MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 69 SFC 966 358 12.1 11.5 96 0.6 11.7 245 1 288.0 289.6 286.3 312.8 8.84 2 950 501 11.7 10.3 91 1.4 10.9 304 3 289.0 290.5 286.2 312.4 8.30 3 900 951 8.8 7.1 89 1.7 7.8 306 14 290.5 291.8 285.5 310.5 7.02 4 850 1423 7.0 4.5 84 2.5 5.6 280 16 293.4 294.6 285.8 311.4 6.21 5 800 1920 5.3 2.2 81 3.1 3.7 244 23 296.8 297.8 286.5 313.3 5.61 6 750 2445 2.4 2.1 98 0.3 2.2 209 28 299.2 300.3 287.7 316.9 5.95 7 700 3001 0.1 0.0 100 0.1 0.1 195 35 302.6 303.6 288.5 319.1 5.49 8 650 3592 -4.1 -4.3 99 0.1 -4.2 195 42 304.3 305.1 287.9 317.4 4.29 9 600 4219 -7.0 -9.5 82 2.5 -7.9 199 54 308.1 308.6 288.1 317.8 3.11 10 550 4895 -10.2 -14.3 72 4.2 -11.6 194 62 312.0 312.5 288.6 319.5 2.29 11 500 5623 -14.7 -23.2 48 8.5 -16.9 194 67 315.1 315.3 288.5 319.1 1.18 12 450 6412 -20.4 -24.1 72 3.7 -21.2 184 77 317.6 317.9 289.3 321.8 1.21 13 400 7276 -23.5 -27.6 69 4.1 -24.4 176 86 324.4 324.6 291.1 327.9 0.99 14 350 8247 -27.4 -28.2 92 0.9 -27.6 183 97 331.8 332.1 293.2 335.7 1.07 15 300 9339 -35.5 -35.6 98 0.2 -35.5 186 98 335.4 335.5 293.7 337.7 0.61 16 250 10579 -44.7 -50.0 56 5.3 -45.0 200 97 339.6 339.6 294.4 340.2 0.16 17 200 12066 -47.2 -74.3 3 27.1 -47.9 200 62 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.01 18 150 13915 -57.4 -79.2 5 21.8 -57.6 217 44 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.01 19 100 16433 -63.5 -83.9 5 20.4 -63.7 231 34 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5554.19 m Freezing level: 698.79 mb = 3015.65 m = 9893.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.08 mb = 3011.79 m = 9881.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.98 % Est. max temperature: 19.62 C = 67.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.19 mb = 428.32 m = 1405.24 ft T: 11.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 2.27 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.59 mb = 1339.87 m = 4395.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.92 C = 62.46 F Cap Strength: 5.87 C Lifted Index: 6.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.54 C Showalter Index: 6.72 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.67 C Cross Totals Index: 19.18 C K Index: 26.08 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 152.04 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11858.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.85 mb = 1007.62 m = 3305.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.6 at 41.3 knts Storm direction: 230.6 at 31.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 7.7 tot: 9.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.7 neg: -131.6 tot: -67.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -22.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 244.25 m/s