MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 39.31,-76.61 Latitude: 39.31 Longitude: -76.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 96 23.0 17.3 70 5.7 19.2 8 5 295.8 298.0 292.2 331.7 12.49 1 1000 138 23.0 16.6 67 6.3 18.8 10 7 296.1 298.3 291.9 330.7 12.00 2 950 582 19.2 14.9 76 4.3 16.4 14 13 296.7 298.7 291.5 329.3 11.30 3 900 1046 16.8 10.7 67 6.1 13.0 29 14 298.8 300.4 290.3 325.2 9.02 4 850 1531 14.6 4.7 51 10.0 9.0 35 15 301.5 302.6 288.8 320.3 6.29 5 800 2042 12.4 1.2 46 11.2 6.5 31 12 304.4 305.3 288.8 320.3 5.22 6 750 2580 9.0 4.7 75 4.2 6.5 55 8 306.3 307.6 291.2 328.1 7.17 7 700 3148 5.3 2.9 85 2.3 4.0 77 12 308.3 309.6 291.5 329.1 6.77 8 650 3751 1.5 -0.4 87 1.9 0.5 76 19 310.7 311.7 291.3 328.5 5.74 9 600 4392 -1.5 -6.6 68 5.0 -3.8 81 20 314.3 315.1 290.8 326.8 3.89 10 550 5081 -5.2 -9.4 72 4.2 -7.0 75 18 317.9 318.6 291.5 329.1 3.42 11 500 5823 -9.7 -11.2 89 1.5 -10.3 48 19 321.2 321.9 292.3 332.0 3.26 12 450 6634 -12.4 -12.9 96 0.5 -12.6 238 10 327.7 328.3 293.9 338.4 3.16 13 400 7526 -17.1 -17.3 98 0.2 -17.2 245 18 332.7 333.2 294.6 341.3 2.45 14 350 8516 -23.4 -23.4 100 0.0 -23.4 250 23 337.2 337.6 295.1 343.2 1.66 15 300 9626 -31.4 -31.4 100 -0.0 -31.4 239 27 341.1 341.3 295.4 344.6 0.92 16 250 10889 -41.8 -41.8 100 -0.0 -41.8 229 40 343.9 343.9 295.6 345.4 0.39 17 200 12357 -54.4 -54.4 100 0.0 -54.4 241 53 346.6 346.7 296.0 347.1 0.12 18 150 14157 -61.6 -76.4 12 14.8 -61.7 262 47 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16614 -71.5 -83.4 16 11.8 -71.6 269 31 389.5 389.6 303.7 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.44 m Freezing level: 625.46 mb = 4065.31 m = 13337.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.78 mb = 3827.76 m = 12558.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.78 % Est. max temperature: 28.47 C = 83.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.43 mb = 816.22 m = 2677.87 ft T: 17.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 11.46 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.23 mb = 2144.14 m = 7034.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.01 C = 89.62 F Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lifted Index: 2.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.32 C Showalter Index: 6.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.31 C Cross Totals Index: 14.35 C K Index: 26.65 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 104.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6560.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.52 mb = 1202.71 m = 3945.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 56.1 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 86.1 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.6 neg: -12.8 tot: 28.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 14.33 m/s