MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F369.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F369.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 369 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 11 SEP 25 Station: 40.6,-76.23 Latitude: 40.60 Longitude: -76.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 177 SFC 993 234 13.5 13.4 99 0.2 13.4 29 4 287.2 288.9 286.8 314.3 9.74 2 950 608 12.7 12.6 99 0.1 12.7 87 17 290.1 291.8 287.9 317.5 9.70 3 900 1064 12.5 12.4 99 0.1 12.4 109 24 294.4 296.2 289.8 323.3 10.09 4 850 1543 11.0 11.0 100 0.0 11.0 123 22 297.7 299.5 290.6 326.1 9.75 5 800 2049 9.2 9.2 100 0.0 9.2 146 23 301.0 302.6 291.2 328.0 9.15 6 750 2583 7.4 7.3 100 0.0 7.3 177 24 304.6 306.2 291.8 330.4 8.61 7 700 3150 5.2 5.1 100 0.0 5.2 212 24 308.2 309.7 292.3 332.4 7.92 8 650 3753 2.2 2.2 100 0.1 2.2 236 28 311.5 312.8 292.5 332.9 6.91 9 600 4396 -0.8 -1.0 99 0.1 -0.9 249 31 315.1 316.3 292.8 334.0 5.96 10 550 5087 -4.4 -4.8 97 0.4 -4.6 259 33 318.9 319.8 293.0 334.6 4.87 11 500 5832 -8.7 -11.2 82 2.5 -9.7 262 33 322.5 323.1 292.6 333.3 3.26 12 450 6642 -13.5 -15.4 86 1.9 -14.2 262 39 326.2 326.7 293.0 334.9 2.56 13 400 7528 -19.4 -22.4 77 3.0 -20.3 257 41 329.7 330.1 293.2 335.3 1.59 14 350 8505 -26.8 -33.0 56 6.2 -27.9 262 45 332.6 332.7 293.1 335.1 0.68 15 300 9597 -35.7 -45.6 35 10.0 -36.5 269 49 335.1 335.1 293.3 335.9 0.21 16 250 10839 -45.4 -54.3 36 8.9 -45.7 273 55 338.6 338.7 294.1 339.0 0.10 17 200 12287 -57.1 -61.5 58 4.3 -57.2 279 58 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.05 18 150 14068 -64.1 -73.4 27 9.3 -64.2 284 64 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16545 -63.5 -83.3 5 19.8 -63.6 282 27 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.75 m Freezing level: 613.69 mb = 4219.87 m = 13844.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.78 mb = 4200.48 m = 13780.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.95 % Est. max temperature: 24.40 C = 75.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.14 mb = 251.60 m = 825.44 ft T: 13.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 993.25 mb = 233.66 m = 766.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.51 C = 56.33 F Cap Strength: 7.62 C Lifted Index: 8.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.27 C Showalter Index: 4.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.68 C Cross Totals Index: 19.66 C K Index: 30.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9594.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.38 mb = 694.25 m = 2277.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.8 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 250.8 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 433.4 neg: -2.2 tot: 431.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 143.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 177.04 m/s