MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 104 SFC 963 428 23.4 12.8 51 10.6 16.6 227 5 299.8 301.5 291.2 328.1 9.66 2 950 549 22.6 11.1 48 11.5 15.4 227 9 300.1 301.8 290.6 326.0 8.76 3 900 1016 18.3 9.6 57 8.6 13.0 227 14 300.3 301.9 290.3 325.1 8.38 4 850 1502 13.9 8.6 71 5.3 10.7 229 17 300.7 302.2 290.3 325.1 8.28 5 800 2011 11.5 4.2 61 7.3 7.4 247 20 303.4 304.6 289.6 322.8 6.45 6 750 2548 8.6 -1.1 51 9.7 3.7 251 22 305.9 306.8 288.9 320.4 4.71 7 700 3115 5.7 -4.9 47 10.6 0.7 253 25 308.8 309.5 288.9 320.7 3.80 8 650 3718 2.0 -7.8 48 9.7 -2.3 257 25 311.2 311.8 289.2 321.6 3.28 9 600 4358 -2.6 -7.0 72 4.4 -4.6 265 24 313.1 313.8 290.3 325.1 3.76 10 550 5043 -6.9 -8.8 86 1.9 -7.7 275 24 315.9 316.6 291.0 327.4 3.56 11 500 5781 -11.6 -16.5 67 4.9 -13.2 277 25 318.9 319.3 290.5 325.9 2.11 12 450 6580 -16.4 -37.8 14 21.5 -20.0 278 26 322.7 322.7 289.9 323.9 0.33 13 400 7455 -22.5 -45.0 11 22.5 -25.2 275 26 325.8 325.8 290.7 326.4 0.17 14 350 8422 -29.0 -42.6 26 13.7 -30.6 278 27 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.6 0.25 15 300 9505 -37.9 -44.7 49 6.9 -38.4 281 34 332.0 332.1 292.5 332.9 0.24 16 250 10731 -48.6 -55.9 43 7.3 -48.8 297 46 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.08 17 200 12168 -56.6 -63.7 40 7.1 -56.8 291 48 343.1 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.04 18 150 13971 -60.6 -78.9 7 18.3 -60.7 269 67 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16446 -68.3 -83.5 10 15.2 -68.4 275 32 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.31 m Freezing level: 628.48 mb = 3993.30 m = 13101.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.14 mb = 3254.27 m = 10676.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.90 % Est. max temperature: 26.28 C = 79.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.53 mb = 1767.64 m = 5799.28 ft T: 12.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 4.76 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.04 mb = 2940.53 m = 9647.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.46 C = 88.63 F Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lifted Index: 1.84 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.01 C Showalter Index: 2.02 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.48 C Cross Totals Index: 20.22 C K Index: 23.53 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6069.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.78 mb = 2055.16 m = 6742.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.3 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 289.3 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 90.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 26.98 m/s