MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 6Z WED 22 OCT 25 Station: 39.18,-75.40 Latitude: 39.18 Longitude: -75.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 10 14.7 8.9 68 5.8 11.4 226 4 287.1 288.3 284.2 307.0 7.10 1 1000 86 15.1 8.0 63 7.0 11.2 232 7 288.2 289.4 284.3 307.3 6.76 2 950 520 13.7 5.4 57 8.3 9.3 245 15 291.1 292.2 284.6 308.2 5.94 3 900 974 11.6 2.9 55 8.7 7.1 248 22 293.5 294.4 284.8 308.7 5.23 4 850 1450 9.1 0.9 56 8.2 5.0 238 27 295.6 296.5 285.2 309.8 4.79 5 800 1949 5.3 -1.5 61 6.9 2.1 230 30 296.8 297.6 285.1 309.5 4.27 6 750 2472 1.2 -3.5 71 4.7 -0.9 221 33 297.8 298.5 285.2 309.6 3.93 7 700 3023 -2.3 -4.6 84 2.3 -3.3 216 41 299.9 300.6 285.9 311.6 3.87 8 650 3609 -4.8 -5.3 96 0.5 -5.0 225 48 303.5 304.3 287.3 315.7 3.97 9 600 4235 -8.6 -9.9 90 1.3 -9.1 229 48 306.2 306.8 287.3 315.6 3.01 10 550 4904 -12.4 -18.8 59 6.4 -14.3 229 55 309.3 309.6 286.9 314.5 1.57 11 500 5627 -16.7 -38.3 14 21.6 -20.1 232 64 312.6 312.7 286.6 313.6 0.28 12 450 6407 -23.3 -33.1 40 9.8 -24.9 230 70 313.9 314.0 287.3 315.8 0.52 13 400 7257 -30.5 -33.0 79 2.4 -30.9 230 76 315.3 315.4 287.9 317.4 0.59 14 350 8190 -37.4 -45.7 42 8.3 -38.0 233 87 318.3 318.3 288.4 319.0 0.18 15 300 9240 -43.4 -57.1 21 13.7 -44.0 236 96 324.1 324.1 290.1 324.4 0.06 16 250 10451 -48.3 -64.0 15 15.7 -48.7 237 95 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.4 0.03 17 200 11911 -51.4 -72.6 6 21.2 -51.8 239 94 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 13756 -56.4 -79.7 4 23.2 -56.8 251 68 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.00 19 100 16280 -63.4 -84.5 4 21.1 -63.6 234 50 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5540.28 m Freezing level: 733.43 mb = 2654.76 m = 8709.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 765.36 mb = 2307.62 m = 7570.84 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.21 % Est. max temperature: 22.85 C = 73.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.28 mb = 741.25 m = 2431.91 ft T: 12.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 0.26 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.53 mb = 2263.49 m = 7426.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.06 C = 77.10 F Cap Strength: 5.66 C Lifted Index: 6.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.79 C Showalter Index: 5.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.80 C Cross Totals Index: 17.61 C K Index: 24.39 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 129.87 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.84 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-): 11829.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.87 mb = 1441.20 m = 4728.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.1 at 39.8 knts Storm direction: 259.1 at 29.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 4.2 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 81.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 119.59 m/s