MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z MON 20 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 13.1 11.8 92 1.3 12.3 245 11 289.8 291.4 287.2 315.4 9.11 2 950 495 12.8 10.9 88 1.9 11.7 246 19 290.2 291.8 287.0 314.7 8.66 3 900 948 9.6 8.6 93 1.1 9.0 243 33 291.4 292.8 286.6 313.6 7.79 4 850 1421 7.0 5.6 91 1.4 6.2 243 42 293.5 294.7 286.4 312.9 6.73 5 800 1917 3.6 2.6 93 1.0 3.1 243 42 295.0 296.0 285.9 311.8 5.77 6 750 2439 1.2 1.0 99 0.1 1.1 237 32 297.8 298.8 286.8 314.1 5.50 7 700 2992 -0.8 -0.9 99 0.1 -0.9 225 27 301.6 302.6 287.8 317.0 5.11 8 650 3581 -3.7 -3.9 98 0.3 -3.8 209 34 304.8 305.6 288.2 318.3 4.40 9 600 4210 -6.9 -7.3 97 0.4 -7.1 201 45 308.2 308.8 288.6 319.7 3.69 10 550 4885 -10.7 -11.1 97 0.4 -10.8 191 52 311.4 312.0 289.0 320.9 2.98 11 500 5611 -16.0 -18.0 84 2.0 -16.6 194 54 313.5 313.8 288.6 319.6 1.85 12 450 6396 -21.1 -27.1 59 6.0 -22.4 195 69 316.7 316.9 288.7 319.8 0.92 13 400 7257 -24.6 -38.5 26 14.0 -26.5 189 83 323.1 323.1 290.0 324.3 0.34 14 350 8229 -25.3 -40.8 22 15.5 -27.5 187 110 334.7 334.7 293.3 335.9 0.31 15 300 9330 -33.8 -41.6 45 7.8 -34.7 191 112 337.8 337.8 294.1 339.1 0.33 16 250 10581 -43.6 -47.7 64 4.1 -43.9 202 115 341.3 341.3 294.8 342.1 0.21 17 200 12063 -47.7 -73.3 4 25.6 -48.3 216 71 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.3 0.01 18 150 13925 -57.5 -79.1 5 21.6 -57.8 211 40 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.0 0.01 19 100 16447 -63.8 -83.9 5 20.1 -64.0 239 30 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5548.56 m Freezing level: 720.14 mb = 2769.15 m = 9085.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 722.22 mb = 2741.44 m = 8994.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.88 % Est. max temperature: 17.97 C = 64.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.05 mb = 583.47 m = 1914.26 ft T: 12.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 3.64 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.80 mb = 1182.69 m = 3880.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.71 C = 60.28 F Cap Strength: 3.94 C Lifted Index: 3.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.48 C Showalter Index: 4.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.02 C Cross Totals Index: 21.65 C K Index: 28.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.10 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.32 mb = 1055.81 m = 3463.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 823.32 mb = 1681.68 m = 5517.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 763.32 mb = 2296.21 m = 7533.41 ft B at Equ Level: 16.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 703.32 mb = 2954.22 m = 9692.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.8 at 42.3 knts Storm direction: 241.8 at 31.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 3.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.4 neg: -23.6 tot: -9.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: -2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 85.99 m/s