MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 12Z SUN 19 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 62 SFC 958 427 15.9 11.7 76 4.2 13.3 146 5 292.6 294.2 288.2 318.4 9.05 2 950 499 18.1 11.4 65 6.8 14.0 159 14 295.6 297.2 289.2 321.4 8.92 3 900 965 19.3 10.3 56 9.0 13.7 194 29 301.4 303.1 291.0 327.5 8.80 4 850 1454 15.8 9.2 65 6.6 11.8 203 29 302.7 304.3 291.3 328.5 8.64 5 800 1966 11.9 7.4 74 4.5 9.2 199 30 303.8 305.3 291.2 328.2 8.12 6 750 2503 8.6 3.9 73 4.6 6.0 196 36 305.9 307.1 290.7 326.4 6.78 7 700 3072 5.9 -1.0 61 7.0 2.4 198 41 309.0 310.0 290.2 324.8 5.07 8 650 3675 2.7 -7.8 46 10.5 -2.0 202 42 312.0 312.6 289.5 322.4 3.26 9 600 4318 -0.9 -14.2 36 13.3 -6.0 203 43 315.0 315.4 289.3 322.0 2.12 10 550 5007 -4.7 -19.0 32 14.3 -9.5 208 43 318.5 318.8 289.9 323.7 1.54 11 500 5750 -9.7 -23.3 32 13.5 -13.6 217 42 321.2 321.4 290.3 325.2 1.17 12 450 6556 -14.0 -37.7 11 23.7 -18.3 222 43 325.7 325.7 290.8 326.9 0.33 13 400 7440 -19.9 -36.0 22 16.1 -22.7 227 44 329.1 329.2 291.9 330.8 0.44 14 350 8415 -27.8 -31.5 71 3.6 -28.5 232 48 331.2 331.4 292.8 334.1 0.79 15 300 9504 -36.0 -38.1 81 2.1 -36.3 233 45 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.4 0.47 16 250 10743 -45.6 -46.5 91 0.9 -45.7 242 38 338.2 338.3 294.1 339.2 0.23 17 200 12189 -56.6 -58.2 82 1.6 -56.6 258 49 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.5 0.07 18 150 13991 -63.4 -75.6 18 12.1 -63.6 256 36 360.8 360.8 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16442 -68.5 -83.6 10 15.1 -68.6 253 36 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.71 m Freezing level: 612.95 mb = 4151.45 m = 13620.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.74 mb = 3394.92 m = 11138.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.33 % Est. max temperature: 26.81 C = 80.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.16 mb = 963.29 m = 3160.37 ft T: 19.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 6.47 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.27 mb = 2813.65 m = 9231.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.70 C = 87.26 F Cap Strength: 3.81 C Lifted Index: 3.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.25 C Showalter Index: 2.25 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.58 C Cross Totals Index: 18.98 C K Index: 27.87 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6325.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.60 mb = 1885.93 m = 6187.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.1 at 37.1 knts Storm direction: 234.1 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 1.2 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 245.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 245.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.51 Bulk Shear: 61.78 m/s