MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 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 109 SFC 964 428 23.4 9.2 40 14.3 14.8 224 6 299.7 301.1 289.3 322.0 7.57 2 950 552 21.1 8.0 43 13.1 13.3 222 10 298.6 299.9 288.6 319.5 7.09 3 900 1016 16.6 7.2 54 9.4 11.2 223 12 298.6 299.9 288.6 319.5 7.08 4 850 1500 13.7 7.5 66 6.1 10.0 239 16 300.5 301.9 289.8 323.2 7.68 5 800 2009 11.2 5.7 69 5.4 8.0 251 17 303.1 304.4 290.2 324.7 7.22 6 750 2545 8.6 1.7 62 6.9 4.9 256 17 305.9 307.0 289.8 323.5 5.76 7 700 3113 5.7 -4.5 48 10.2 0.9 256 19 308.8 309.6 289.1 321.1 3.92 8 650 3715 2.0 -6.6 53 8.6 -1.9 258 21 311.2 311.9 289.5 322.6 3.59 9 600 4356 -2.3 -8.8 61 6.5 -5.1 262 24 313.5 314.1 290.0 324.0 3.28 10 550 5041 -7.1 -11.4 71 4.3 -8.8 266 27 315.7 316.2 290.3 325.1 2.91 11 500 5777 -12.4 -15.4 79 3.0 -13.4 273 26 317.9 318.4 290.5 325.6 2.31 12 450 6575 -17.1 -21.3 70 4.2 -18.3 273 25 321.8 322.1 290.9 327.1 1.55 13 400 7448 -22.8 -24.7 85 1.9 -23.3 285 22 325.3 325.5 291.6 329.8 1.29 14 350 8414 -29.8 -32.6 77 2.8 -30.3 289 28 328.5 328.7 292.0 331.1 0.71 15 300 9493 -37.9 -45.9 43 8.0 -38.6 282 28 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.7 0.21 16 250 10721 -48.2 -55.3 44 7.1 -48.4 280 29 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.08 17 200 12161 -55.5 -64.5 32 8.9 -55.7 271 41 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.03 18 150 13977 -61.4 -78.5 9 17.1 -61.6 271 45 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.4 0.01 19 100 16437 -68.6 -83.5 10 14.9 -68.7 280 32 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.37 m Freezing level: 626.71 mb = 4013.88 m = 13168.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.02 mb = 3300.68 m = 10828.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.86 % Est. max temperature: 26.01 C = 78.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 780.77 mb = 2210.84 m = 7253.33 ft T: 10.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 3.60 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 663.38 mb = 3549.74 m = 11645.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.15 C = 93.47 F Cap Strength: 5.23 C Lifted Index: 3.92 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.23 C Showalter Index: 2.28 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.07 C Cross Totals Index: 19.93 C K Index: 23.42 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8358.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.54 mb = 2213.32 m = 7261.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.8 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 288.8 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 59.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 24.59 m/s