MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 91 SFC 961 427 15.4 4.0 46 11.4 9.3 236 11 291.8 292.8 284.2 307.1 5.30 2 950 525 13.9 2.3 46 11.6 8.0 236 20 291.3 292.1 283.4 305.0 4.76 3 900 977 9.5 0.9 55 8.6 5.3 235 30 291.3 292.1 283.2 304.4 4.53 4 850 1448 6.9 2.1 72 4.8 4.5 243 39 293.4 294.3 284.8 308.6 5.24 5 800 1945 5.1 2.8 86 2.2 3.9 242 43 296.5 297.6 286.6 313.8 5.87 6 750 2470 1.8 1.4 97 0.4 1.6 242 49 298.5 299.6 287.2 315.3 5.67 7 700 3024 -0.9 -1.3 97 0.5 -1.1 243 56 301.5 302.4 287.6 316.5 4.97 8 650 3612 -4.2 -7.0 81 2.7 -5.4 241 58 304.2 304.8 287.1 314.9 3.49 9 600 4239 -8.2 -13.7 64 5.5 -10.1 241 59 306.6 307.0 286.6 313.6 2.20 10 550 4911 -10.4 -21.0 42 10.6 -13.4 247 69 311.8 312.0 287.5 316.1 1.31 11 500 5641 -12.8 -42.0 7 29.2 -17.4 246 80 317.4 317.4 288.1 318.1 0.19 12 450 6436 -18.3 -39.4 14 21.1 -21.5 241 88 320.3 320.3 289.2 321.3 0.28 13 400 7306 -23.2 -37.1 27 13.9 -25.4 237 95 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.3 0.40 14 350 8268 -31.3 -37.2 56 5.9 -32.1 237 99 326.5 326.6 291.2 328.2 0.45 15 300 9338 -40.5 -45.0 62 4.5 -40.8 236 98 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.2 0.23 16 250 10552 -50.8 -55.0 61 4.2 -50.9 242 98 330.6 330.6 292.0 330.9 0.09 17 200 11977 -57.2 -67.5 26 10.3 -57.3 252 89 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.3 0.02 18 150 13784 -60.1 -77.8 8 17.7 -60.3 242 73 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.01 19 100 16305 -62.9 -84.0 4 21.1 -63.1 242 47 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5550.25 m Freezing level: 716.13 mb = 2845.19 m = 9334.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 720.29 mb = 2794.56 m = 9168.41 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.68 % Est. max temperature: 19.33 C = 66.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 809.50 mb = 1848.60 m = 6064.89 ft T: 5.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.57 C/km ThetaE index: 2.72 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.95 mb = 3289.83 m = 10793.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.16 C = 79.09 F Cap Strength: 9.28 C Lifted Index: 12.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.63 C Showalter Index: 10.36 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.71 C Cross Totals Index: 14.92 C K Index: 21.35 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.84 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12544.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 793.01 mb = 2016.79 m = 6616.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.9 at 56.6 knts Storm direction: 272.9 at 42.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 4.2 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 288.0 neg: -2.4 tot: 285.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 153.25 m/s