MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 39.29,-76.67 Latitude: 39.29 Longitude: -76.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 100 23.5 16.2 64 7.2 18.7 58 6 295.7 297.7 291.4 328.9 11.55 1 1000 199 21.9 15.4 66 6.5 17.7 59 8 295.1 297.1 290.8 326.9 11.07 2 950 643 18.9 13.6 71 5.3 15.5 72 10 296.4 298.3 290.7 326.4 10.37 3 900 1107 17.2 10.8 66 6.4 13.3 85 12 299.2 300.9 290.5 325.9 9.08 4 850 1592 13.8 7.4 66 6.3 10.0 88 12 300.6 301.9 289.7 323.1 7.63 5 800 2101 11.7 -1.8 39 13.5 5.0 91 10 303.7 304.4 287.6 316.5 4.19 6 750 2639 9.9 -3.4 39 13.3 3.4 106 9 307.3 308.0 288.6 319.6 3.96 7 700 3209 7.0 -7.5 35 14.5 0.5 112 10 310.3 310.8 288.8 320.1 3.10 8 650 3814 4.1 -14.6 24 18.7 -3.1 100 14 313.6 313.9 288.7 319.8 1.89 9 600 4460 0.6 -19.3 21 19.8 -6.2 91 19 316.8 317.1 289.2 321.5 1.39 10 550 5152 -3.9 -21.7 24 17.8 -9.5 87 20 319.4 319.7 289.9 323.6 1.23 11 500 5897 -8.7 -23.9 28 15.2 -13.0 95 18 322.5 322.7 290.7 326.4 1.11 12 450 6706 -13.4 -33.2 17 19.8 -17.6 123 13 326.3 326.5 291.2 328.2 0.52 13 400 7592 -18.7 -27.8 45 9.1 -20.8 187 11 330.7 330.9 292.9 334.2 0.97 14 350 8576 -23.7 -23.7 100 0.0 -23.7 205 29 336.8 337.1 294.9 342.6 1.61 15 300 9687 -31.3 -31.3 100 -0.0 -31.3 219 39 341.3 341.5 295.4 344.8 0.93 16 250 10951 -41.6 -41.6 100 -0.0 -41.6 226 54 344.2 344.3 295.7 345.7 0.40 17 200 12420 -54.7 -54.7 99 0.0 -54.6 236 66 346.2 346.2 295.9 346.7 0.11 18 150 14206 -65.0 -70.8 44 5.8 -65.1 249 42 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.2 0.02 19 100 16639 -71.4 -82.2 19 10.7 -71.5 262 30 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.79 m Freezing level: 593.42 mb = 4551.41 m = 14932.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.22 mb = 3288.20 m = 10787.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.27 % Est. max temperature: 28.08 C = 82.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.41 mb = 1017.49 m = 3338.18 ft T: 17.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 12.42 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.84 mb = 2475.39 m = 8121.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.05 C = 93.30 F Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lifted Index: 4.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.96 C Showalter Index: 6.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.42 C Cross Totals Index: 16.08 C K Index: 15.29 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 130.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6570.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.82 mb = 1299.27 m = 4262.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 92.0 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 122.0 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.8 neg: -2.1 tot: 16.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.84 Bulk Shear: 7.02 m/s