MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F300.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F300.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12.5 day GFS valid 18Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 38.50,-75.63 Latitude: 38.50 Longitude: -75.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -26 SFC 996 13 21.5 15.5 69 6.0 17.6 209 9 295.1 297.1 290.9 327.2 11.20 2 950 415 16.9 13.5 81 3.3 14.8 210 14 294.3 296.1 289.9 323.8 10.31 3 900 874 12.8 12.2 96 0.5 12.4 212 14 294.7 296.4 289.8 323.3 9.97 4 850 1352 10.5 7.9 84 2.6 9.0 222 18 297.1 298.6 288.8 320.2 7.90 5 800 1856 7.8 4.0 77 3.8 5.8 223 22 299.5 300.7 288.2 318.4 6.39 6 750 2385 4.9 -2.2 60 7.0 1.5 219 27 301.8 302.6 287.1 315.0 4.35 7 700 2944 1.1 -9.0 47 10.2 -3.0 216 30 303.7 304.2 286.1 312.3 2.75 8 650 3535 -2.9 -15.2 38 12.3 -7.1 217 35 305.7 306.0 285.8 311.5 1.80 9 600 4164 -7.4 -17.2 46 9.7 -10.5 217 38 307.5 307.8 286.4 312.9 1.66 10 550 4835 -12.5 -19.4 56 6.9 -14.5 218 41 309.2 309.5 286.8 314.1 1.49 11 500 5555 -18.0 -25.8 50 7.8 -19.7 215 44 311.1 311.3 286.8 314.3 0.94 12 450 6334 -23.0 -38.1 24 15.2 -25.0 213 47 314.4 314.4 287.2 315.5 0.32 13 400 7188 -28.3 -49.3 12 21.0 -30.1 221 58 318.2 318.2 288.3 318.6 0.11 14 350 8131 -35.0 -56.3 10 21.3 -36.1 220 59 321.6 321.6 289.3 321.8 0.05 15 300 9191 -41.4 -62.3 9 20.9 -42.2 224 68 326.9 327.0 290.9 327.1 0.03 16 250 10412 -46.7 -65.0 11 18.4 -47.1 218 69 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.8 0.02 17 200 11879 -50.1 -72.2 6 22.1 -50.6 222 73 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 13749 -52.7 -80.8 2 28.1 -53.1 227 39 379.3 379.3 302.2 379.4 0.00 19 100 16335 -59.0 -84.2 2 25.3 -59.3 232 11 413.8 413.8 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5580.81 m Freezing level: 685.98 mb = 3110.00 m = 10203.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 733.55 mb = 2564.97 m = 8415.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.63 % Est. max temperature: 23.82 C = 74.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.84 mb = 772.40 m = 2534.09 ft T: 13.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 15.74 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.27 mb = 861.94 m = 2827.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.12 C = 70.02 F Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lifted Index: -3.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.13 C Showalter Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.47 C Cross Totals Index: 25.89 C K Index: 26.23 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 283.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 526.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.28 mb = 852.39 m = 2796.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 887.28 mb = 993.01 m = 3257.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 857.28 mb = 1280.98 m = 4202.66 ft B at Equ Level: 1.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 237.28 mb = 10755.09 m = 35285.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.9 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 246.9 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 55.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 12.01 Bulk Shear: 43.86 m/s