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,-76.67 Latitude: 39.31 Longitude: -76.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 105 20.1 13.5 66 6.6 16.0 27 7 293.0 294.7 289.0 320.7 9.74 1 1000 132 20.5 13.0 62 7.4 15.8 32 10 293.6 295.3 289.0 320.7 9.47 2 950 575 20.0 9.2 50 10.7 13.5 57 23 297.4 298.8 288.8 320.0 7.72 3 900 1038 16.6 6.0 49 10.6 10.6 58 23 298.6 299.8 288.1 317.9 6.53 4 850 1522 14.2 -1.9 33 16.1 6.2 56 22 301.0 301.8 286.4 312.9 3.90 5 800 2031 12.5 -10.0 20 22.5 2.9 52 20 304.5 304.9 285.9 311.5 2.24 6 750 2569 10.0 -13.1 18 23.0 0.8 49 18 307.4 307.7 286.5 313.4 1.86 7 700 3138 6.4 -11.0 28 17.4 -0.8 47 17 309.6 310.0 287.8 317.1 2.36 8 650 3741 2.4 -8.5 44 10.9 -2.4 42 16 311.7 312.2 289.2 321.5 3.08 9 600 4384 -0.9 -12.7 41 11.7 -5.5 39 13 315.0 315.5 289.6 322.9 2.41 10 550 5074 -4.0 -16.6 37 12.6 -8.5 51 13 319.4 319.8 290.5 325.8 1.90 11 500 5819 -9.0 -19.7 42 10.7 -12.4 55 20 322.0 322.4 291.0 327.5 1.61 12 450 6627 -13.8 -15.2 89 1.4 -14.3 32 15 325.9 326.4 293.0 334.7 2.61 13 400 7516 -17.4 -17.7 98 0.3 -17.5 265 15 332.3 332.8 294.5 340.7 2.39 14 350 8505 -23.6 -23.6 100 0.0 -23.6 260 24 337.0 337.3 295.0 342.8 1.63 15 300 9613 -32.2 -32.1 100 -0.0 -32.1 250 32 340.1 340.2 295.1 343.3 0.86 16 250 10871 -42.8 -42.8 100 -0.0 -42.8 247 42 342.5 342.5 295.3 343.8 0.35 17 200 12334 -55.2 -55.2 99 0.1 -55.2 253 57 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.9 0.11 18 150 14146 -61.4 -76.3 12 14.9 -61.6 260 45 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16608 -69.1 -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: 5687.02 m Freezing level: 614.24 mb = 4200.84 m = 13782.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 725.30 mb = 2845.62 m = 9335.89 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.89 % Est. max temperature: 28.01 C = 82.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.14 mb = 942.04 m = 3090.65 ft T: 17.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 9.21 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.81 mb = 3388.52 m = 11117.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.56 C = 99.61 F Cap Strength: 7.51 C Lifted Index: 7.49 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.07 C Showalter Index: 11.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.33 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.24 C Cross Totals Index: 7.09 C K Index: 3.95 Risk: None Sweat Index: 62.89 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9635.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.15 mb = 1781.61 m = 5845.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 50.2 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 80.2 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.4 neg: -18.1 tot: 29.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 150.34 Bulk Shear: 0.13 m/s