MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.91,-75.00 Latitude: 38.91 Longitude: -75.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1017 1 13.1 4.7 56 8.5 8.8 337 5 284.9 285.8 281.2 299.7 5.25 1 1000 138 11.9 3.2 55 8.6 7.6 334 5 285.0 285.8 280.7 298.6 4.82 2 950 567 11.1 -2.0 40 13.0 5.1 337 8 288.4 289.0 280.7 298.5 3.48 3 900 1017 10.2 -2.1 42 12.2 4.5 333 14 292.0 292.6 282.4 302.7 3.65 4 850 1492 10.0 5.3 72 4.8 7.4 333 21 296.6 297.8 287.3 315.8 6.56 5 800 1996 8.9 5.2 77 3.7 6.9 340 25 300.7 302.0 289.2 321.3 6.95 6 750 2529 6.5 1.6 70 5.0 3.9 347 28 303.7 304.7 289.0 321.0 5.72 7 700 3092 3.1 -1.0 74 4.1 1.1 335 32 305.9 306.9 289.2 321.6 5.10 8 650 3689 -0.3 -0.6 98 0.3 -0.4 323 39 308.6 309.7 290.6 326.0 5.63 9 600 4328 -2.2 -5.2 80 3.0 -3.6 325 41 313.6 314.4 291.0 327.4 4.34 10 550 5015 -5.7 -10.5 69 4.7 -7.7 320 41 317.3 317.9 291.0 327.5 3.14 11 500 5756 -10.5 -15.3 68 4.8 -12.2 323 39 320.3 320.7 291.2 328.0 2.33 12 450 6558 -15.9 -19.3 75 3.4 -16.9 322 32 323.3 323.6 291.6 329.6 1.85 13 400 7435 -22.4 -25.9 73 3.6 -23.2 317 28 325.9 326.2 291.7 330.0 1.16 14 350 8401 -29.5 -32.8 73 3.3 -30.0 306 33 329.0 329.2 292.2 331.6 0.69 15 300 9486 -36.8 -43.0 53 6.2 -37.4 304 29 333.5 333.6 293.0 334.6 0.29 16 250 10718 -47.8 -48.4 94 0.6 -47.9 299 35 335.0 335.0 293.3 335.7 0.19 17 200 12151 -58.3 -61.5 66 3.3 -58.3 297 41 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.05 18 150 13944 -62.9 -78.6 10 15.7 -63.0 305 32 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.8 0.01 19 100 16402 -65.9 -83.3 7 17.5 -66.0 312 27 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5617.63 m Freezing level: 654.44 mb = 3635.85 m = 11928.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.74 mb = 3508.28 m = 11509.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.02 % Est. max temperature: 23.30 C = 73.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.59 mb = 1066.77 m = 3499.86 ft T: 10.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.11 C/km ThetaE index: 1.18 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 529.39 mb = 5311.95 m = 17427.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.85 C = 116.33 F Cap Strength: 18.06 C Lifted Index: 19.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 24.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.07 C Showalter Index: 8.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.51 C Cross Totals Index: 15.75 C K Index: 21.68 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 144.79 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15241.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.73 mb = 1823.73 m = 5983.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 328.9 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 358.9 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 2.4 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.4 neg: -5.4 tot: 55.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 71.38 m/s