MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 39.85,-74.06 Latitude: 39.85 Longitude: -74.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 5 19.5 17.3 87 2.2 18.1 190 25 292.3 294.5 291.0 327.6 12.47 1 1000 47 19.6 17.0 85 2.6 17.9 191 29 292.8 294.9 291.0 327.6 12.28 2 950 487 16.3 15.4 95 0.9 15.8 196 40 293.7 295.8 290.9 327.1 11.69 3 900 946 13.6 13.3 98 0.3 13.4 201 42 295.5 297.4 290.7 326.4 10.74 4 850 1426 11.2 11.0 99 0.2 11.1 202 43 297.9 299.6 290.6 326.2 9.75 5 800 1931 8.7 8.6 99 0.1 8.7 199 45 300.5 302.1 290.7 326.4 8.80 6 750 2464 5.9 5.7 99 0.2 5.8 196 47 303.0 304.4 290.6 325.9 7.68 7 700 3026 2.7 2.3 97 0.4 2.5 197 50 305.5 306.7 290.3 325.1 6.47 8 650 3622 -0.8 -2.2 91 1.3 -1.5 199 54 308.0 309.0 289.8 323.6 5.03 9 600 4257 -4.9 -6.4 89 1.5 -5.6 195 56 310.4 311.2 289.6 322.8 3.94 10 550 4937 -8.7 -14.2 65 5.5 -10.6 195 64 313.7 314.2 289.1 321.3 2.32 11 500 5669 -13.1 -29.1 25 16.0 -16.7 204 72 317.0 317.2 288.6 319.4 0.69 12 450 6462 -19.0 -35.2 22 16.2 -21.8 201 77 319.4 319.4 289.0 320.9 0.42 13 400 7327 -25.7 -42.3 20 16.6 -27.6 199 78 321.6 321.6 289.5 322.4 0.23 14 350 8282 -31.3 -38.3 50 7.0 -32.1 190 85 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.1 0.40 15 300 9362 -36.3 -52.7 17 16.5 -37.4 200 93 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.10 16 250 10607 -43.4 -63.3 9 19.9 -44.1 203 85 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.03 17 200 12088 -49.8 -71.5 6 21.7 -50.3 187 58 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 18 150 13931 -57.6 -79.3 5 21.8 -57.8 226 47 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16432 -65.3 -83.7 6 18.4 -65.4 242 29 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5622.21 m Freezing level: 661.73 mb = 3482.32 m = 11424.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.87 mb = 3392.01 m = 11128.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.11 % Est. max temperature: 24.88 C = 76.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.97 mb = 282.10 m = 925.50 ft T: 17.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 7.01 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.17 mb = 702.73 m = 2305.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.83 C = 71.29 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.56 C Showalter Index: -0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.32 C Cross Totals Index: 24.15 C K Index: 34.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 289.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 170.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.75 mb = 606.40 m = 1989.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.75 mb = 929.53 m = 3049.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 371.75 mb = 7851.07 m = 25757.78 ft B at Equ Level: 167.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 301.75 mb = 9321.19 m = 30580.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.2 at 52.1 knts Storm direction: 228.2 at 39.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 145.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 145.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 3.96 Bulk Shear: 43.06 m/s