MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 41 SFC 957 416 15.9 14.4 91 1.4 15.0 219 11 292.7 294.6 289.9 323.6 10.86 2 950 478 16.0 13.9 87 2.1 14.6 221 19 293.4 295.3 289.8 323.4 10.53 3 900 936 12.8 11.8 93 1.0 12.1 224 34 294.7 296.4 289.5 322.5 9.68 4 850 1415 10.2 8.9 92 1.3 9.4 226 42 296.8 298.3 289.2 321.3 8.42 5 800 1917 7.1 6.6 97 0.5 6.8 221 43 298.7 300.1 289.1 321.1 7.64 6 750 2446 4.2 4.0 99 0.2 4.1 217 45 301.1 302.4 289.2 321.4 6.81 7 700 3005 1.0 0.9 100 0.1 1.0 213 46 303.6 304.7 289.1 321.2 5.85 8 650 3598 -1.9 -2.2 98 0.2 -2.0 209 48 306.8 307.7 289.4 322.2 5.02 9 600 4231 -5.1 -5.5 97 0.4 -5.3 206 47 310.2 311.0 289.8 323.6 4.25 10 550 4911 -8.5 -10.3 87 1.7 -9.2 202 58 314.0 314.6 290.0 324.2 3.19 11 500 5646 -11.5 -42.2 6 30.7 -16.5 204 70 319.0 319.1 288.6 319.7 0.19 12 450 6445 -16.2 -33.5 21 17.4 -19.6 200 77 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.7 0.50 13 400 7327 -19.7 -25.3 61 5.6 -21.1 196 87 329.4 329.7 292.7 333.8 1.23 14 350 8305 -26.7 -27.4 94 0.7 -26.8 191 91 332.8 333.0 293.6 337.0 1.15 15 300 9398 -35.5 -35.7 99 0.1 -35.5 192 86 335.3 335.4 293.7 337.6 0.61 16 250 10640 -44.7 -44.7 100 -0.0 -44.7 209 106 339.6 339.6 294.5 340.7 0.29 17 200 12111 -50.8 -71.0 7 20.3 -51.2 220 70 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 13950 -58.7 -79.3 5 20.6 -58.9 223 61 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16437 -64.2 -83.9 5 19.7 -64.4 233 24 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5604.95 m Freezing level: 683.13 mb = 3204.75 m = 10514.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.98 mb = 3189.91 m = 10465.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.23 % Est. max temperature: 21.52 C = 70.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.97 mb = 594.82 m = 1951.48 ft T: 15.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.72 C/km ThetaE index: 2.46 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.07 mb = 1199.80 m = 3936.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.00 C = 66.20 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: 3.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Showalter Index: 4.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.65 C Cross Totals Index: 20.34 C K Index: 30.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.40 mb = 1053.77 m = 3457.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 822.40 mb = 1688.08 m = 5538.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 642.40 mb = 3690.83 m = 12108.89 ft B at Equ Level: 33.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 552.40 mb = 4876.81 m = 15999.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.9 at 50.2 knts Storm direction: 239.9 at 37.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 2.3 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.2 neg: -12.9 tot: 74.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 93.09 m/s