MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F075.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F075.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 75 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 39.29,-76.65 Latitude: 39.29 Longitude: -76.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 97 21.4 17.3 77 4.1 18.7 20 5 293.9 296.1 291.5 329.3 12.40 1 1000 165 20.7 16.7 78 4.0 18.1 23 7 293.9 296.1 291.2 328.3 12.06 2 950 607 18.6 13.5 72 5.1 15.4 48 10 296.1 298.0 290.5 325.8 10.29 3 900 1070 16.4 10.6 69 5.7 12.9 53 12 298.4 300.0 290.2 324.6 8.97 4 850 1555 14.2 7.6 65 6.5 10.3 53 11 301.0 302.4 289.9 323.9 7.75 5 800 2065 11.4 7.4 77 3.9 9.0 81 9 303.3 304.8 291.0 327.6 8.13 6 750 2602 8.0 5.5 84 2.5 6.6 110 10 305.3 306.7 291.2 328.2 7.58 7 700 3168 4.2 3.2 93 1.1 3.7 101 9 307.2 308.5 291.2 328.2 6.89 8 650 3768 0.5 0.1 97 0.4 0.3 77 11 309.6 310.7 291.1 327.9 5.93 9 600 4410 -1.1 -5.4 73 4.3 -3.1 83 22 314.8 315.7 291.3 328.5 4.28 10 550 5098 -5.5 -7.4 87 1.8 -6.3 70 26 317.5 318.3 291.9 330.5 4.00 11 500 5841 -9.1 -9.8 95 0.7 -9.4 81 14 322.0 322.7 292.8 334.0 3.65 12 450 6653 -12.2 -12.7 96 0.5 -12.4 235 12 327.9 328.6 294.0 338.8 3.20 13 400 7546 -17.0 -17.1 99 0.2 -17.0 235 19 332.9 333.4 294.7 341.6 2.49 14 350 8535 -23.5 -23.5 100 0.0 -23.5 231 26 337.0 337.4 295.0 342.9 1.64 15 300 9644 -31.7 -31.7 100 -0.0 -31.7 226 35 340.7 340.9 295.3 344.1 0.90 16 250 10905 -42.5 -42.7 98 0.2 -42.5 225 44 342.8 342.9 295.3 344.3 0.35 17 200 12371 -54.3 -54.3 100 0.0 -54.3 240 65 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.3 0.12 18 150 14169 -63.2 -75.1 19 11.9 -63.3 253 56 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16622 -70.8 -83.4 14 12.5 -70.9 285 26 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.79 m Freezing level: 633.85 mb = 3975.39 m = 13042.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.40 mb = 3825.21 m = 12549.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.44 % Est. max temperature: 28.09 C = 82.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.41 mb = 621.74 m = 2039.81 ft T: 18.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 5.34 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.00 mb = 2064.88 m = 6774.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.82 C = 87.47 F Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lifted Index: 3.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.24 C Showalter Index: 5.18 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.26 C Cross Totals Index: 16.73 C K Index: 29.83 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 126.46 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.96 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7410.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.81 mb = 1157.17 m = 3796.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 76.2 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 106.2 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 19.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.0 neg: -2.4 tot: 21.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.44 Bulk Shear: 11.38 m/s