MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 39.27,-80.31 Latitude: 39.27 Longitude: -80.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 146 SFC 967 427 17.9 0.5 31 17.5 9.1 343 2 293.8 294.6 283.7 305.8 4.08 2 950 581 14.4 -1.8 33 16.3 6.8 347 3 291.8 292.5 282.3 302.2 3.52 3 900 1033 10.0 -3.0 40 13.0 4.1 351 2 291.8 292.4 282.1 301.7 3.39 4 850 1505 8.3 -11.2 24 19.5 0.8 350 4 294.8 295.1 281.6 300.6 1.91 5 800 2006 9.4 -21.1 10 30.5 -0.4 340 10 301.1 301.3 283.0 304.0 0.89 6 750 2540 8.6 -3.1 44 11.7 2.9 344 17 305.9 306.6 288.2 318.4 4.05 7 700 3108 5.5 0.9 73 4.5 3.1 344 21 308.5 309.6 290.7 326.6 5.86 8 650 3710 2.5 -2.3 70 4.8 0.1 339 27 311.8 312.7 290.9 327.3 4.95 9 600 4354 -1.2 -5.1 75 3.9 -3.0 336 33 314.8 315.6 291.3 328.7 4.37 10 550 5043 -5.2 -9.3 73 4.1 -7.0 332 34 317.9 318.6 291.5 329.1 3.44 11 500 5786 -9.4 -14.3 67 4.9 -11.2 329 34 321.6 322.1 291.7 330.0 2.52 12 450 6593 -14.7 -19.8 65 5.2 -16.2 334 37 324.8 325.2 292.0 330.9 1.76 13 400 7474 -21.0 -27.6 55 6.6 -22.5 324 41 327.7 327.8 292.0 331.2 0.99 14 350 8445 -28.6 -34.4 57 5.8 -29.5 313 37 330.3 330.4 292.4 332.4 0.59 15 300 9529 -37.0 -40.8 68 3.8 -37.4 307 47 333.2 333.3 293.0 334.6 0.36 16 250 10768 -46.0 -48.9 72 2.9 -46.2 317 61 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.4 0.18 17 200 12218 -55.3 -58.9 64 3.6 -55.4 304 68 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.5 0.07 18 150 14008 -65.1 -74.5 26 9.4 -65.2 308 56 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16427 -69.8 -83.2 12 13.4 -69.8 306 35 392.9 392.9 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5640.37 m Freezing level: 615.84 mb = 4150.17 m = 13615.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 817.42 mb = 1827.88 m = 5996.90 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.49 % Est. max temperature: 22.90 C = 73.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 744.10 mb = 2604.83 m = 8545.93 ft T: 8.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 5.21 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 479.30 mb = 6109.91 m = 20045.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.71 C = 116.07 F Cap Strength: 16.59 C Lifted Index: 18.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.69 C Showalter Index: 19.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 15.84 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.66 C Cross Totals Index: -1.82 C K Index: 1.95 Risk: None Sweat Index: 42.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 6.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13950.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 728.56 mb = 2778.52 m = 9115.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 336.0 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 6.0 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.5 neg: -0.9 tot: 35.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 50.42 m/s