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: 39.29,-76.69 Latitude: 39.29 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 1010 103 24.9 16.6 60 8.3 19.4 93 5 297.2 299.3 292.1 331.5 11.86 1 1000 193 23.5 15.8 62 7.7 18.4 95 7 296.7 298.7 291.6 329.5 11.36 2 950 638 19.3 14.7 75 4.6 16.3 96 8 296.8 298.8 291.4 329.0 11.13 3 900 1101 16.4 11.5 73 4.9 13.4 102 10 298.4 300.2 290.6 326.3 9.53 4 850 1586 13.7 7.5 66 6.2 10.0 99 11 300.5 301.9 289.7 323.2 7.66 5 800 2094 11.4 0.8 48 10.6 5.8 101 10 303.3 304.2 288.3 318.7 5.07 6 750 2632 9.4 -0.8 49 10.2 4.2 117 8 306.8 307.7 289.2 321.6 4.82 7 700 3201 6.3 -2.3 54 8.6 2.0 126 8 309.5 310.4 289.9 323.9 4.62 8 650 3805 3.4 -12.4 30 15.8 -2.9 111 11 312.8 313.3 288.8 320.2 2.27 9 600 4450 0.4 -19.5 21 19.9 -6.3 99 16 316.6 316.9 289.1 321.2 1.36 10 550 5142 -3.9 -21.1 25 17.2 -9.4 95 18 319.5 319.7 289.9 323.9 1.29 11 500 5887 -8.8 -25.1 25 16.3 -13.3 103 14 322.3 322.5 290.5 325.8 0.99 12 450 6694 -14.7 -21.8 55 7.1 -16.7 81 8 324.8 325.1 291.7 330.0 1.49 13 400 7580 -17.3 -17.6 98 0.3 -17.4 196 18 332.5 333.0 294.6 340.9 2.41 14 350 8573 -22.6 -22.6 100 0.0 -22.5 208 36 338.4 338.7 295.5 344.8 1.79 15 300 9686 -30.8 -31.0 98 0.2 -30.8 224 43 342.0 342.2 295.7 345.7 0.96 16 250 10952 -41.2 -41.2 100 -0.0 -41.2 230 54 344.8 344.8 295.8 346.4 0.41 17 200 12425 -54.3 -54.4 100 0.0 -54.3 233 68 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.3 0.12 18 150 14210 -65.3 -70.7 47 5.4 -65.4 244 50 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.7 0.02 19 100 16635 -71.8 -82.2 20 10.4 -71.9 267 32 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.64 m Freezing level: 595.06 mb = 4518.84 m = 14825.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.56 mb = 3442.63 m = 11294.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.16 % Est. max temperature: 27.79 C = 82.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.99 mb = 1148.27 m = 3767.25 ft T: 16.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 12.86 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.41 mb = 1924.14 m = 6312.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.09 C = 86.17 F Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lifted Index: 3.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.45 C Showalter Index: 5.87 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.51 C Cross Totals Index: 16.30 C K Index: 21.36 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 126.15 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6555.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.22 mb = 1279.76 m = 4198.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 102.8 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 132.8 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 24.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: -1.9 tot: 6.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.56 Bulk Shear: 3.07 m/s