MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 39.23,-81.58 Latitude: 39.23 Longitude: -81.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 975 256 16.5 15.3 93 1.2 15.8 211 13 291.8 293.8 289.9 323.8 11.31 2 950 474 15.2 14.1 93 1.1 14.6 213 29 292.6 294.5 289.7 323.2 10.73 3 900 930 12.4 12.2 99 0.2 12.3 216 39 294.3 296.0 289.6 322.8 9.94 4 850 1409 9.9 9.7 99 0.2 9.7 223 45 296.5 298.1 289.5 322.3 8.90 5 800 1911 7.2 6.9 98 0.3 7.1 228 47 298.9 300.3 289.3 321.9 7.83 6 750 2440 4.4 3.9 97 0.4 4.1 226 48 301.3 302.6 289.2 321.5 6.77 7 700 2999 1.2 1.1 99 0.1 1.1 220 47 303.8 304.9 289.3 321.7 5.91 8 650 3592 -1.7 -1.9 99 0.2 -1.8 210 42 307.0 308.0 289.6 322.7 5.12 9 600 4226 -4.4 -4.7 98 0.3 -4.6 198 51 311.0 311.8 290.3 325.1 4.49 10 550 4908 -8.2 -8.4 98 0.3 -8.3 191 56 314.4 315.1 290.6 326.2 3.68 11 500 5644 -10.5 -12.3 87 1.8 -11.2 192 72 320.2 320.8 291.7 330.0 2.96 12 450 6449 -14.7 -15.9 91 1.2 -15.2 196 76 324.7 325.2 292.6 333.1 2.46 13 400 7332 -20.0 -21.0 92 1.0 -20.3 198 78 328.9 329.3 293.1 335.2 1.79 14 350 8309 -27.0 -27.0 99 0.1 -27.0 195 86 332.4 332.6 293.5 336.7 1.19 15 300 9401 -35.5 -35.6 99 0.1 -35.5 196 89 335.3 335.4 293.7 337.6 0.61 16 250 10644 -44.7 -46.4 83 1.7 -44.8 211 99 339.6 339.7 294.4 340.6 0.24 17 200 12119 -51.2 -70.3 9 19.0 -51.6 218 66 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 13948 -60.6 -78.5 8 17.9 -60.8 209 63 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16436 -64.9 -83.9 6 19.0 -65.1 244 27 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5607.46 m Freezing level: 679.48 mb = 3242.11 m = 10636.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.85 mb = 3220.65 m = 10566.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.93 % Est. max temperature: 22.34 C = 72.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.22 mb = 400.44 m = 1313.76 ft T: 15.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.44 C/km ThetaE index: 2.31 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.59 mb = 850.21 m = 2789.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.67 C = 65.61 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: 4.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C Showalter Index: 4.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.41 C Cross Totals Index: 20.21 C K Index: 29.93 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 279.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.93 mb = 791.48 m = 2596.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.93 mb = 1119.08 m = 3671.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 649.93 mb = 3592.84 m = 11787.39 ft B at Equ Level: 36.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 559.93 mb = 4767.39 m = 15640.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.9 at 50.4 knts Storm direction: 236.9 at 37.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 1.6 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 146.9 neg: -34.7 tot: 112.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.51 Bulk Shear: 71.56 m/s