MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 16 OCT 25 Station: 39.86,-46.72 Latitude: 39.86 Longitude: -46.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -79 SFC 991 0 21.3 19.8 91 1.4 20.3 131 9 295.2 297.9 293.8 337.9 14.87 2 950 364 18.4 17.8 96 0.6 18.0 160 12 295.9 298.3 293.0 334.9 13.59 3 900 828 16.5 16.0 97 0.4 16.2 192 20 298.5 300.8 293.3 335.9 12.85 4 850 1314 14.5 14.0 97 0.5 14.2 217 30 301.3 303.5 293.4 336.4 11.92 5 800 1825 11.7 11.1 96 0.6 11.4 227 34 303.7 305.6 293.0 334.8 10.46 6 750 2363 9.1 8.0 93 1.1 8.4 231 34 306.5 308.1 292.7 333.7 9.00 7 700 2933 6.3 4.8 90 1.5 5.5 235 35 309.5 311.0 292.6 333.2 7.74 8 650 3538 2.9 1.0 87 1.9 1.9 235 36 312.3 313.5 292.3 332.1 6.35 9 600 4182 -0.4 -4.3 75 3.9 -2.3 233 39 315.7 316.6 291.9 330.5 4.64 10 550 4874 -4.3 -12.5 53 8.2 -7.5 237 42 319.0 319.5 291.1 327.7 2.65 11 500 5618 -9.3 -24.9 27 15.6 -13.6 247 40 321.7 321.9 290.3 325.3 1.01 12 450 6422 -15.5 -32.0 23 16.5 -19.0 251 46 323.7 323.8 290.5 325.8 0.58 13 400 7300 -21.8 -35.7 27 13.9 -24.2 245 49 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.3 0.46 14 350 8271 -27.3 -34.1 52 6.9 -28.4 228 62 332.0 332.1 292.9 334.3 0.61 15 300 9366 -34.2 -36.1 82 2.0 -34.4 225 84 337.2 337.3 294.1 339.4 0.58 16 250 10615 -44.1 -44.1 100 0.0 -44.1 226 100 340.5 340.6 294.7 341.7 0.30 17 200 12079 -53.1 -62.4 31 9.3 -53.4 232 89 348.6 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.04 18 150 13903 -60.9 -78.6 8 17.7 -61.1 240 79 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16377 -66.2 -83.5 7 17.3 -66.4 240 47 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.14 m Freezing level: 605.66 mb = 4109.44 m = 13482.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.23 mb = 3824.91 m = 12548.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.92 % Est. max temperature: 27.80 C = 82.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.41 mb = 180.70 m = 592.86 ft T: 19.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 11.16 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.53 mb = 643.71 m = 2111.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.52 C = 74.34 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.77 C Cross Totals Index: 23.31 C K Index: 36.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.25 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 182.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.20 mb = 544.87 m = 1787.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.20 mb = 2195.58 m = 7203.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 345.20 mb = 8368.90 m = 27456.67 ft B at Equ Level: 179.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 255.20 mb = 10473.50 m = 34361.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.1 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 261.1 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 269.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 269.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 1.30 Bulk Shear: 140.60 m/s