MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.15,-82.60 Latitude: 40.15 Longitude: -82.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 973 312 25.7 13.8 48 12.0 17.9 210 10 301.2 303.1 292.1 331.4 10.23 2 950 524 23.8 12.4 49 11.4 16.5 215 17 301.3 303.1 291.6 329.6 9.57 3 900 993 19.3 11.3 60 7.9 14.3 221 20 301.4 303.1 291.5 329.2 9.41 4 850 1481 14.6 10.4 76 4.2 12.0 227 21 301.5 303.2 291.5 329.2 9.38 5 800 1990 10.2 9.0 92 1.2 9.5 238 24 302.0 303.7 291.4 328.9 9.07 6 750 2525 6.6 5.3 91 1.3 5.9 246 28 303.8 305.2 290.6 326.2 7.47 7 700 3090 5.1 -5.3 47 10.4 0.3 243 29 308.1 308.8 288.6 319.6 3.67 8 650 3693 3.0 -10.9 35 14.0 -2.7 240 26 312.4 312.9 288.9 320.6 2.55 9 600 4336 -1.7 -5.8 73 4.1 -3.6 243 29 314.2 315.0 291.0 327.4 4.13 10 550 5022 -6.2 -17.6 40 11.3 -10.1 251 35 316.7 317.0 289.5 322.5 1.75 11 500 5760 -11.8 -21.0 46 9.2 -14.5 253 37 318.7 318.9 289.8 323.5 1.43 12 450 6560 -16.1 -39.0 12 22.8 -19.9 250 36 323.0 323.0 290.0 324.1 0.29 13 400 7436 -21.9 -30.5 46 8.6 -23.7 250 36 326.5 326.6 291.5 329.2 0.75 14 350 8404 -29.2 -32.9 70 3.7 -29.8 250 31 329.4 329.5 292.2 331.9 0.68 15 300 9485 -38.3 -43.3 59 5.0 -38.8 252 36 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.4 0.28 16 250 10709 -49.0 -49.9 91 0.8 -49.1 268 50 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.8 0.16 17 200 12142 -55.9 -63.7 37 7.8 -56.1 277 72 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.04 18 150 13958 -61.2 -77.8 9 16.7 -61.3 264 54 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16432 -66.0 -83.8 7 17.8 -66.1 268 39 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.56 m Freezing level: 617.85 mb = 4106.24 m = 13471.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.75 mb = 3139.47 m = 10299.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.39 % Est. max temperature: 26.30 C = 79.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.83 mb = 1815.51 m = 5956.34 ft T: 11.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 9.61 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.38 mb = 2069.63 m = 6790.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.81 C = 80.26 F Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lifted Index: -0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.92 C Showalter Index: -0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.44 C Cross Totals Index: 22.23 C K Index: 26.44 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 284.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.19 mb = 1956.91 m = 6420.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.19 mb = 2326.38 m = 7632.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 728.19 mb = 2766.52 m = 9076.40 ft B at Equ Level: 2.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 708.19 mb = 2994.59 m = 9824.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.6 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 272.6 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.5 neg: -6.8 tot: 90.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 31.83 m/s