6 3.73 9 600 4394 -3.1 -6.7 76 3.6 -4.7 167 38 312.5 313.3 290.2 324.8 3.87 10 550 5080 -5.6 -6.0 97 0.4 -5.8 179 42 317.5 318.3 292.2 331.8 4.45 11 500 5823 -9.5 -10.0 97 0.4 -9.7 183 42 321.4 322.1 292.6 333.3 3.59 12 450 6630 -14.3 -14.5 98 0.3 -14.3 191 40 325.3 325.9 293.0 334.7 2.76 13 400 7513 -20.2 -20.3 100 0.0 -20.3 194 37 328.7 329.1 293.2 335.3 1.91 14 350 8488 -27.3 -27.4 100 0.0 -27.3 193 37 331.9 332.1 293.3 336.1 1.15 15 300 9578 -36.1 -36.5 96 0.4 -36.2 190 33 334.5 334.6 293.4 336.6 0.56 16 250 10813 -47.4 -47.5 99 0.0 -47.4 198 35 335.5 335.6 293.4 336.4 0.21 17 200 12249 -57.8 -60.6 70 2.8 -57.8 201 36 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.05 18 150 14021 -64.6 -75.0 22 10.4 -64.7 235 24 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16484 -66.4 -83.1 8 16.6 -66.5 253 17 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5642.63 m Freezing level: 639.43 mb = 3889.57 m = 12760.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.47 mb = 3266.36 m = 10716.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.91 % Est. max temperature: 23.48 C = 74.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.09 mb = 1140.75 m = 3742.56 ft T: 12.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.94 C/km ThetaE index: 4.96 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.95 mb = 2039.91 m = 6692.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.11 C = 75.40 F Cap Strength: 5.24 C Lifted Index: 6.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.81 C Showalter Index: 6.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.48 C Cross Totals Index: 17.83 C K Index: 22.43 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.19 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7124.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.92 mb = 1361.26 m = 4466.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 168.9 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 198.9 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.9 neg: -3.1 tot: 148.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 74.83 m/s