MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 77 SFC 960 427 16.7 4.5 44 12.2 10.1 248 10 293.3 294.2 285.0 309.2 5.50 2 950 514 16.0 2.9 41 13.2 9.2 250 18 293.5 294.3 284.5 307.9 4.96 3 900 969 11.6 0.7 47 11.0 6.2 250 26 293.5 294.3 284.0 306.5 4.46 4 850 1443 6.9 -1.0 57 7.9 3.2 250 30 293.4 294.1 283.7 305.6 4.17 5 800 1937 2.1 -2.7 71 4.8 -0.0 249 33 293.4 294.1 283.4 304.9 3.93 6 750 2453 -2.6 -6.0 78 3.3 -4.0 247 36 293.7 294.3 282.8 303.4 3.26 7 700 2998 -4.8 -24.6 20 19.8 -9.6 256 46 297.2 297.3 281.1 299.6 0.74 8 650 3578 -6.8 -29.2 15 22.4 -11.6 254 48 301.3 301.4 282.6 303.1 0.53 9 600 4199 -9.7 -38.5 8 28.8 -14.5 256 46 304.9 305.0 283.7 305.7 0.23 10 550 4864 -14.2 -37.2 12 23.0 -17.9 259 52 307.2 307.3 284.7 308.2 0.29 11 500 5580 -19.4 -39.1 16 19.6 -22.1 258 58 309.4 309.4 285.4 310.3 0.26 12 450 6354 -24.9 -45.1 14 20.2 -27.0 256 67 311.9 311.9 286.2 312.5 0.15 13 400 7199 -31.2 -51.9 11 20.7 -32.6 250 80 314.5 314.5 287.0 314.8 0.08 14 350 8135 -36.4 -57.6 9 21.2 -37.4 246 88 319.6 319.7 288.7 319.8 0.05 15 300 9189 -42.3 -60.5 12 18.2 -43.0 246 93 325.7 325.7 290.5 325.9 0.04 16 250 10408 -46.7 -66.0 9 19.3 -47.2 247 81 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.7 0.02 17 200 11872 -51.5 -73.3 6 21.8 -51.9 244 74 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 13718 -56.2 -79.7 4 23.5 -56.5 252 73 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16272 -60.6 -84.5 3 23.9 -60.9 257 44 410.6 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5502.29 m Freezing level: 777.88 mb = 2165.45 m = 7104.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 800.60 mb = 1930.83 m = 6334.68 ft Precipitable water: 0.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.03 % Est. max temperature: 16.80 C = 62.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 799.21 mb = 1944.83 m = 6380.58 ft T: 2.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 9.63 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.53 mb = 2289.49 m = 7511.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.04 C = 62.68 F Cap Strength: 4.53 C Lifted Index: 4.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.89 C Showalter Index: 5.70 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.32 C Cross Totals Index: 18.38 C K Index: 5.49 Risk: None Sweat Index: 118.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.99 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.22 mb = 2271.79 m = 7453.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.22 mb = 2324.12 m = 7624.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 732.22 mb = 2642.68 m = 8670.11 ft B at Equ Level: 3.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 702.22 mb = 2972.60 m = 9752.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.7 at 44.2 knts Storm direction: 284.7 at 33.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 2.2 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 196.6 neg: -1.9 tot: 194.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 76.98 m/s