MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 40.70,-80.42 Latitude: 40.70 Longitude: -80.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 968 334 11.5 10.7 95 0.8 11.0 255 6 287.3 288.8 285.5 310.7 8.36 2 950 492 10.3 9.8 96 0.5 10.0 263 12 287.7 289.1 285.4 310.2 8.03 3 900 940 7.6 7.4 99 0.2 7.5 295 17 289.3 290.6 285.2 309.7 7.21 4 850 1410 5.1 5.0 99 0.1 5.0 294 14 291.5 292.6 285.2 309.9 6.42 5 800 1903 2.1 2.0 99 0.1 2.0 273 14 293.4 294.4 285.1 309.4 5.53 6 750 2421 -1.0 -1.2 99 0.2 -1.0 260 15 295.5 296.4 285.1 309.3 4.69 7 700 2969 -4.0 -4.2 98 0.2 -4.1 249 16 298.1 298.8 285.4 310.1 4.00 8 650 3551 -7.0 -8.2 92 1.1 -7.5 236 19 301.0 301.6 285.6 310.7 3.17 9 600 4171 -11.0 -12.6 88 1.6 -11.6 224 27 303.4 303.8 285.7 310.9 2.41 10 550 4834 -15.1 -15.5 97 0.4 -15.3 209 24 306.1 306.5 286.3 312.7 2.07 11 500 5548 -19.8 -19.8 100 0.0 -19.8 181 18 308.9 309.2 286.8 314.0 1.58 12 450 6321 -25.8 -25.8 100 0.0 -25.8 187 37 310.8 311.0 286.8 314.3 1.04 13 400 7164 -31.5 -31.4 100 -0.0 -31.4 184 67 314.1 314.2 287.6 316.5 0.69 14 350 8098 -35.8 -55.2 12 19.4 -36.9 185 59 320.4 320.4 288.9 320.7 0.06 15 300 9171 -35.5 -65.1 3 29.6 -36.9 188 64 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.4 0.02 16 250 10433 -37.5 -70.2 2 32.6 -38.9 200 51 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.01 17 200 11961 -42.2 -73.8 2 31.6 -43.2 215 36 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.1 0.01 18 150 13856 -54.2 -80.7 2 26.6 -54.5 204 49 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.8 0.00 19 100 16401 -61.8 -84.2 4 22.3 -62.1 219 23 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5486.28 m Freezing level: 765.73 mb = 2258.04 m = 7408.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 766.82 mb = 2243.00 m = 7358.84 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.19 % Est. max temperature: 16.84 C = 62.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.95 mb = 439.74 m = 1442.69 ft T: 10.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 0.95 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.16 mb = 847.29 m = 2779.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.18 C = 55.72 F Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lifted Index: 2.48 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: 2.54 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.93 C Cross Totals Index: 24.78 C K Index: 29.65 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 120.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.77 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.31 mb = 827.69 m = 2715.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 887.31 mb = 1056.99 m = 3467.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 867.31 mb = 1244.26 m = 4082.16 ft B at Equ Level: 13.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 627.31 mb = 3826.13 m = 12552.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.5 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 258.5 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.5 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: -7.7 tot: -1.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.80 Bulk Shear: 24.96 m/s