MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 39.23,-76.63 Latitude: 39.23 Longitude: -76.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 19.8 16.9 83 2.9 17.9 31 4 292.1 294.3 290.7 326.4 12.09 1 1000 165 19.8 16.3 80 3.5 17.5 41 6 293.0 295.1 290.7 326.4 11.76 2 950 607 18.5 13.8 74 4.8 15.5 61 8 296.0 297.9 290.6 326.2 10.48 3 900 1070 16.6 11.1 70 5.4 13.2 71 8 298.6 300.3 290.5 325.7 9.28 4 850 1555 14.6 8.2 65 6.4 10.8 91 8 301.5 302.9 290.4 325.3 8.04 5 800 2066 11.6 7.3 75 4.3 9.0 108 8 303.5 305.0 291.0 327.5 8.02 6 750 2603 8.1 5.8 85 2.3 6.8 93 7 305.4 306.9 291.3 328.8 7.74 7 700 3170 4.6 3.5 92 1.2 4.0 83 7 307.6 308.9 291.5 329.1 7.04 8 650 3771 0.9 0.0 94 0.9 0.5 101 12 310.0 311.1 291.2 328.3 5.91 9 600 4412 -2.1 -3.7 89 1.6 -2.9 76 16 313.7 314.7 291.5 329.1 4.86 10 550 5100 -5.1 -6.3 91 1.2 -5.7 72 6 318.1 318.9 292.3 332.1 4.35 11 500 5846 -8.0 -8.7 95 0.7 -8.4 211 13 323.2 324.0 293.4 336.3 3.96 12 450 6659 -12.0 -12.5 96 0.5 -12.2 220 20 328.1 328.8 294.1 339.1 3.24 13 400 7552 -17.0 -17.2 99 0.2 -17.1 230 23 332.9 333.4 294.7 341.5 2.49 14 350 8542 -23.3 -23.3 100 0.0 -23.4 239 27 337.3 337.6 295.1 343.3 1.67 15 300 9653 -31.0 -31.1 100 0.0 -31.0 234 48 341.7 341.9 295.6 345.3 0.96 16 250 10918 -41.4 -41.4 100 -0.0 -41.4 229 56 344.5 344.6 295.8 346.1 0.41 17 200 12392 -54.1 -54.1 100 0.0 -54.1 243 55 347.1 347.1 296.1 347.6 0.12 18 150 14181 -65.7 -71.5 44 5.8 -65.7 247 57 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.02 19 100 16622 -69.0 -83.4 11 14.4 -69.1 258 26 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.17 m Freezing level: 634.48 mb = 3970.10 m = 13025.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.69 mb = 3861.86 m = 12669.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.84 % Est. max temperature: 28.58 C = 83.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.73 mb = 447.65 m = 1468.63 ft T: 19.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.74 C/km ThetaE index: 1.06 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.83 mb = 2078.23 m = 6818.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.22 C = 88.20 F Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lifted Index: 5.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.69 C Showalter Index: 5.53 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.67 C Cross Totals Index: 16.23 C K Index: 29.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 127.54 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6819.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.38 mb = 1085.00 m = 3559.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 92.1 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 122.1 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.0 neg: -1.0 tot: 15.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.91 Bulk Shear: 5.37 m/s