MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 1 NOV 25 Station: 41.88,-76.73 Latitude: 41.88 Longitude: -76.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 SFC 952 443 12.6 8.2 75 4.3 10.1 199 8 289.7 291.0 285.4 310.1 7.20 2 950 466 12.5 7.8 73 4.7 9.9 202 10 289.9 291.1 285.2 309.8 7.02 3 900 917 9.0 6.5 84 2.6 7.6 214 22 290.8 292.0 285.3 310.0 6.73 4 850 1390 8.2 7.8 98 0.4 7.9 244 38 294.7 296.1 287.8 317.3 7.82 5 800 1891 7.1 7.0 99 0.1 7.1 248 42 298.7 300.1 289.3 321.8 7.87 6 750 2420 5.1 4.3 95 0.8 4.7 247 41 302.1 303.4 289.6 323.0 6.98 7 700 2982 2.0 0.7 91 1.3 1.4 248 42 304.7 305.8 289.5 322.2 5.77 8 650 3576 -1.5 -2.4 93 0.9 -1.9 249 44 307.3 308.2 289.5 322.5 4.94 9 600 4210 -5.0 -6.2 91 1.2 -5.5 246 47 310.3 311.1 289.6 322.9 4.00 10 550 4890 -8.4 -9.9 89 1.5 -9.0 244 45 314.2 314.8 290.2 324.7 3.28 11 500 5627 -11.1 -15.4 71 4.3 -12.6 239 37 319.5 319.9 290.9 327.2 2.31 12 450 6428 -16.4 -19.5 77 3.0 -17.3 237 42 322.6 322.9 291.3 328.8 1.82 13 400 7303 -22.8 -23.9 91 1.1 -23.1 237 45 325.4 325.6 291.7 330.2 1.39 14 350 8268 -30.2 -31.2 91 1.0 -30.4 244 55 328.0 328.2 292.0 330.9 0.80 15 300 9344 -39.2 -40.0 92 0.8 -39.3 246 64 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.6 0.39 16 250 10565 -49.4 -53.5 62 4.2 -49.6 252 66 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.10 17 200 11994 -58.7 -62.5 61 3.8 -58.7 257 73 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.04 18 150 13792 -59.4 -78.9 6 19.5 -59.6 233 47 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.01 19 100 16321 -61.4 -84.0 3 22.6 -61.7 264 24 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5594.02 m Freezing level: 671.04 mb = 3326.13 m = 10912.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.16 mb = 3224.14 m = 10577.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.88 % Est. max temperature: 21.21 C = 70.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.53 mb = 985.70 m = 3233.88 ft T: 8.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.97 C/km ThetaE index: 0.72 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.35 mb = 2580.90 m = 8467.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.53 C = 77.95 F Cap Strength: 7.52 C Lifted Index: 10.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.35 C Showalter Index: 6.80 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.26 C Cross Totals Index: 18.90 C K Index: 25.75 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.87 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.96 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10513.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.31 mb = 1232.37 m = 4043.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.2 at 39.4 knts Storm direction: 273.2 at 29.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.1 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 267.6 neg: -4.3 tot: 263.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 97.84 m/s