MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 129 SFC 966 427 17.3 1.5 34 15.8 9.2 343 1 293.4 294.2 283.9 306.3 4.41 2 950 566 15.9 -1.1 31 16.9 7.6 344 1 293.3 293.9 283.1 304.2 3.72 3 900 1021 11.5 -2.1 39 13.6 5.1 329 0 293.4 294.0 283.0 304.1 3.64 4 850 1495 10.4 -13.0 18 23.4 1.5 325 2 297.0 297.3 282.3 302.1 1.65 5 800 2000 10.6 -5.7 31 16.2 3.2 348 10 302.4 303.0 286.1 312.0 3.13 6 750 2536 8.4 3.6 72 4.8 5.7 346 15 305.6 306.9 290.5 325.7 6.61 7 700 3103 5.7 1.0 72 4.7 3.2 336 19 308.7 309.9 290.8 326.9 5.88 8 650 3707 2.8 -1.5 74 4.2 0.6 333 25 312.1 313.1 291.3 328.7 5.29 9 600 4351 -0.9 -6.8 64 6.0 -3.6 330 30 315.1 315.9 291.0 327.4 3.82 10 550 5041 -4.4 -15.5 41 11.1 -8.5 327 31 318.9 319.3 290.5 325.8 2.08 11 500 5786 -9.2 -18.6 46 9.4 -12.3 325 31 321.8 322.2 291.1 327.9 1.77 12 450 6592 -14.8 -22.4 53 7.5 -17.0 323 32 324.6 324.9 291.6 329.5 1.41 13 400 7472 -21.5 -26.8 62 5.3 -22.7 312 36 327.1 327.3 292.0 330.9 1.07 14 350 8440 -29.2 -31.6 80 2.4 -29.6 307 36 329.4 329.5 292.3 332.2 0.78 15 300 9526 -35.7 -35.8 99 0.1 -35.7 309 48 335.0 335.1 293.6 337.3 0.60 16 250 10766 -46.2 -47.3 88 1.1 -46.3 307 51 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.2 0.21 17 200 12214 -56.2 -56.9 92 0.7 -56.2 296 61 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.2 0.09 18 150 14003 -64.9 -76.3 19 11.4 -65.0 299 48 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16425 -69.6 -83.2 12 13.7 -69.6 311 37 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.17 m Freezing level: 611.92 mb = 4197.68 m = 13771.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.72 mb = 3797.93 m = 12460.25 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.92 % Est. max temperature: 24.53 C = 76.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 761.42 mb = 2410.09 m = 7907.03 ft T: 8.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 4.15 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 484.77 mb = 6022.24 m = 19757.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.30 C = 115.34 F Cap Strength: 16.15 C Lifted Index: 17.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.84 C Showalter Index: 18.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 15.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.57 C Cross Totals Index: -3.83 C K Index: 1.89 Risk: None Sweat Index: 34.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.38 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13181.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 719.31 mb = 2879.46 m = 9446.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 330.7 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 0.7 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.1 neg: -0.1 tot: 24.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 47.09 m/s