MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 39.18,-76.69 Latitude: 39.18 Longitude: -76.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 79 24.8 16.9 61 7.9 19.5 90 5 296.8 299.0 292.1 331.5 12.00 1 1000 193 23.2 15.9 64 7.3 18.4 93 7 296.4 298.4 291.6 329.5 11.46 2 950 638 19.1 14.8 76 4.3 16.3 96 9 296.6 298.6 291.5 329.0 11.23 3 900 1100 16.4 11.3 72 5.1 13.3 101 11 298.4 300.1 290.5 325.9 9.41 4 850 1585 13.7 7.4 66 6.3 10.0 97 12 300.4 301.8 289.6 323.0 7.61 5 800 2094 11.3 2.0 52 9.4 6.3 100 11 303.2 304.3 288.7 319.9 5.51 6 750 2631 9.4 0.4 53 9.0 4.6 119 8 306.8 307.7 289.6 322.8 5.24 7 700 3201 6.3 -2.6 53 8.9 1.9 129 8 309.5 310.3 289.9 323.6 4.52 8 650 3804 3.2 -11.1 34 14.3 -2.7 113 11 312.6 313.1 289.0 320.8 2.52 9 600 4449 0.3 -17.3 25 17.6 -6.0 100 16 316.5 316.8 289.3 322.0 1.64 10 550 5141 -3.8 -20.6 26 16.8 -9.2 97 18 319.5 319.8 290.0 324.1 1.34 11 500 5887 -8.8 -24.6 26 15.9 -13.2 111 13 322.3 322.6 290.6 326.0 1.04 12 450 6693 -14.7 -19.8 65 5.1 -16.3 66 7 324.8 325.1 291.9 330.8 1.76 13 400 7581 -17.1 -17.2 98 0.2 -17.1 193 22 332.8 333.3 294.7 341.5 2.47 14 350 8573 -22.5 -22.5 100 0.0 -22.5 210 36 338.4 338.8 295.5 344.9 1.79 15 300 9687 -30.7 -31.1 97 0.4 -30.8 225 43 342.1 342.3 295.7 345.7 0.95 16 250 10953 -41.2 -41.2 100 -0.0 -41.2 229 54 344.8 344.9 295.8 346.4 0.42 17 200 12426 -54.3 -54.3 100 0.0 -54.3 232 67 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.3 0.12 18 150 14212 -65.2 -71.0 44 5.8 -65.3 243 49 357.8 357.8 298.3 357.9 0.02 19 100 16637 -71.7 -82.2 20 10.4 -71.8 268 32 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.82 m Freezing level: 596.36 mb = 4499.88 m = 14763.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.27 mb = 3445.56 m = 11304.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.19 % Est. max temperature: 27.88 C = 82.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.49 mb = 1076.85 m = 3532.93 ft T: 16.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 11.55 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.83 mb = 1847.63 m = 6061.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.87 C = 85.77 F Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lifted Index: 2.99 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.43 C Showalter Index: 6.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.42 C Cross Totals Index: 16.16 C K Index: 20.93 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 125.81 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6094.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.95 mb = 1224.34 m = 4016.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 104.3 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 134.3 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 14.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.5 neg: -2.5 tot: 8.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.80 Bulk Shear: 2.94 m/s