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: 39.33,-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 1004 103 23.0 17.3 70 5.7 19.2 8 5 295.8 298.1 292.2 331.7 12.47 1 1000 138 23.0 16.7 67 6.3 18.8 9 7 296.2 298.3 291.9 330.8 12.02 2 950 583 19.2 14.9 76 4.3 16.4 15 13 296.7 298.7 291.5 329.4 11.30 3 900 1046 16.8 10.8 68 6.0 13.1 30 14 298.8 300.4 290.3 325.3 9.04 4 850 1531 14.6 4.7 51 9.9 9.0 36 15 301.5 302.6 288.8 320.3 6.31 5 800 2042 12.4 0.8 45 11.6 6.3 32 12 304.4 305.3 288.7 319.9 5.08 6 750 2580 9.0 4.7 74 4.3 6.5 53 8 306.3 307.6 291.2 328.0 7.14 7 700 3149 5.3 2.9 85 2.4 3.9 75 11 308.3 309.6 291.5 329.0 6.75 8 650 3751 1.5 -0.4 87 1.9 0.5 76 18 310.7 311.8 291.3 328.5 5.73 9 600 4392 -1.5 -6.9 67 5.4 -3.9 81 20 314.4 315.1 290.7 326.6 3.81 10 550 5081 -5.2 -9.7 71 4.5 -7.1 74 19 317.9 318.5 291.3 328.8 3.33 11 500 5823 -9.8 -11.3 88 1.5 -10.4 48 21 321.1 321.8 292.2 331.8 3.22 12 450 6634 -12.4 -12.9 96 0.5 -12.6 236 10 327.6 328.3 293.9 338.3 3.15 13 400 7526 -17.1 -17.4 98 0.2 -17.2 245 17 332.7 333.2 294.6 341.3 2.45 14 350 8516 -23.4 -23.4 100 0.0 -23.4 251 23 337.2 337.5 295.1 343.2 1.66 15 300 9625 -31.4 -31.4 100 -0.0 -31.4 240 28 341.1 341.3 295.4 344.6 0.92 16 250 10888 -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 -54.5 100 0.0 -54.4 240 53 346.6 346.6 296.0 347.1 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 16615 -71.5 -83.4 15 11.9 -71.5 269 30 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.33 m Freezing level: 624.81 mb = 4073.93 m = 13365.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.86 mb = 3826.99 m = 12555.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.17 % Est. max temperature: 28.44 C = 83.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.23 mb = 827.61 m = 2715.22 ft T: 17.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 11.86 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.65 mb = 2150.52 m = 7055.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.97 C = 89.55 F Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lifted Index: 1.99 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.34 C Showalter Index: 6.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.39 C Cross Totals Index: 14.48 C K Index: 26.73 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 106.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6618.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.79 mb = 1209.90 m = 3969.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 55.8 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 85.8 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.2 neg: -12.8 tot: 28.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 14.34 m/s