MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 18Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 38.57,-75.71 Latitude: 38.57 Longitude: -75.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1021 11 17.5 -0.6 29 18.0 8.8 297 11 288.9 289.5 281.0 299.3 3.59 1 1000 190 14.3 -2.0 32 16.3 6.8 296 16 287.4 288.0 280.0 296.9 3.29 2 950 619 10.0 -3.0 40 13.0 4.3 293 17 287.3 287.9 279.8 296.6 3.22 3 900 1064 5.8 -4.0 49 9.7 1.7 290 17 287.4 288.0 279.8 296.6 3.16 4 850 1528 1.4 -5.1 62 6.6 -1.2 288 18 287.6 288.2 279.8 296.5 3.06 5 800 2014 0.2 -20.4 20 20.6 -5.5 283 27 291.3 291.5 278.7 294.3 0.94 6 750 2529 -1.4 -28.4 11 27.0 -7.7 280 33 295.0 295.1 279.8 296.6 0.49 7 700 3075 -4.2 -31.1 10 27.0 -9.9 280 37 297.9 297.9 281.0 299.2 0.41 8 650 3655 -7.0 -41.5 4 34.5 -12.5 284 45 301.0 301.1 282.0 301.6 0.15 9 600 4276 -9.0 -47.9 3 38.9 -14.3 285 60 305.8 305.8 283.8 306.1 0.08 10 550 4949 -9.5 -50.6 2 41.1 -15.0 278 81 312.8 312.9 286.4 313.1 0.07 11 500 5679 -13.6 -48.7 3 35.1 -18.2 277 85 316.4 316.5 287.7 316.8 0.09 12 450 6471 -19.3 -46.4 7 27.0 -22.6 278 86 318.9 319.0 288.6 319.4 0.13 13 400 7334 -26.1 -43.5 18 17.3 -28.0 281 86 321.0 321.1 289.3 321.8 0.20 14 350 8287 -32.5 -51.9 13 19.5 -33.8 289 90 325.0 325.0 290.3 325.3 0.09 15 300 9355 -41.1 -46.0 59 4.9 -41.5 295 104 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.2 0.21 16 250 10565 -51.4 -55.1 64 3.7 -51.5 294 118 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.0 0.09 17 200 11985 -59.3 -65.0 47 5.7 -59.3 290 85 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.0 0.03 18 150 13778 -61.5 -78.2 9 16.7 -61.6 271 78 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16286 -61.9 -83.8 4 21.9 -62.2 279 50 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5489.38 m Freezing level: 794.62 mb = 2069.10 m = 6788.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 871.08 mb = 1329.18 m = 4360.77 ft Precipitable water: 0.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.95 % Est. max temperature: 16.16 C = 61.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 778.37 mb = 2232.45 m = 7324.22 ft T: -0.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.63 C/km ThetaE index: 5.03 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 607.81 mb = 4175.89 m = 13700.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.68 C = 92.63 F Cap Strength: 15.76 C Lifted Index: 17.48 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.00 C Showalter Index: 17.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 23.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 15.05 C Cross Totals Index: 8.48 C K Index: -17.06 Risk: None Sweat Index: 120.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13957.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.09 mb = 2225.09 m = 7300.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.3 at 44.5 knts Storm direction: 311.3 at 33.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 107.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 114.41 m/s