MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F330.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F330.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 330 hour GFS valid 12Z THU 9 OCT 25 Station: 39.1,-76.21 Latitude: 39.10 Longitude: -76.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1019 27 17.6 15.9 89 1.8 16.5 31 7 289.2 291.2 288.9 320.6 11.18 1 1000 185 16.6 15.3 92 1.3 15.8 42 14 289.7 291.7 288.9 320.7 11.00 2 950 624 17.4 14.8 85 2.5 15.7 75 17 294.8 296.8 290.9 327.0 11.24 3 900 1085 15.2 11.8 80 3.4 13.1 86 13 297.2 298.9 290.3 325.3 9.68 4 850 1567 11.1 10.3 95 0.8 10.7 88 12 297.8 299.5 290.3 325.0 9.32 5 800 2072 9.1 6.8 85 2.3 7.8 76 8 300.9 302.3 290.0 324.0 7.78 6 750 2606 7.7 -2.6 48 10.3 2.7 73 4 304.9 305.7 288.1 317.9 4.22 7 700 3171 4.6 -9.7 35 14.3 -1.4 94 4 307.5 308.0 287.3 315.8 2.61 8 650 3771 1.5 -18.2 21 19.7 -5.2 93 5 310.7 311.0 287.2 315.3 1.40 9 600 4411 -2.1 -20.3 23 18.2 -7.9 79 8 313.7 313.9 288.1 318.0 1.27 10 550 5096 -6.7 -22.1 28 15.4 -11.2 68 9 316.1 316.4 288.8 320.2 1.18 11 500 5833 -12.0 -24.2 35 12.2 -15.2 62 7 318.4 318.6 289.4 322.1 1.08 12 450 6630 -17.2 -28.2 38 11.0 -19.7 81 4 321.6 321.8 290.1 324.5 0.83 13 400 7503 -23.2 -39.7 21 16.5 -25.5 97 6 324.9 324.9 290.6 326.0 0.30 14 350 8466 -30.5 -38.7 45 8.2 -31.6 169 6 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.0 0.38 15 300 9541 -39.3 -39.6 98 0.2 -39.4 166 16 330.0 330.0 292.1 331.5 0.41 16 250 10761 -49.3 -50.1 92 0.8 -49.3 185 26 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.4 0.16 17 200 12203 -54.9 -68.6 17 13.7 -55.1 201 15 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 14023 -59.6 -78.8 6 19.2 -59.9 189 11 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16514 -65.8 -83.1 7 17.3 -66.0 251 10 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5647.57 m Freezing level: 628.81 mb = 4042.44 m = 13262.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.90 mb = 2976.01 m = 9763.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.66 % Est. max temperature: 26.01 C = 78.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.88 mb = 246.28 m = 807.99 ft T: 16.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 11.69 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.78 mb = 1315.15 m = 4314.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.93 C = 78.67 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: 2.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.44 C Showalter Index: 1.76 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.13 C Cross Totals Index: 22.33 C K Index: 19.21 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6431.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.68 mb = 735.44 m = 2412.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 75.3 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 105.3 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -36.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.0 neg: -9.2 tot: 39.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.17 Bulk Shear: 6.30 m/s