MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 20 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 56 SFC 965 358 16.2 12.9 81 3.3 14.1 227 9 292.3 294.0 288.7 319.9 9.71 2 950 492 15.7 12.0 79 3.7 13.4 223 18 293.1 294.8 288.6 319.7 9.31 3 900 949 12.2 10.3 89 1.8 11.1 219 24 294.0 295.6 288.5 319.3 8.80 4 850 1426 9.1 8.6 97 0.4 8.8 213 28 295.6 297.1 288.6 319.6 8.28 5 800 1927 6.7 6.6 99 0.2 6.6 207 33 298.3 299.7 288.9 320.7 7.64 6 750 2455 4.2 4.1 100 0.0 4.2 204 37 301.1 302.4 289.2 321.6 6.88 7 700 3014 1.4 1.4 100 0.0 1.4 205 40 304.1 305.2 289.5 322.4 6.07 8 650 3608 -1.8 -1.9 99 0.1 -1.9 208 41 307.0 307.9 289.6 322.7 5.12 9 600 4241 -5.3 -5.5 99 0.2 -5.4 209 39 310.0 310.8 289.8 323.3 4.24 10 550 4920 -8.8 -10.1 90 1.4 -9.3 197 56 313.7 314.3 290.0 324.0 3.22 11 500 5654 -12.3 -19.9 53 7.6 -14.6 186 73 318.0 318.3 289.8 323.3 1.57 12 450 6450 -17.3 -18.1 94 0.8 -17.6 185 81 321.5 321.9 291.3 328.4 2.05 13 400 7331 -20.0 -20.1 99 0.1 -20.0 188 80 329.0 329.4 293.3 335.8 1.94 14 350 8307 -27.2 -28.3 90 1.1 -27.4 187 83 332.1 332.3 293.3 336.0 1.06 15 300 9400 -35.1 -36.7 85 1.6 -35.3 192 82 335.8 336.0 293.8 337.9 0.55 16 250 10644 -45.0 -45.0 100 -0.0 -45.0 210 91 339.2 339.2 294.4 340.3 0.28 17 200 12110 -51.0 -69.8 9 18.8 -51.4 207 53 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.02 18 150 13942 -59.9 -78.6 7 18.7 -60.1 231 47 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.01 19 100 16443 -64.9 -83.7 6 18.9 -65.0 225 28 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5598.66 m Freezing level: 677.71 mb = 3278.87 m = 10757.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.27 mb = 3266.85 m = 10717.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.20 % Est. max temperature: 21.33 C = 70.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.62 mb = 776.33 m = 2546.97 ft T: 13.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 0.59 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.23 mb = 1278.18 m = 4193.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.01 C = 66.23 F Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lifted Index: 4.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.18 C Showalter Index: 4.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.36 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.40 C Cross Totals Index: 20.95 C K Index: 30.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9143.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.11 mb = 1116.94 m = 3664.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.8 at 44.3 knts Storm direction: 229.8 at 33.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 5.4 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 80.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 105.27 m/s