MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.40,-80.18 Latitude: 40.40 Longitude: -80.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 974 329 23.0 11.4 48 11.6 15.7 208 6 298.4 300.0 289.9 323.9 8.71 2 950 541 21.3 9.8 48 11.5 14.3 213 13 298.8 300.3 289.5 322.4 8.05 3 900 1006 16.9 8.8 59 8.1 12.0 217 16 298.9 300.3 289.4 322.1 7.91 4 850 1490 13.2 7.7 69 5.5 10.0 236 20 300.0 301.4 289.7 323.0 7.80 5 800 1999 11.1 4.6 64 6.5 7.5 253 25 303.0 304.2 289.6 323.0 6.65 6 750 2534 7.7 0.2 59 7.4 3.8 252 28 304.9 305.9 289.0 320.7 5.19 7 700 3100 4.9 -6.5 43 11.4 -0.2 250 30 307.9 308.5 288.2 318.4 3.36 8 650 3701 2.0 -9.5 42 11.4 -2.9 252 29 311.2 311.7 288.9 320.4 2.87 9 600 4342 -2.6 -5.1 83 2.5 -3.7 260 29 313.2 314.0 290.9 327.0 4.36 10 550 5026 -6.9 -17.2 43 10.4 -10.4 260 29 315.9 316.3 289.3 321.9 1.80 11 500 5764 -10.9 -36.7 10 25.8 -15.9 266 30 319.7 319.8 289.0 320.9 0.33 12 450 6565 -16.4 -38.9 12 22.5 -20.1 269 29 322.6 322.7 289.9 323.7 0.29 13 400 7440 -22.3 -37.3 24 15.0 -24.6 267 27 326.0 326.1 291.0 327.4 0.39 14 350 8408 -29.0 -38.0 42 9.0 -30.3 272 27 329.6 329.7 292.0 331.1 0.41 15 300 9488 -38.6 -46.3 44 7.8 -39.1 270 30 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.20 16 250 10710 -49.9 -53.0 70 3.1 -50.0 284 38 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.3 0.11 17 200 12143 -56.6 -63.6 41 6.9 -56.8 277 34 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.04 18 150 13949 -59.5 -78.7 7 19.2 -59.7 271 56 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.01 19 100 16432 -66.9 -83.5 8 16.5 -67.1 282 32 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.64 m Freezing level: 628.27 mb = 3979.47 m = 13055.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.65 mb = 3068.76 m = 10067.99 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.27 % Est. max temperature: 26.12 C = 79.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.87 mb = 1792.63 m = 5881.26 ft T: 11.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 4.60 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.30 mb = 2956.93 m = 9701.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.66 C = 88.99 F Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lifted Index: 4.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.42 C Showalter Index: 3.82 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.84 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.17 C Cross Totals Index: 18.67 C K Index: 20.51 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7693.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 800.54 mb = 1992.88 m = 6538.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.0 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 283.0 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 119.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 44.11 m/s