MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F267.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F267.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 267 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 30 OCT 25 Station: 39.78,-77.13 Latitude: 39.78 Longitude: -77.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 991 206 16.6 14.7 88 1.9 15.4 122 7 290.5 292.4 288.9 320.5 10.65 2 950 564 14.5 12.8 89 1.7 13.4 142 17 291.9 293.7 288.6 319.8 9.81 3 900 1020 11.5 10.1 91 1.4 10.7 157 22 293.3 294.9 288.1 318.2 8.66 4 850 1495 8.6 4.1 73 4.5 6.2 164 25 295.2 296.3 286.4 312.8 6.06 5 800 1995 6.5 -7.9 35 14.4 0.5 176 30 298.0 298.5 283.8 306.1 2.63 6 750 2520 2.4 -10.7 37 13.0 -2.6 187 34 299.1 299.6 283.8 306.1 2.26 7 700 3073 -1.9 -11.8 47 9.9 -5.5 194 39 300.4 300.8 284.2 307.2 2.21 8 650 3657 -6.6 -13.2 59 6.6 -8.8 198 45 301.5 301.9 284.7 308.2 2.13 9 600 4277 -11.6 -13.9 83 2.4 -12.3 200 52 302.8 303.2 285.1 309.6 2.17 10 550 4938 -15.7 -16.0 98 0.3 -15.8 199 63 305.4 305.8 285.9 311.7 1.99 11 500 5651 -19.5 -19.5 100 0.0 -19.5 199 74 309.3 309.6 286.9 314.6 1.63 12 450 6426 -24.3 -27.3 76 3.0 -24.9 205 80 312.7 312.9 287.3 315.8 0.91 13 400 7275 -30.0 -32.1 82 2.1 -30.3 208 85 316.0 316.2 288.2 318.3 0.65 14 350 8212 -37.1 -37.3 98 0.2 -37.1 210 96 318.7 318.8 288.8 320.3 0.44 15 300 9258 -45.4 -46.8 86 1.4 -45.5 212 107 321.3 321.3 289.3 322.0 0.19 16 250 10450 -53.7 -59.3 50 5.7 -53.8 214 119 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.5 0.05 17 200 11867 -56.7 -68.9 20 12.1 -56.9 223 94 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.02 18 150 13703 -55.1 -80.9 3 25.8 -55.5 217 62 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.1 0.00 19 100 16284 -57.4 -84.4 2 26.9 -57.9 205 35 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5523.34 m Freezing level: 722.22 mb = 2827.30 m = 9275.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 792.13 mb = 2075.36 m = 6808.84 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.24 % Est. max temperature: 21.75 C = 71.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.91 mb = 449.43 m = 1474.49 ft T: 15.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 14.46 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.76 mb = 1003.22 m = 3291.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.38 C = 66.88 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.03 C Showalter Index: 1.04 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 51.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.12 C Cross Totals Index: 23.64 C K Index: 22.35 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 493.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.00 mb = 862.04 m = 2828.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.00 mb = 1475.84 m = 4841.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 832.00 mb = 1671.77 m = 5484.76 ft B at Equ Level: 11.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 222.00 mb = 11204.66 m = 36760.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.5 at 43.9 knts Storm direction: 222.5 at 32.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 304.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 304.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.75 Bulk Rich Number: 2.65 Bulk Shear: 186.08 m/s