MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 16 OCT 25 Station: 38.30,-75.20 Latitude: 38.30 Longitude: -75.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1014 5 15.1 2.0 41 13.1 8.6 340 19 287.1 287.9 281.1 299.5 4.35 1 1000 119 13.1 -2.1 35 15.1 6.2 340 23 286.2 286.8 279.4 295.7 3.28 2 950 546 8.9 -3.4 42 12.3 3.6 340 26 286.2 286.7 279.1 295.2 3.13 3 900 990 4.7 -4.3 52 9.0 1.0 340 26 286.3 286.9 279.2 295.2 3.08 4 850 1453 2.5 -11.0 36 13.4 -2.3 350 30 288.7 289.1 278.9 294.5 1.95 5 800 1942 1.3 -16.0 26 17.3 -4.2 350 36 292.5 292.8 279.9 296.7 1.37 6 750 2459 -1.3 -11.7 45 10.4 -5.0 341 40 295.1 295.5 282.0 301.5 2.08 7 700 3006 -3.5 -20.8 25 17.2 -8.4 341 45 298.6 298.7 282.1 301.9 1.04 8 650 3590 -4.2 -36.3 6 32.1 -10.5 338 56 304.2 304.2 283.4 305.1 0.26 9 600 4219 -5.6 -45.3 3 39.7 -12.1 335 67 309.6 309.6 285.3 310.0 0.11 10 550 4894 -10.8 -32.8 15 22.0 -15.2 334 70 311.2 311.3 286.3 312.8 0.44 11 500 5620 -15.0 -36.4 14 21.3 -18.7 331 73 314.7 314.8 287.4 315.9 0.34 12 450 6408 -20.0 -47.0 7 27.0 -23.2 333 80 318.0 318.1 288.2 318.5 0.12 13 400 7269 -26.7 -48.9 10 22.2 -28.7 331 86 320.3 320.3 289.0 320.7 0.11 14 350 8221 -32.9 -52.9 12 20.0 -34.3 331 92 324.4 324.4 290.2 324.7 0.08 15 300 9287 -40.2 -56.3 16 16.1 -40.9 329 94 328.7 328.7 291.4 329.0 0.06 16 250 10520 -44.2 -64.1 9 19.8 -44.9 327 94 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.03 17 200 12000 -49.4 -71.9 5 22.5 -49.8 323 100 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.6 0.01 18 150 13848 -58.4 -78.4 6 20.0 -58.6 321 78 369.4 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.01 19 100 16350 -64.9 -84.2 5 19.3 -65.0 329 44 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5500.72 m Freezing level: 775.40 mb = 2196.43 m = 7206.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 885.15 mb = 1124.92 m = 3690.65 ft Precipitable water: 0.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.19 % Est. max temperature: 16.02 C = 60.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 831.81 mb = 1627.67 m = 5340.08 ft T: 2.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.39 C/km ThetaE index: 4.32 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 559.47 mb = 4761.46 m = 15621.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.98 C = 102.16 F Cap Strength: 15.34 C Lifted Index: 17.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.50 C Showalter Index: 17.85 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 21.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.49 C Cross Totals Index: 4.07 C K Index: -10.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 133.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.56 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16948.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 792.14 mb = 2021.27 m = 6631.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 337.5 at 49.1 knts Storm direction: 7.5 at 36.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 3.8 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 87.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 86.51 m/s