MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 37.69,-81.3 Latitude: 37.69 Longitude: -81.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 103 1 950 536 SFC 940 626 11.9 8.2 78 3.7 9.8 233 8 290.1 291.4 285.6 310.8 7.29 3 900 988 9.6 6.0 78 3.5 7.6 239 23 291.4 292.5 285.3 310.0 6.52 4 850 1460 6.6 3.9 83 2.7 5.2 252 28 293.0 294.1 285.4 310.3 5.96 5 800 1955 3.5 1.3 85 2.2 2.4 256 35 294.9 295.9 285.4 310.3 5.26 6 750 2478 1.7 -7.9 49 9.6 -2.2 259 40 298.4 298.9 284.2 307.0 2.81 7 700 3031 -0.8 -6.9 63 6.1 -3.4 254 51 301.6 302.2 285.9 311.5 3.25 8 650 3620 -3.7 -6.9 79 3.2 -5.1 248 62 304.8 305.4 287.3 315.6 3.51 9 600 4248 -7.7 -11.8 73 4.1 -9.2 246 70 307.2 307.7 287.2 315.4 2.58 10 550 4919 -12.0 -27.4 27 15.4 -15.5 248 70 309.8 309.9 286.1 312.3 0.73 11 500 5641 -17.0 -30.9 29 13.9 -19.7 254 78 312.3 312.4 286.8 314.3 0.58 12 450 6421 -23.0 -33.2 39 10.2 -24.6 251 81 314.4 314.5 287.5 316.2 0.52 13 400 7272 -29.8 -39.5 39 9.6 -30.9 249 86 316.2 316.3 287.9 317.4 0.31 14 350 8211 -35.6 -51.1 19 15.5 -36.6 251 92 320.7 320.7 289.0 321.1 0.10 15 300 9269 -41.6 -58.8 14 17.2 -42.3 253 87 326.8 326.8 290.9 326.9 0.05 16 250 10490 -47.1 -64.6 12 17.5 -47.6 262 91 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.03 17 200 11946 -52.7 -72.6 7 20.0 -53.0 261 83 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 13776 -59.7 -78.8 7 19.1 -59.9 253 75 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16293 -61.5 -84.5 3 22.9 -61.8 254 40 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5537.12 m Freezing level: 716.27 mb = 2851.15 m = 9354.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 773.84 mb = 2224.53 m = 7298.23 ft Precipitable water: 0.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.71 % Est. max temperature: 17.26 C = 63.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.49 mb = 1085.01 m = 3559.70 ft T: 8.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 3.31 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.26 mb = 1811.17 m = 5942.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.05 C = 60.90 F Cap Strength: 4.63 C Lifted Index: 5.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.15 C Showalter Index: 5.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.64 C Cross Totals Index: 20.95 C K Index: 21.44 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.22 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.85 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10181.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.97 mb = 1499.19 m = 4918.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.7 at 56.1 knts Storm direction: 280.7 at 42.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 3.7 tot: 9.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 251.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 251.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 202.19 m/s