MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 12Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 39.36,-76.65 Latitude: 39.36 Longitude: -76.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 15.9 10.7 71 5.3 12.9 28 9 288.7 290.1 285.8 311.4 8.06 1 1000 151 15.7 10.3 70 5.5 12.6 30 12 288.9 290.3 285.7 311.0 7.86 2 950 585 15.2 7.6 61 7.6 10.9 60 25 292.6 293.9 286.2 312.5 6.92 3 900 1043 14.2 5.9 57 8.3 9.5 61 21 296.1 297.3 287.1 315.0 6.46 4 850 1524 11.9 3.4 56 8.5 7.3 46 17 298.6 299.6 287.3 315.6 5.74 5 800 2029 10.4 -0.9 46 11.2 4.7 31 17 302.2 303.0 287.3 315.8 4.48 6 750 2565 8.2 -2.4 47 10.7 3.0 20 17 305.5 306.3 288.3 318.6 4.26 7 700 3131 4.9 -7.5 40 12.5 -0.6 16 18 308.0 308.5 288.0 317.7 3.10 8 650 3731 1.7 -15.6 26 17.3 -4.6 18 18 310.9 311.2 287.6 316.6 1.74 9 600 4372 -1.4 -22.2 19 20.7 -7.8 20 18 314.5 314.7 288.1 318.1 1.08 10 550 5061 -4.3 -29.9 12 25.5 -10.8 6 18 318.9 319.1 289.0 321.0 0.58 11 500 5805 -8.6 -29.8 16 21.2 -13.8 336 13 322.5 322.7 290.2 324.9 0.65 12 450 6614 -12.9 -28.0 27 15.1 -16.7 333 17 327.1 327.2 291.7 330.1 0.85 13 400 7502 -18.9 -32.5 29 13.6 -21.6 334 21 330.5 330.6 292.4 332.8 0.62 14 350 8483 -25.7 -38.9 28 13.2 -27.6 318 21 334.2 334.2 293.2 335.6 0.38 15 300 9582 -33.1 -36.4 72 3.3 -33.6 287 33 338.8 338.9 294.6 340.9 0.56 16 250 10836 -43.6 -44.2 94 0.6 -43.7 260 54 341.2 341.3 294.9 342.4 0.30 17 200 12297 -54.1 -58.5 58 4.4 -54.2 255 61 347.1 347.1 296.1 347.4 0.07 18 150 14115 -60.8 -76.7 11 15.9 -60.9 264 57 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16589 -67.4 -83.3 9 15.9 -67.5 290 20 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.67 m Freezing level: 622.63 mb = 4082.02 m = 13392.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.92 mb = 3038.43 m = 9968.47 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.34 % Est. max temperature: 25.59 C = 78.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.59 mb = 778.23 m = 2553.23 ft T: 14.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 2.03 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 668.75 mb = 3500.82 m = 11485.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.01 C = 98.62 F Cap Strength: 10.99 C Lifted Index: 12.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.79 C Showalter Index: 10.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.48 C Cross Totals Index: 11.98 C K Index: 11.36 Risk: None Sweat Index: 86.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11753.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.76 mb = 1456.97 m = 4780.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 24.6 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 54.6 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 2.9 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.0 neg: -17.4 tot: 10.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.23 Bulk Shear: 8.41 m/s