MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 38.84,-75.00 Latitude: 38.84 Longitude: -75.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1028 1 15.2 9.1 67 6.2 11.7 267 7 286.1 287.3 283.7 305.8 7.04 1 1000 236 13.4 7.0 65 6.4 9.9 266 7 286.5 287.6 283.1 304.1 6.27 2 950 667 11.7 2.4 53 9.3 7.1 258 6 289.1 289.9 282.5 302.8 4.79 3 900 1117 10.4 -4.2 36 14.6 3.9 263 3 292.2 292.8 282.0 301.4 3.12 4 850 1594 11.2 -14.0 16 25.2 1.8 28 1 297.9 298.1 282.4 302.6 1.52 5 800 2098 10.0 -13.4 18 23.4 1.0 15 4 301.8 302.1 284.2 307.2 1.70 6 750 2631 7.2 -11.3 25 18.5 -0.2 0 6 304.4 304.8 285.8 311.2 2.14 7 700 3195 4.0 -15.0 24 19.0 -3.0 345 7 306.9 307.2 286.2 312.4 1.70 8 650 3793 0.8 -22.7 15 23.5 -6.3 340 9 309.9 310.1 286.4 313.1 0.95 9 600 4431 -2.7 -33.3 7 30.6 -9.8 348 10 313.0 313.0 286.9 314.3 0.38 10 550 5114 -7.3 -28.4 17 21.1 -12.5 349 12 315.4 315.5 288.0 317.7 0.67 11 500 5848 -13.0 -22.7 44 9.7 -15.6 336 16 317.2 317.4 289.2 321.4 1.24 12 450 6642 -18.7 -27.5 46 8.7 -20.7 335 20 319.7 319.8 289.6 322.8 0.89 13 400 7509 -24.9 -35.9 35 11.0 -26.5 340 21 322.7 322.8 290.0 324.3 0.45 14 350 8466 -31.9 -46.3 23 14.4 -33.2 345 20 325.7 325.8 290.7 326.4 0.17 15 300 9535 -40.5 -53.2 24 12.8 -41.1 349 18 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.7 0.09 16 250 10752 -49.2 -58.7 32 9.5 -49.5 359 17 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.1 0.06 17 200 12190 -55.6 -66.3 25 10.7 -55.8 351 18 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.03 18 150 13999 -61.7 -77.0 11 15.3 -61.9 346 15 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16478 -64.8 -83.2 6 18.5 -65.0 348 17 402.5 402.5 305.6 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5611.96 m Freezing level: 638.53 mb = 3939.11 m = 12923.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 758.72 mb = 2535.59 m = 8318.78 ft Precipitable water: 0.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.50 % Est. max temperature: 23.83 C = 74.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.51 mb = 777.18 m = 2549.77 ft T: 11.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 4.31 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 617.19 mb = 4205.72 m = 13798.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.24 C = 106.23 F Cap Strength: 13.47 C Lifted Index: 13.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.38 C Showalter Index: 14.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 23.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.18 C Cross Totals Index: -1.01 C K Index: -8.80 Risk: None Sweat Index: 18.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.95 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13151.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.03 mb = 1418.82 m = 4654.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 336.5 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 6.5 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: -11.2 tot: -10.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.31 Bulk Shear: 9.76 m/s