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: 39.29,-80.34 Latitude: 39.29 Longitude: -80.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 959 417 15.9 11.7 76 4.2 13.4 147 5 292.5 294.1 288.2 318.3 9.05 2 950 499 18.3 11.3 64 7.0 14.0 160 14 295.7 297.3 289.2 321.4 8.89 3 900 964 19.4 10.3 56 9.0 13.8 195 29 301.5 303.1 291.0 327.5 8.80 4 850 1453 15.8 9.4 66 6.4 11.9 204 28 302.7 304.3 291.3 328.6 8.72 5 800 1965 11.8 7.6 75 4.2 9.3 199 29 303.8 305.3 291.2 328.3 8.20 6 750 2503 8.5 4.1 74 4.4 6.0 196 36 305.8 307.1 290.7 326.6 6.85 7 700 3071 5.9 -1.0 61 6.8 2.4 198 41 309.0 309.9 290.2 324.8 5.10 8 650 3674 2.6 -7.8 46 10.4 -2.0 202 43 312.0 312.6 289.5 322.4 3.28 9 600 4317 -0.9 -14.2 36 13.3 -6.0 203 43 315.0 315.4 289.3 322.0 2.12 10 550 5006 -4.7 -19.1 31 14.4 -9.5 208 43 318.5 318.8 289.9 323.7 1.53 11 500 5749 -9.7 -23.1 33 13.3 -13.6 217 42 321.2 321.4 290.3 325.3 1.19 12 450 6555 -14.0 -37.7 11 23.8 -18.3 222 43 325.7 325.7 290.8 326.9 0.33 13 400 7439 -19.9 -35.6 23 15.7 -22.7 227 45 329.1 329.2 291.9 330.9 0.46 14 350 8414 -27.8 -31.3 72 3.5 -28.5 231 48 331.2 331.4 292.8 334.1 0.80 15 300 9503 -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 -46.4 92 0.8 -45.7 242 38 338.2 338.3 294.1 339.2 0.24 17 200 12189 -56.5 -58.2 81 1.7 -56.6 257 49 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.5 0.07 18 150 13991 -63.4 -75.5 18 12.1 -63.5 255 36 360.8 360.8 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16442 -68.5 -83.6 10 15.1 -68.6 253 36 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.47 m Freezing level: 613.18 mb = 4147.60 m = 13607.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.74 mb = 3394.10 m = 11135.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.75 % Est. max temperature: 26.81 C = 80.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.00 mb = 954.85 m = 3132.68 ft T: 19.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 6.62 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.61 mb = 2786.23 m = 9141.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.59 C = 87.06 F Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lifted Index: 3.68 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.21 C Showalter Index: 2.16 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.52 C Cross Totals Index: 19.11 C K Index: 28.05 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6266.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.42 mb = 1876.80 m = 6157.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.1 at 37.2 knts Storm direction: 234.1 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 1.3 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 247.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 247.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.50 Bulk Shear: 62.07 m/s