MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F270.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F270.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 270 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 6 SEP 25 Station: 39.31,-76.73 Latitude: 39.31 Longitude: -76.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 113 18.7 15.9 84 2.8 16.9 305 9 291.8 293.8 290.0 324.1 11.42 1 1000 122 18.5 15.7 84 2.8 16.7 300 11 291.7 293.7 289.8 323.5 11.26 2 950 561 15.7 14.1 90 1.7 14.7 302 20 293.1 295.1 289.9 323.6 10.68 3 900 1020 14.5 13.3 93 1.2 13.7 282 20 296.4 298.4 291.0 327.4 10.72 4 850 1503 12.7 11.4 92 1.3 11.9 261 26 299.4 301.2 291.3 328.7 9.99 5 800 2010 10.1 9.2 94 1.0 9.5 248 31 301.9 303.6 291.5 329.0 9.14 6 750 2546 7.3 6.6 96 0.7 6.9 246 35 304.5 306.0 291.5 329.1 8.19 7 700 3111 4.1 3.5 96 0.6 3.8 244 37 307.0 308.4 291.3 328.5 7.06 8 650 3712 0.8 0.6 98 0.3 0.7 239 40 309.9 311.0 291.4 328.9 6.14 9 600 4352 -2.3 -2.7 97 0.4 -2.5 231 43 313.4 314.4 291.7 329.9 5.23 10 550 5039 -6.0 -6.7 95 0.7 -6.4 230 44 316.9 317.8 291.9 330.5 4.21 11 500 5780 -10.3 -11.6 90 1.3 -10.8 227 52 320.5 321.1 292.0 330.9 3.15 12 450 6584 -15.2 -18.7 74 3.5 -16.3 225 63 324.2 324.5 291.9 330.8 1.94 13 400 7465 -20.3 -33.8 29 13.5 -22.8 228 68 328.6 328.7 291.9 330.6 0.55 14 350 8442 -26.3 -47.9 11 21.5 -28.6 238 74 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.14 15 300 9536 -35.0 -53.5 14 18.4 -36.3 241 79 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.09 16 250 10778 -45.7 -56.2 29 10.6 -46.1 241 81 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.5 0.08 17 200 12229 -56.5 -61.4 54 4.9 -56.6 243 83 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.05 18 150 14025 -59.8 -76.5 10 16.7 -60.0 232 59 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16551 -60.7 -83.0 4 22.4 -60.9 255 31 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.28 m Freezing level: 637.09 mb = 3876.96 m = 12719.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.50 mb = 3841.84 m = 12604.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.01 % Est. max temperature: 26.28 C = 79.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.53 mb = 466.35 m = 1529.99 ft T: 16.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 0.56 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.05 mb = 1521.81 m = 4992.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.44 C = 79.59 F Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lifted Index: 3.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.87 C Showalter Index: 1.60 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.93 C Cross Totals Index: 21.65 C K Index: 33.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7539.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.30 mb = 793.45 m = 2603.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.8 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 271.8 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.7 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.5 neg: -37.2 tot: -5.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 126.81 m/s