MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 38.36,-75.24 Latitude: 38.36 Longitude: -75.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 7 15.6 8.4 62 7.2 11.6 178 7 287.3 288.5 284.0 306.5 6.83 1 1000 152 16.0 6.4 53 9.6 10.8 181 11 289.2 290.2 284.0 306.4 6.05 2 950 587 14.9 2.1 42 12.8 8.3 214 11 292.3 293.1 283.8 305.9 4.68 3 900 1043 14.5 -0.5 36 14.9 7.1 236 10 296.4 297.2 284.8 308.6 4.11 4 850 1525 13.4 3.0 49 10.5 7.8 251 9 300.2 301.3 287.7 316.9 5.57 5 800 2033 11.1 5.1 67 6.0 7.7 267 10 302.9 304.2 289.9 323.6 6.89 6 750 2570 8.4 3.5 71 4.9 5.6 279 14 305.7 306.9 290.5 325.6 6.56 7 700 3138 5.5 -3.5 52 9.0 1.1 290 15 308.6 309.4 289.3 321.7 4.21 8 650 3739 1.5 -5.3 61 6.8 -1.6 295 17 310.7 311.4 289.8 323.2 3.98 9 600 4379 -2.7 -12.4 47 9.8 -6.4 295 19 313.0 313.5 289.0 321.0 2.46 10 550 5063 -6.9 -17.7 42 10.8 -10.5 301 18 315.9 316.2 289.2 321.6 1.73 11 500 5800 -12.0 -16.9 67 4.9 -13.6 302 17 318.4 318.8 290.3 325.1 2.03 12 450 6598 -17.3 -22.7 63 5.4 -18.7 289 18 321.5 321.7 290.6 326.2 1.37 13 400 7470 -23.2 -28.0 65 4.8 -24.2 281 17 324.9 325.1 291.2 328.3 0.95 14 350 8433 -30.1 -35.3 61 5.1 -30.9 288 23 328.1 328.2 291.7 330.1 0.54 15 300 9513 -38.0 -41.5 70 3.5 -38.4 308 25 331.8 331.8 292.5 333.0 0.33 16 250 10740 -48.5 -50.2 82 1.7 -48.6 318 22 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.6 0.15 17 200 12180 -55.3 -66.0 25 10.7 -55.5 294 36 345.1 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.03 18 150 13999 -59.7 -79.5 6 19.9 -59.9 292 54 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.00 19 100 16469 -68.7 -83.3 10 14.7 -68.8 299 27 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5647.95 m Freezing level: 631.74 mb = 3972.91 m = 13034.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.43 mb = 3379.77 m = 11088.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.06 % Est. max temperature: 27.21 C = 80.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.75 mb = 915.01 m = 3001.95 ft T: 14.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 3.94 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 599.41 mb = 4386.77 m = 14392.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.47 C = 106.64 F Cap Strength: 12.09 C Lifted Index: 12.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.39 C Showalter Index: 6.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.48 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.48 C Cross Totals Index: 15.00 C K Index: 19.42 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 69.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13210.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.68 mb = 1891.26 m = 6204.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.7 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 311.7 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.5 neg: -0.5 tot: 59.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.56 Bulk Shear: 41.85 m/s