MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 6Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 39.04,-73.58 Latitude: 39.04 Longitude: -73.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1010 1 20.2 16.9 81 3.3 18.0 176 26 292.5 294.6 290.8 326.8 12.08 1 1000 87 20.2 16.1 77 4.1 17.5 178 33 293.4 295.5 290.7 326.5 11.61 2 950 529 17.8 13.5 76 4.3 15.1 193 46 295.2 297.1 290.2 324.9 10.30 3 900 990 14.5 12.3 87 2.2 13.1 202 47 296.4 298.3 290.4 325.5 10.05 4 850 1471 11.2 9.4 89 1.8 10.1 209 44 297.9 299.5 289.8 323.4 8.74 5 800 1975 8.2 5.3 82 2.9 6.6 210 40 299.9 301.2 288.9 320.6 6.99 6 750 2507 6.5 -2.3 53 8.9 2.2 203 36 303.7 304.5 287.7 316.8 4.30 7 700 3070 3.8 -7.0 45 10.7 -1.0 200 39 306.7 307.3 287.7 316.8 3.24 8 650 3668 0.1 -8.3 53 8.4 -3.5 202 43 309.1 309.7 288.4 319.0 3.15 9 600 4305 -3.4 -10.8 56 7.4 -6.4 203 49 312.2 312.7 289.1 321.1 2.79 10 550 4990 -5.6 -24.5 21 19.0 -10.9 208 53 317.5 317.7 289.0 320.8 0.95 11 500 5730 -10.9 -47.8 3 36.9 -16.3 214 57 319.8 319.8 288.8 320.2 0.10 12 450 6529 -17.1 -32.5 25 15.4 -20.1 208 57 321.7 321.8 289.9 323.7 0.55 13 400 7403 -21.7 -24.1 81 2.4 -22.3 196 62 326.7 327.0 292.1 331.5 1.36 14 350 8377 -27.0 -31.8 64 4.8 -27.9 196 69 332.4 332.5 293.1 335.2 0.76 15 300 9469 -35.1 -37.6 78 2.5 -35.4 199 67 335.9 336.0 293.8 337.8 0.50 16 250 10714 -45.4 -46.1 92 0.7 -45.4 218 77 338.6 338.6 294.2 339.6 0.24 17 200 12171 -53.5 -65.1 23 11.6 -53.7 227 55 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.03 18 150 13982 -60.3 -78.6 7 18.3 -60.5 227 48 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16462 -67.1 -83.2 9 16.1 -67.2 237 36 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5642.42 m Freezing level: 648.66 mb = 3685.01 m = 12089.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.15 mb = 2895.24 m = 9498.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.31 % Est. max temperature: 25.30 C = 77.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.53 mb = 415.97 m = 1364.73 ft T: 18.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 8.72 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.29 mb = 1223.88 m = 4015.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.86 C = 76.74 F Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lifted Index: 2.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.12 C Showalter Index: 3.69 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.36 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.09 C Cross Totals Index: 20.27 C K Index: 20.74 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 292.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.39 mb = 929.33 m = 3048.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 811.39 mb = 1857.42 m = 6093.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 791.39 mb = 2064.14 m = 6772.04 ft B at Equ Level: 11.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 731.39 mb = 2711.87 m = 8897.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.3 at 45.3 knts Storm direction: 234.3 at 34.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 246.0 neg: -35.6 tot: 210.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 33.42 m/s