MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.59,-79.33 Latitude: 40.59 Longitude: -79.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 SFC 957 408 22.1 11.5 51 10.6 15.4 182 12 299.0 300.7 290.3 325.2 8.92 2 950 468 21.4 10.6 50 10.8 14.8 188 18 299.0 300.5 289.9 323.8 8.48 3 900 933 16.8 9.1 60 7.7 12.1 189 31 298.8 300.2 289.5 322.4 8.06 4 850 1417 12.9 7.8 71 5.1 9.9 199 38 299.6 301.1 289.6 322.7 7.84 5 800 1923 8.7 6.6 87 2.1 7.5 207 40 300.4 301.8 289.7 323.1 7.67 6 750 2454 5.6 5.2 97 0.4 5.4 212 45 302.7 304.0 290.2 324.9 7.43 7 700 3017 3.2 2.8 97 0.5 3.0 216 51 306.1 307.3 290.7 326.4 6.70 8 650 3615 0.2 -1.5 88 1.7 -0.7 205 52 309.2 310.2 290.5 325.5 5.28 9 600 4254 -2.4 -10.3 54 8.0 -5.6 196 60 313.4 313.9 289.6 322.8 2.90 10 550 4940 -5.5 -17.5 38 12.0 -9.6 197 71 317.6 317.9 289.8 323.5 1.76 11 500 5681 -10.8 -14.3 76 3.4 -12.1 196 72 319.8 320.3 291.2 328.3 2.53 12 450 6487 -13.7 -15.3 87 1.6 -14.3 201 68 326.0 326.5 293.0 334.8 2.58 13 400 7373 -19.4 -19.6 98 0.2 -19.4 202 64 329.8 330.2 293.5 336.9 2.02 14 350 8352 -26.5 -27.2 94 0.7 -26.6 198 65 333.0 333.3 293.6 337.3 1.18 15 300 9446 -35.0 -37.8 76 2.7 -35.4 204 66 336.0 336.1 293.8 337.9 0.49 16 250 10691 -45.0 -46.2 88 1.2 -45.1 195 57 339.2 339.2 294.4 340.1 0.24 17 200 12144 -55.8 -56.5 92 0.7 -55.8 214 59 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.8 0.09 18 150 13950 -60.6 -77.8 9 17.2 -60.8 224 52 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16433 -66.5 -83.6 7 17.1 -66.7 245 23 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.16 m Freezing level: 645.93 mb = 3667.38 m = 12031.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.93 mb = 3505.31 m = 11500.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.73 % Est. max temperature: 23.38 C = 74.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 817.45 mb = 1742.91 m = 5718.14 ft T: 10.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 2.76 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.88 mb = 2217.73 m = 7275.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.72 C = 76.49 F Cap Strength: 4.36 C Lifted Index: 3.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.59 C Showalter Index: 4.09 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.33 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.69 C Cross Totals Index: 18.64 C K Index: 31.05 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8003.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.81 mb = 1904.25 m = 6247.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.9 at 52.7 knts Storm direction: 230.9 at 39.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 247.3 neg: -19.6 tot: 227.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 126.64 m/s