MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 12Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 40.53,-74.53 Latitude: 40.53 Longitude: -74.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 23 SFC 996 56 17.1 16.1 94 1.0 16.4 188 7 290.6 292.6 289.8 323.3 11.62 2 950 460 14.5 14.2 98 0.4 14.3 199 19 291.9 293.9 289.5 322.4 10.75 3 900 916 12.2 11.9 98 0.3 12.0 204 21 294.1 295.8 289.4 322.2 9.79 4 850 1394 9.9 7.3 83 2.7 8.4 195 22 296.6 297.9 288.3 318.6 7.56 5 800 1896 7.3 2.1 69 5.2 4.6 195 28 299.0 300.0 287.3 315.5 5.57 6 750 2423 3.0 -2.7 66 5.7 0.3 194 34 299.8 300.6 286.2 312.4 4.17 7 700 2978 -0.1 -5.0 69 4.9 -2.3 188 53 302.4 303.1 286.7 313.9 3.77 8 650 3569 -3.4 -10.6 58 7.2 -6.2 181 68 305.1 305.6 286.5 313.3 2.62 9 600 4197 -7.1 -27.4 18 20.3 -12.0 177 79 307.8 308.0 285.4 310.1 0.67 10 550 4868 -12.2 -33.3 15 21.1 -16.2 172 79 309.6 309.7 285.7 311.1 0.42 11 500 5590 -16.6 -37.2 15 20.6 -19.9 170 73 312.8 312.8 286.7 313.9 0.31 12 450 6374 -21.5 -35.4 27 13.9 -23.7 165 66 316.2 316.3 288.0 317.7 0.42 13 400 7232 -26.7 -34.6 47 7.9 -27.9 156 59 320.3 320.4 289.4 322.1 0.51 14 350 8185 -31.9 -46.6 22 14.8 -33.1 163 67 325.8 325.8 290.7 326.4 0.16 15 300 9265 -36.2 -58.9 8 22.7 -37.4 175 80 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.05 16 250 10524 -38.7 -67.7 3 29.0 -39.9 172 53 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.02 17 200 12026 -46.2 -74.3 3 28.1 -46.9 196 56 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 18 150 13902 -55.5 -79.7 3 24.2 -55.9 223 33 374.4 374.4 301.3 374.4 0.00 19 100 16418 -62.7 -83.8 4 21.1 -63.0 251 17 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5567.31 m Freezing level: 701.38 mb = 2963.10 m = 9721.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 743.93 mb = 2488.35 m = 8163.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.09 % Est. max temperature: 23.27 C = 73.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.71 mb = 180.05 m = 590.72 ft T: 16.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 10.89 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.20 mb = 610.28 m = 2002.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.18 C = 66.52 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.57 C Showalter Index: 0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.57 C Cross Totals Index: 23.91 C K Index: 28.95 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 266.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.57 mb = 561.85 m = 1843.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.57 mb = 1961.51 m = 6435.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 423.57 mb = 6814.86 m = 22358.20 ft B at Equ Level: 265.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 313.57 mb = 8955.05 m = 29379.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 179.9 at 50.9 knts Storm direction: 209.9 at 38.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 6.0 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.1 neg: -5.0 tot: 120.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 1.40 Bulk Shear: 189.39 m/s