MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 39.31,-76.59 Latitude: 39.31 Longitude: -76.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 20.1 13.7 67 6.4 16.1 28 7 292.9 294.7 289.0 321.1 9.87 1 1000 131 20.4 13.1 63 7.3 15.8 33 10 293.6 295.3 289.0 320.9 9.54 2 950 574 20.0 9.2 50 10.8 13.5 58 23 297.4 298.8 288.7 319.9 7.69 3 900 1038 16.6 6.0 50 10.6 10.6 59 23 298.6 299.8 288.1 317.9 6.54 4 850 1522 14.2 -1.9 33 16.1 6.2 56 22 301.0 301.7 286.4 312.9 3.90 5 800 2031 12.5 -9.8 20 22.3 3.0 52 20 304.5 304.9 285.9 311.6 2.26 6 750 2569 10.0 -13.0 18 23.0 0.8 48 18 307.4 307.8 286.5 313.4 1.87 7 700 3138 6.4 -11.3 27 17.7 -0.9 47 17 309.6 310.0 287.8 317.0 2.31 8 650 3741 2.4 -9.0 43 11.4 -2.5 41 16 311.7 312.3 289.1 321.2 2.98 9 600 4384 -0.9 -12.8 40 11.9 -5.6 37 13 315.1 315.5 289.6 322.8 2.38 10 550 5074 -3.9 -16.7 36 12.8 -8.5 49 13 319.4 319.8 290.5 325.8 1.88 11 500 5819 -9.0 -19.5 42 10.5 -12.4 55 19 322.1 322.4 291.0 327.6 1.63 12 450 6627 -13.8 -15.2 89 1.4 -14.3 32 15 325.9 326.4 293.0 334.7 2.60 13 400 7516 -17.4 -17.7 98 0.3 -17.5 266 16 332.3 332.8 294.5 340.7 2.38 14 350 8505 -23.6 -23.6 100 0.0 -23.6 261 24 337.0 337.3 295.0 342.8 1.63 15 300 9613 -32.1 -32.1 100 -0.0 -32.1 250 33 340.1 340.2 295.1 343.3 0.86 16 250 10871 -42.8 -42.8 100 -0.0 -42.8 247 42 342.5 342.6 295.3 343.9 0.35 17 200 12334 -55.2 -55.2 99 0.1 -55.2 254 57 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.9 0.11 18 150 14146 -61.4 -76.3 12 14.9 -61.6 260 45 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16607 -69.2 -83.4 11 14.2 -69.2 297 30 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.37 m Freezing level: 613.66 mb = 4208.02 m = 13805.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 726.18 mb = 2835.21 m = 9301.77 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.66 % Est. max temperature: 28.03 C = 82.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.84 mb = 906.87 m = 2975.27 ft T: 17.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 9.43 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 679.69 mb = 3377.64 m = 11081.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.67 C = 99.81 F Cap Strength: 7.49 C Lifted Index: 7.49 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.04 C Showalter Index: 11.53 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.21 C Cross Totals Index: 7.08 C K Index: 3.61 Risk: None Sweat Index: 62.41 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9419.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.19 mb = 1760.45 m = 5775.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 50.1 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 80.1 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.5 neg: -18.2 tot: 28.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 150.17 Bulk Shear: 0.13 m/s