MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.83,-77.53 Latitude: 40.83 Longitude: -77.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 964 359 20.0 11.7 59 8.3 14.8 169 14 296.3 297.9 289.5 322.4 8.99 2 950 483 19.3 10.7 58 8.6 14.1 173 27 296.8 298.3 289.2 321.6 8.55 3 900 945 15.0 9.4 69 5.7 11.6 177 39 297.0 298.5 289.0 320.9 8.22 4 850 1425 10.5 8.1 85 2.5 9.1 184 43 297.2 298.6 288.9 320.4 7.97 5 800 1929 8.3 5.9 85 2.4 6.9 209 39 300.0 301.3 289.2 321.5 7.28 6 750 2461 6.3 4.9 90 1.5 5.5 217 39 303.5 304.8 290.3 325.2 7.25 7 700 3025 3.9 2.6 91 1.3 3.1 211 46 306.7 308.0 290.8 326.8 6.59 8 650 3625 0.6 -3.9 72 4.5 -1.6 204 51 309.6 310.4 289.8 323.4 4.41 9 600 4263 -3.3 -10.1 59 6.8 -6.1 202 57 312.3 312.9 289.3 321.8 2.96 10 550 4947 -5.8 -18.3 37 12.5 -9.9 198 66 317.2 317.5 289.6 322.7 1.64 11 500 5688 -11.1 -14.2 78 3.1 -12.2 196 67 319.6 320.1 291.2 328.0 2.55 12 450 6491 -14.6 -14.9 98 0.3 -14.7 197 63 324.9 325.4 292.8 333.9 2.67 13 400 7374 -20.1 -24.0 71 3.9 -21.1 194 62 328.8 329.1 292.7 333.7 1.37 14 350 8351 -26.7 -37.5 36 10.8 -28.3 194 65 332.7 332.8 292.9 334.4 0.44 15 300 9444 -34.9 -38.9 67 3.9 -35.4 195 60 336.1 336.2 293.8 337.8 0.44 16 250 10692 -44.1 -46.9 73 2.8 -44.3 215 66 340.5 340.5 294.7 341.4 0.22 17 200 12148 -55.3 -60.4 53 5.1 -55.5 212 54 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.06 18 150 13955 -60.9 -79.0 8 18.0 -61.1 235 56 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16435 -65.6 -83.8 6 18.1 -65.8 227 19 400.9 400.9 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.20 m Freezing level: 642.56 mb = 3719.64 m = 12203.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.66 mb = 3419.94 m = 11220.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.01 % Est. max temperature: 22.91 C = 73.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.64 mb = 1409.01 m = 4622.68 ft T: 10.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 1.93 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.78 mb = 2182.07 m = 7158.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.34 C = 77.61 F Cap Strength: 4.89 C Lifted Index: 4.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.95 C Showalter Index: 5.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.59 C Cross Totals Index: 19.12 C K Index: 28.36 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8802.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.35 mb = 1619.41 m = 5312.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.0 at 50.5 knts Storm direction: 229.0 at 37.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 2.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 296.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 296.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 97.87 m/s