MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F075.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F075.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 75 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.63,-80.24 Latitude: 40.63 Longitude: -80.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 18 SFC 963 335 16.7 14.1 84 2.7 15.0 222 13 293.0 294.9 289.6 323.0 10.52 2 950 456 16.3 12.7 79 3.6 14.1 223 26 293.7 295.5 289.3 321.7 9.78 3 900 913 12.3 11.1 92 1.2 11.6 225 35 294.2 295.8 288.9 320.7 9.23 4 850 1390 9.2 8.3 94 0.9 8.6 229 41 295.7 297.2 288.5 319.2 8.10 5 800 1891 6.1 5.4 95 0.7 5.7 225 42 297.7 298.9 288.2 318.3 7.03 6 750 2417 2.9 2.3 96 0.6 2.6 217 44 299.8 300.9 288.0 317.7 6.03 7 700 2973 -0.4 -0.5 99 0.1 -0.4 207 48 302.1 303.0 288.1 317.9 5.27 8 650 3563 -3.1 -3.4 98 0.2 -3.3 203 54 305.4 306.3 288.6 319.5 4.59 9 600 4193 -6.5 -6.7 98 0.2 -6.6 199 59 308.6 309.3 288.9 320.7 3.86 10 550 4869 -10.3 -10.5 98 0.3 -10.4 193 60 311.9 312.5 289.3 321.9 3.11 11 500 5596 -15.1 -17.1 85 2.0 -15.7 193 60 314.6 315.0 289.1 321.2 2.00 12 450 6385 -20.0 -33.6 29 13.6 -22.4 194 77 318.1 318.2 288.7 319.8 0.50 13 400 7249 -24.4 -45.5 12 21.1 -26.8 187 85 323.3 323.3 289.9 323.9 0.16 14 350 8217 -27.6 -40.0 30 12.3 -29.3 189 95 331.5 331.5 292.4 332.8 0.34 15 300 9307 -35.8 -36.7 92 0.9 -35.9 195 108 334.9 335.0 293.6 337.0 0.55 16 250 10552 -42.7 -62.7 9 20.0 -43.5 197 83 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.03 17 200 12037 -49.5 -72.1 5 22.6 -50.0 197 63 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.01 18 150 13888 -56.1 -79.8 4 23.6 -56.4 241 54 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 19 100 16411 -62.9 -84.0 4 21.1 -63.1 238 21 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5578.19 m Freezing level: 705.71 mb = 2909.41 m = 9545.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.37 mb = 2888.51 m = 9476.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.76 % Est. max temperature: 20.85 C = 69.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.73 mb = 674.55 m = 2213.08 ft T: 14.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 5.27 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.98 mb = 1138.96 m = 3736.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.65 C = 65.56 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: 0.75 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.22 C Showalter Index: 1.68 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.27 C Cross Totals Index: 23.41 C K Index: 32.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.93 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 74.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.64 mb = 1047.35 m = 3436.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 850.64 mb = 1384.01 m = 4540.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 590.64 mb = 4315.31 m = 14157.65 ft B at Equ Level: 74.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 440.64 mb = 6539.27 m = 21454.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.9 at 51.0 knts Storm direction: 234.9 at 38.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 3.7 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.9 neg: -12.2 tot: 46.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.80 Bulk Shear: 92.90 m/s