MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 40.67,-79.95 Latitude: 40.67 Longitude: -79.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 968 346 17.2 4.4 42 12.9 10.3 237 10 293.1 294.1 284.8 308.8 5.40 2 950 505 14.6 3.1 46 11.5 8.6 240 18 292.0 292.9 284.0 306.5 5.03 3 900 958 10.1 2.0 57 8.1 6.1 242 20 291.9 292.8 283.8 306.2 4.91 4 850 1430 5.7 0.9 71 4.8 3.4 243 21 292.2 293.0 283.8 306.1 4.80 5 800 1922 2.6 -3.9 63 6.4 -0.2 249 28 293.9 294.5 283.2 304.5 3.59 6 750 2441 -0.7 -7.8 58 7.1 -3.5 242 36 295.8 296.3 283.1 304.4 2.83 7 700 2988 -4.5 -19.5 30 15.0 -8.7 241 41 297.5 297.7 281.8 301.2 1.17 8 650 3567 -8.0 -33.7 11 25.7 -12.9 242 44 299.9 300.0 281.8 301.1 0.34 9 600 4184 -11.7 -35.4 12 23.7 -15.7 238 48 302.6 302.6 282.8 303.7 0.31 10 550 4846 -15.2 -31.8 23 16.5 -18.3 236 56 306.0 306.1 284.4 307.7 0.49 11 500 5559 -19.8 -38.5 17 18.7 -22.4 238 61 308.9 309.0 285.2 309.9 0.28 12 450 6333 -25.1 -45.3 13 20.2 -27.1 235 73 311.7 311.8 286.1 312.3 0.15 13 400 7179 -30.3 -51.6 11 21.3 -31.9 234 86 315.6 315.6 287.4 315.9 0.08 14 350 8116 -36.3 -55.2 12 18.9 -37.3 229 92 319.8 319.8 288.8 320.0 0.06 15 300 9170 -42.7 -59.5 14 16.8 -43.3 232 85 325.1 325.1 290.3 325.3 0.04 16 250 10384 -48.0 -64.6 13 16.6 -48.4 233 85 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.8 0.03 17 200 11849 -49.8 -74.7 4 24.9 -50.3 228 67 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 18 150 13704 -54.8 -79.8 3 25.0 -55.2 242 63 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.6 0.00 19 100 16264 -59.8 -84.6 3 24.8 -60.0 242 35 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5490.09 m Freezing level: 760.48 mb = 2332.63 m = 7652.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 803.00 mb = 1891.95 m = 6207.10 ft Precipitable water: 0.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.52 % Est. max temperature: 17.39 C = 63.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.90 mb = 1943.54 m = 6376.37 ft T: 2.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 7.69 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.84 mb = 2368.44 m = 7770.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.69 C = 67.43 F Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lifted Index: 4.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.42 C Showalter Index: 5.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.53 C Cross Totals Index: 20.68 C K Index: 11.42 Risk: None Sweat Index: 112.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.79 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11581.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.87 mb = 1964.01 m = 6443.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.2 at 42.7 knts Storm direction: 269.2 at 32.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 2.4 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 111.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 86.02 m/s