MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F315.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F315.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 315 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 40.05,-75.4 Latitude: 40.05 Longitude: -75.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 999 102 16.7 15.7 94 1.0 16.1 151 10 289.9 291.9 289.3 321.7 11.31 2 950 531 14.6 13.5 93 1.1 14.0 166 30 292.0 293.8 289.1 321.3 10.30 3 900 987 12.1 10.6 90 1.5 11.2 179 30 294.0 295.6 288.6 319.7 8.95 4 850 1464 9.2 7.9 91 1.4 8.5 187 29 295.8 297.2 288.3 318.7 7.88 5 800 1965 6.4 5.1 92 1.3 5.7 200 30 298.0 299.3 288.2 318.3 6.92 6 750 2492 3.4 2.6 95 0.8 3.0 214 30 300.3 301.4 288.3 318.7 6.18 7 700 3049 0.1 -0.5 96 0.6 -0.2 216 34 302.6 303.6 288.3 318.6 5.29 8 650 3641 -3.0 -3.9 93 0.9 -3.4 207 36 305.6 306.4 288.5 319.2 4.41 9 600 4271 -6.3 -7.1 94 0.8 -6.7 194 32 308.8 309.5 288.9 320.5 3.73 10 550 4948 -9.9 -12.5 81 2.6 -10.8 192 34 312.4 312.9 289.0 320.9 2.66 11 500 5677 -14.5 -20.9 58 6.4 -16.3 200 32 315.4 315.7 288.8 320.2 1.45 12 450 6465 -20.8 -22.1 89 1.3 -21.1 200 41 317.1 317.4 289.3 322.0 1.45 13 400 7328 -25.6 -25.8 99 0.2 -25.6 184 54 321.7 321.9 290.5 325.7 1.17 14 350 8281 -33.2 -33.2 100 -0.0 -33.3 181 58 323.9 324.1 290.6 326.3 0.66 15 300 9343 -42.0 -42.0 100 0.0 -42.0 182 67 326.1 326.2 290.9 327.3 0.32 16 250 10550 -51.9 -51.9 100 0.0 -51.9 187 77 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.4 0.13 17 200 11963 -58.6 -64.5 47 5.9 -58.7 208 57 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.1 0.03 18 150 13784 -55.4 -81.0 3 25.5 -55.8 246 45 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.6 0.00 19 100 16340 -59.7 -84.3 3 24.6 -60.0 246 32 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5581.72 m Freezing level: 697.93 mb = 3073.90 m = 10084.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.47 mb = 3021.04 m = 9911.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.21 % Est. max temperature: 22.64 C = 72.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.24 mb = 221.26 m = 725.90 ft T: 16.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 3.36 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.11 mb = 874.43 m = 2868.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.29 C = 68.53 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: 1.38 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.71 C Showalter Index: 2.67 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.72 C Cross Totals Index: 22.36 C K Index: 31.02 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.26 mb = 690.01 m = 2263.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.26 mb = 1491.04 m = 4891.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 607.26 mb = 4176.34 m = 13701.73 ft B at Equ Level: 52.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 487.26 mb = 5869.65 m = 19257.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.8 at 31.4 knts Storm direction: 226.8 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 216.6 neg: -0.4 tot: 216.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 1.24 Bulk Shear: 42.98 m/s