MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 12Z TUE 21 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 102 SFC 962 427 8.0 -0.4 55 8.4 4.2 182 5 284.3 284.9 279.1 295.2 3.85 2 950 528 11.6 -2.3 38 13.9 5.3 201 18 289.0 289.6 280.8 298.8 3.39 3 900 981 12.1 -3.4 34 15.5 5.0 233 39 294.0 294.6 282.9 303.8 3.31 4 850 1457 9.0 -2.7 44 11.7 3.5 243 40 295.5 296.2 284.0 306.5 3.69 5 800 1956 5.6 -2.5 56 8.1 1.8 243 38 297.1 297.8 284.9 309.0 3.97 6 750 2481 2.7 -1.7 73 4.3 0.6 239 41 299.5 300.3 286.4 313.0 4.51 7 700 3037 0.9 -2.8 76 3.7 -0.9 236 51 303.5 304.3 287.8 317.0 4.45 8 650 3630 -1.8 -7.5 65 5.8 -4.2 241 55 307.0 307.6 287.9 317.4 3.34 9 600 4263 -5.2 -13.1 54 7.9 -8.1 244 56 310.1 310.6 287.9 317.6 2.32 10 550 4942 -8.9 -20.0 40 11.1 -12.2 240 58 313.5 313.8 288.2 318.3 1.42 11 500 5674 -12.6 -30.6 21 18.0 -16.5 245 69 317.7 317.8 288.6 319.8 0.60 12 450 6472 -16.6 -32.1 25 15.5 -19.7 245 83 322.3 322.5 290.1 324.4 0.58 13 400 7347 -22.3 -41.4 16 19.1 -24.9 241 83 326.0 326.1 290.9 327.0 0.25 14 350 8312 -30.6 -44.2 25 13.6 -32.0 245 84 327.5 327.6 291.2 328.3 0.22 15 300 9384 -40.5 -44.9 62 4.4 -40.8 246 86 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.2 0.23 16 250 10597 -51.0 -52.9 80 1.9 -51.1 245 85 330.2 330.3 291.9 330.7 0.11 17 200 12016 -58.3 -65.2 41 6.9 -58.4 260 85 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.6 0.03 18 150 13812 -60.7 -77.5 9 16.8 -60.9 251 72 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.01 19 100 16320 -65.3 -84.1 6 18.8 -65.4 251 46 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5572.32 m Freezing level: 683.45 mb = 3233.54 m = 10608.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.33 mb = 2706.10 m = 8878.16 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.99 % Est. max temperature: 20.28 C = 68.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.62 mb = 1499.39 m = 4919.20 ft T: 8.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.11 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 961.6--28882151778513119643386622509056.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 540.04 mb = 5082.13 m = 16673.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.66 C = 99.78 F Cap Strength: 12.81 C Lifted Index: 14.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.06 C Showalter Index: 11.95 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.48 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.57 C Cross Totals Index: 9.91 C K Index: 15.21 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.54 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13606.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 734.34 mb = 2650.87 m = 8696.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.9 at 51.6 knts Storm direction: 270.9 at 38.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 423.7 neg: -5.9 tot: 417.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 139.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 129.03 m/s