MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 40.73,-80.43 Latitude: 40.73 Longitude: -80.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 968 334 16.6 2.1 38 14.5 9.1 264 13 292.4 293.3 283.7 305.8 4.59 2 950 491 15.1 0.3 36 14.8 7.8 264 25 292.5 293.2 283.2 304.5 4.11 3 900 944 10.4 -1.3 44 11.8 4.9 263 32 292.3 292.9 282.8 303.5 3.85 4 850 1416 5.7 -2.7 55 8.3 1.9 260 35 292.1 292.7 282.5 302.9 3.69 5 800 1907 0.9 -3.9 70 4.8 -1.2 254 36 292.1 292.7 282.4 302.6 3.57 6 750 2421 -3.8 -5.4 89 1.5 -4.4 244 38 292.4 293.0 282.4 302.5 3.42 7 700 2962 -7.5 -14.3 58 6.7 -9.6 248 47 294.1 294.5 281.2 299.7 1.81 8 650 3537 -9.1 -24.9 27 15.8 -12.8 251 51 298.7 298.8 281.8 301.2 0.78 9 600 4152 -12.3 -34.2 14 22.0 -16.1 254 52 301.9 302.0 282.6 303.1 0.35 10 550 4812 -16.0 -38.7 12 22.6 -19.3 257 56 305.1 305.1 283.8 305.9 0.25 11 500 5524 -20.1 -41.0 14 20.9 -22.8 257 62 308.5 308.5 285.0 309.3 0.21 12 450 6296 -25.5 -43.1 18 17.7 -27.3 255 74 311.2 311.3 286.0 311.9 0.19 13 400 7141 -31.0 -46.8 20 15.8 -32.3 253 85 314.7 314.7 287.2 315.2 0.14 14 350 8074 -37.1 -54.0 16 16.9 -38.0 252 95 318.7 318.7 288.4 319.0 0.07 15 300 9125 -43.4 -59.0 16 15.6 -44.0 250 97 324.2 324.2 290.1 324.4 0.04 16 250 10339 -46.9 -65.8 10 18.9 -47.4 252 94 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.4 0.02 17 200 11815 -47.8 -76.1 2 28.3 -48.4 256 71 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.01 18 150 13686 -54.7 -80.0 3 25.4 -55.1 251 66 375.8 375.8 301.6 375.9 0.00 19 100 16251 -59.2 -84.7 2 25.5 -59.6 255 40 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5468.78 m Freezing level: 790.81 mb = 2001.64 m = 6566.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 818.91 mb = 1717.76 m = 5635.63 ft Precipitable water: 0.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.72 % Est. max temperature: 16.20 C = 61.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 778.28 mb = 2126.45 m = 6976.47 ft T: -1.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.92 C/km ThetaE index: 6.15 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.15 mb = 2356.24 m = 7730.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.48 C = 61.67 F Cap Strength: 4.51 C Lifted Index: 6.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.34 C Showalter Index: 6.83 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.79 C Cross Totals Index: 17.45 C K Index: 16.36 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 131.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.47 mb = 2352.88 m = 7719.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.47 mb = 2405.71 m = 7892.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 691.47 mb = 3056.87 m = 10028.97 ft B at Equ Level: 13.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 651.47 mb = 3519.48 m = 11546.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.6 at 47.8 knts Storm direction: 284.6 at 35.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 4.4 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.5 neg: -2.0 tot: 159.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 74.48 m/s