MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 22 OCT 25 Station: 38.78,-72.9 Latitude: 38.78 Longitude: -72.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 0 17.2 12.8 75 4.4 14.6 260 14 289.7 291.3 287.3 315.7 9.26 1 1000 74 16.5 11.2 71 5.3 13.3 261 16 289.6 291.1 286.5 313.2 8.36 2 950 508 12.9 8.3 74 4.6 10.3 258 18 290.2 291.5 285.6 310.8 7.23 3 900 960 10.7 1.4 53 9.2 6.1 249 22 292.5 293.3 283.9 306.2 4.72 4 850 1434 7.9 -3.9 43 11.8 2.7 239 30 294.5 295.1 283.2 304.5 3.37 5 800 1931 4.7 -2.9 58 7.6 1.3 231 38 296.2 296.9 284.4 307.7 3.86 6 750 2454 1.7 -13.7 31 15.4 -3.7 229 44 298.4 298.7 283.0 303.9 1.76 7 700 3007 -0.5 -24.8 14 24.3 -7.0 231 51 302.0 302.1 283.1 304.4 0.73 8 650 3596 -3.5 -25.9 16 22.4 -9.2 232 58 305.1 305.2 284.4 307.4 0.71 9 600 4223 -7.5 -26.9 19 19.4 -12.2 229 66 307.5 307.6 285.2 309.8 0.70 10 550 4894 -11.7 -35.3 12 23.6 -16.0 227 72 310.1 310.2 285.8 311.4 0.34 11 500 5618 -15.8 -47.8 5 32.0 -19.7 231 77 313.8 313.8 286.8 314.2 0.10 12 450 6405 -20.4 -50.0 5 29.6 -23.5 238 84 317.6 317.6 288.1 317.9 0.09 13 400 7267 -26.4 -44.3 17 18.0 -28.3 239 90 320.7 320.8 289.2 321.4 0.19 14 350 8217 -33.5 -43.1 37 9.6 -34.4 238 95 323.5 323.6 290.1 324.4 0.24 15 300 9281 -41.0 -55.2 20 14.2 -41.7 241 101 327.5 327.5 291.1 327.8 0.07 16 250 10498 -49.2 -60.6 26 11.3 -49.6 239 100 332.9 332.9 292.5 333.0 0.04 17 200 11939 -55.2 -69.2 16 14.0 -55.4 239 98 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 13758 -59.1 -78.6 6 19.6 -59.3 239 62 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.4 0.01 19 100 16268 -64.0 -83.9 5 19.9 -64.2 245 50 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5544.47 m Freezing level: 710.92 mb = 2886.33 m = 9469.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 787.45 mb = 2059.40 m = 6756.49 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.23 % Est. max temperature: 21.69 C = 71.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.82 mb = 553.68 m = 1816.50 ft T: 12.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 11.25 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.92 mb = 1729.63 m = 5674.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.07 C = 73.53 F Cap Strength: 4.58 C Lifted Index: 6.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.20 C Showalter Index: 10.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.69 C Cross Totals Index: 11.88 C K Index: -4.48 Risk: None Sweat Index: 136.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10505.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.71 mb = 1121.23 m = 3678.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.1 at 50.1 knts Storm direction: 262.1 at 37.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 5.7 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 168.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 170.28 m/s