MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.01,-80.89 Latitude: 41.01 Longitude: -80.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 3 SFC 962 337 18.1 13.4 74 4.7 15.1 205 19 294.5 296.3 289.8 323.4 10.07 2 950 442 17.3 12.8 75 4.5 14.5 206 32 294.8 296.5 289.7 323.0 9.82 3 900 901 13.2 11.6 90 1.6 12.2 210 43 295.1 296.8 289.6 322.6 9.56 4 850 1379 9.8 9.6 98 0.2 9.6 218 50 296.4 298.0 289.3 322.0 8.83 5 800 1882 7.0 6.3 95 0.8 6.6 226 52 298.7 300.0 288.9 320.7 7.49 6 750 2411 4.4 2.6 89 1.7 3.4 223 52 301.3 302.4 288.6 319.7 6.18 7 700 2970 1.3 -1.1 84 2.4 0.1 217 53 303.9 304.9 288.5 319.3 5.06 8 650 3563 -2.1 -3.4 90 1.3 -2.7 211 57 306.6 307.5 288.9 320.7 4.57 9 600 4195 -5.9 -6.0 99 0.1 -6.0 203 59 309.3 310.1 289.3 322.0 4.07 10 550 4874 -8.1 -15.9 53 7.8 -10.8 195 62 314.5 314.9 289.1 321.1 2.01 11 500 5611 -10.8 -48.1 3 37.3 -16.3 200 69 319.9 319.9 288.8 320.3 0.10 12 450 6411 -16.9 -49.5 4 32.7 -20.9 202 73 322.0 322.0 289.5 322.4 0.09 13 400 7287 -20.1 -31.5 35 11.4 -22.4 193 81 328.9 329.0 292.1 331.4 0.69 14 350 8267 -25.6 -33.1 50 7.5 -27.0 194 82 334.2 334.3 293.5 336.7 0.67 15 300 9363 -34.8 -40.8 54 6.0 -35.4 192 84 336.4 336.5 293.8 337.8 0.36 16 250 10607 -45.3 -46.9 84 1.6 -45.4 202 85 338.7 338.7 294.2 339.6 0.22 17 200 12068 -52.2 -68.3 13 16.0 -52.5 202 60 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.02 18 150 13894 -58.2 -79.1 5 20.9 -58.4 218 58 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.9 0.01 19 100 16404 -63.4 -84.2 4 20.8 -63.6 241 29 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5607.58 m Freezing level: 680.79 mb = 3197.65 m = 10490.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.61 mb = 2997.03 m = 9832.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.32 % Est. max temperature: 21.65 C = 70.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.84 mb = 930.24 m = 3051.93 ft T: 12.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.57 C/km ThetaE index: 4.07 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.97 mb = 1204.29 m = 3951.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.49 C = 67.08 F Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lifted Index: 4.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: 4.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.91 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.57 C Cross Totals Index: 20.34 C K Index: 27.77 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 284.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.88 mb = 1109.17 m = 3638.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.88 mb = 1351.10 m = 4432.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 592.88 mb = 4288.39 m = 14069.34 ft B at Equ Level: 29.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 542.88 mb = 4974.34 m = 16319.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.5 at 56.1 knts Storm direction: 238.5 at 42.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 213.2 neg: -26.6 tot: 186.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.47 Bulk Shear: 63.50 m/s