MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F273.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F273.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 273 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 31 OCT 25 Station: 40.15,-76.63 Latitude: 40.15 Longitude: -76.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 SFC 995 180 14.9 14.3 96 0.6 14.5 121 9 288.4 290.3 287.9 317.4 10.35 2 950 570 13.0 12.5 96 0.6 12.7 134 24 290.4 292.1 287.9 317.5 9.61 3 900 1023 10.5 10.4 99 0.1 10.4 150 27 292.3 293.9 287.9 317.5 8.83 4 850 1498 8.4 8.1 98 0.2 8.2 159 28 294.9 296.3 288.1 318.0 8.01 5 800 1997 4.9 1.3 78 3.6 3.1 166 27 296.3 297.3 286.0 311.8 5.26 6 750 2520 1.5 -7.4 52 8.9 -2.1 169 26 298.2 298.8 284.2 307.1 2.93 7 700 3072 -2.3 -9.4 58 7.1 -5.1 172 26 299.9 300.4 284.6 308.1 2.67 8 650 3656 -6.3 -11.8 65 5.5 -8.2 187 30 301.8 302.3 285.0 309.2 2.37 9 600 4277 -10.0 -13.5 75 3.5 -11.2 203 51 304.6 305.0 285.9 311.6 2.25 10 550 4943 -14.2 -16.1 86 1.9 -14.8 203 65 307.2 307.6 286.6 313.5 1.98 11 500 5659 -18.6 -24.9 58 6.3 -20.0 198 77 310.4 310.6 286.6 313.8 1.01 12 450 6437 -23.4 -35.8 31 12.4 -25.2 198 85 313.8 313.9 287.2 315.3 0.40 13 400 7288 -29.4 -41.1 31 11.7 -30.7 204 91 316.8 316.8 288.0 317.7 0.26 14 350 8226 -36.8 -46.7 35 9.9 -37.5 206 102 319.2 319.2 288.7 319.8 0.16 15 300 9275 -44.5 -53.1 38 8.6 -44.9 210 110 322.6 322.6 289.6 323.0 0.09 16 250 10476 -50.9 -61.9 26 11.0 -51.2 212 110 330.3 330.4 291.9 330.5 0.04 17 200 11912 -55.5 -69.1 17 13.6 -55.7 211 94 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.02 18 150 13733 -57.4 -80.6 4 23.2 -57.7 212 74 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.2 0.00 19 100 16295 -57.7 -84.5 2 26.8 -58.1 226 34 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5523.67 m Freezing level: 730.20 mb = 2738.72 m = 8985.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 770.26 mb = 2304.04 m = 7559.08 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.60 % Est. max temperature: 21.45 C = 70.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.69 mb = 249.25 m = 817.74 ft T: 14.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 10.89 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 929.69 mb = 751.00 m = 2463.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.59 C = 63.66 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -0.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.72 C Showalter Index: -1.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.95 C Cross Totals Index: 26.72 C K Index: 28.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 233.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.97 mb = 676.59 m = 2219.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 822.97 mb = 1763.98 m = 5787.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 462.97 mb = 6227.27 m = 20430.41 ft B at Equ Level: 233.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 302.97 mb = 9208.36 m = 30210.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 187.1 at 41.7 knts Storm direction: 217.1 at 31.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 226.5 neg: -0.2 tot: 226.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 1.46 Bulk Shear: 159.54 m/s