MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 39.33,-76.63 Latitude: 39.33 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 1006 103 23.2 16.9 68 6.3 19.0 15 5 295.9 298.1 291.9 330.8 12.13 1 1000 154 22.5 16.3 68 6.2 18.4 15 6 295.6 297.8 291.6 329.4 11.75 2 950 598 18.7 14.6 77 4.1 16.0 21 8 296.1 298.1 291.2 328.1 11.06 3 900 1060 16.5 10.7 69 5.8 12.9 40 11 298.5 300.1 290.2 324.7 8.99 4 850 1545 14.1 6.6 61 7.5 9.7 42 11 300.9 302.2 289.5 322.2 7.19 5 800 2055 11.6 4.9 64 6.7 7.8 55 8 303.5 304.7 289.9 323.9 6.80 6 750 2592 8.1 5.2 82 2.8 6.4 84 7 305.3 306.7 291.1 327.8 7.43 7 700 3158 4.3 3.1 92 1.2 3.6 78 10 307.2 308.5 291.2 328.1 6.85 8 650 3759 0.9 0.1 94 0.9 0.5 75 18 310.0 311.1 291.2 328.4 5.92 9 600 4399 -1.3 -5.8 71 4.5 -3.4 89 24 314.6 315.4 291.0 327.7 4.12 10 550 5089 -5.6 -8.1 83 2.5 -6.7 74 23 317.4 318.2 291.6 329.7 3.78 11 500 5831 -9.3 -10.2 93 0.9 -9.7 68 16 321.7 322.4 292.6 333.3 3.53 12 450 6642 -12.4 -12.9 96 0.5 -12.6 225 10 327.7 328.3 293.9 338.4 3.15 13 400 7534 -17.1 -17.3 99 0.1 -17.1 234 20 332.7 333.2 294.7 341.4 2.47 14 350 8524 -23.4 -23.4 100 0.0 -23.4 231 26 337.2 337.5 295.1 343.1 1.65 15 300 9633 -31.4 -31.4 100 -0.0 -31.4 233 33 341.2 341.4 295.4 344.7 0.93 16 250 10896 -41.7 -41.7 100 -0.0 -41.8 229 40 344.0 344.1 295.6 345.6 0.39 17 200 12364 -55.0 -55.0 99 0.0 -54.9 233 53 345.7 345.8 295.8 346.2 0.11 18 150 14162 -61.7 -76.3 13 14.6 -61.9 262 54 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16621 -71.5 -83.3 16 11.8 -71.6 266 25 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.25 m Freezing level: 629.51 mb = 4021.17 m = 13192.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.78 mb = 3835.62 m = 12583.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.44 % Est. max temperature: 27.95 C = 82.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.79 mb = 902.05 m = 2959.44 ft T: 17.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 8.57 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.30 mb = 2009.58 m = 6593.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.60 C = 87.08 F Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lifted Index: 2.97 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.73 C Showalter Index: 5.84 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.39 C Cross Totals Index: 15.89 C K Index: 28.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 116.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.19 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6531.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.58 mb = 1187.63 m = 3896.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 70.5 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 100.5 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.3 neg: -7.6 tot: 18.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.57 Bulk Shear: 16.74 m/s