MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 38.89,-76.93 Latitude: 38.89 Longitude: -76.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 62 20.3 19.6 96 0.7 19.8 50 8 292.6 295.2 292.6 333.4 14.36 1 1000 144 19.9 19.1 95 0.8 19.4 54 14 293.1 295.6 292.5 333.0 14.05 2 950 586 18.1 17.4 96 0.6 17.7 85 25 295.5 297.9 292.7 333.7 13.29 3 900 1050 16.3 15.6 95 0.7 15.8 101 24 298.3 300.6 292.9 334.5 12.45 4 850 1535 13.7 12.4 92 1.3 12.9 102 22 300.5 302.4 292.3 332.0 10.72 5 800 2045 11.6 9.8 89 1.8 10.4 100 19 303.5 305.3 292.2 331.9 9.54 6 750 2584 9.4 8.7 95 0.7 9.0 113 16 306.8 308.6 293.2 335.4 9.46 7 700 3155 6.4 5.7 96 0.7 6.0 116 14 309.6 311.1 293.0 334.9 8.25 8 650 3761 3.5 3.2 98 0.3 3.3 112 12 312.9 314.3 293.3 335.9 7.41 9 600 4408 0.6 0.5 99 0.1 0.5 143 7 316.8 318.0 293.7 337.7 6.61 10 550 5103 -3.1 -3.4 98 0.3 -3.3 190 6 320.4 321.4 293.8 337.9 5.41 11 500 5852 -7.5 -8.3 94 0.8 -7.9 213 6 323.9 324.7 293.7 337.4 4.08 12 450 6666 -11.9 -13.0 92 1.1 -12.3 167 6 328.3 328.9 294.0 338.9 3.13 13 400 7559 -17.3 -18.3 92 1.0 -17.6 163 9 332.5 332.9 294.4 340.4 2.26 14 350 8547 -24.1 -24.5 97 0.4 -24.2 166 13 336.2 336.5 294.7 341.7 1.50 15 300 9652 -32.5 -32.5 100 0.0 -32.5 180 19 339.5 339.7 295.0 342.7 0.83 16 250 10909 -43.1 -43.1 100 -0.0 -43.1 192 31 342.0 342.0 295.1 343.3 0.34 17 200 12376 -52.5 -58.9 46 6.4 -52.7 199 49 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.9 0.07 18 150 14189 -62.3 -77.3 12 15.0 -62.4 214 33 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16632 -70.3 -82.2 16 11.8 -70.4 261 13 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.36 m Freezing level: 592.39 mb = 4513.67 m = 14808.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.49 mb = 4495.01 m = 14747.23 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.52 % Est. max temperature: 27.73 C = 81.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 999.61 mb = 147.76 m = 484.78 ft T: 19.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 2.59 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.05 mb = 832.81 m = 2732.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.67 C = 76.41 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: 2.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.81 C Showalter Index: 2.77 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.21 C Cross Totals Index: 19.94 C K Index: 32.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.00 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4762.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 948.83 mb = 596.66 m = 1957.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 109.9 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 139.9 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.4 neg: -9.7 tot: 117.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.09 Bulk Shear: 17.32 m/s