MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F372.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F372.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15.5 day GFS valid 0Z MON 13 OCT 25 Station: 38.57,-75.32 Latitude: 38.57 Longitude: -75.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1027 11 10.2 0.2 50 10.1 5.6 240 7 281.2 281.9 277.6 291.8 3.77 1 1000 231 11.4 -2.3 38 13.7 5.4 251 10 284.6 285.2 278.5 293.8 3.22 2 950 657 8.5 -4.4 40 12.9 3.1 292 12 285.8 286.3 278.7 294.2 2.90 3 900 1100 4.9 -6.4 44 11.3 0.4 310 19 286.6 287.0 278.7 294.2 2.62 4 850 1565 3.9 -15.5 23 19.4 -2.4 322 23 290.2 290.5 278.8 294.3 1.35 5 800 2057 4.3 -31.1 5 35.5 -4.1 326 20 295.8 295.8 280.0 297.0 0.36 6 750 2580 2.5 -28.8 8 31.3 -5.3 327 21 299.3 299.3 281.7 300.8 0.47 7 700 3135 0.4 -22.9 16 23.2 -6.2 324 22 302.9 303.1 283.7 305.7 0.87 8 650 3726 -2.3 -20.8 23 18.5 -7.8 322 23 306.4 306.6 285.4 310.1 1.12 9 600 4357 -5.7 -16.6 42 10.9 -9.3 322 25 309.5 309.8 287.1 315.2 1.73 10 550 5034 -9.3 -20.3 40 11.0 -12.6 323 27 313.0 313.3 287.9 317.6 1.38 11 500 5764 -14.3 -25.8 37 11.6 -17.0 325 27 315.6 315.8 288.3 318.8 0.93 12 450 6554 -20.0 -32.7 31 12.7 -22.2 315 30 318.1 318.2 288.8 320.1 0.54 13 400 7415 -26.6 -40.3 26 13.7 -28.3 318 33 320.4 320.4 289.2 321.4 0.28 14 350 8364 -34.3 -46.1 30 11.7 -35.3 315 35 322.4 322.5 289.7 323.1 0.18 15 300 9423 -42.7 -54.8 25 12.1 -43.2 314 37 325.2 325.2 290.4 325.5 0.07 16 250 10628 -51.7 -60.9 32 9.3 -51.9 315 37 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.4 0.04 17 200 12045 -60.1 -64.8 54 4.7 -60.2 302 31 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.7 0.03 18 150 13830 -59.2 -79.2 6 20.1 -59.4 275 35 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16360 -60.8 -83.9 3 23.2 -61.0 270 35 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5533.56 m Freezing level: 692.91 mb = 3218.64 m = 10559.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 892.36 mb = 1169.47 m = 3836.79 ft Precipitable water: 0.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.71 % Est. max temperature: 17.28 C = 63.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.81 mb = 1275.34 m = 4184.15 ft T: 4.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 1026.8--6308233.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 533.40 mb = 5268.95 m = 17286.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.09 C = 109.56 F Cap Strength: 18.18 C Lifted Index: 19.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.60 C Showalter Index: 18.75 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 16.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.18 C Cross Totals Index: -1.19 C K Index: -20.51 Risk: None Sweat Index: 72.74 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.19 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16714.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 19.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.78 mb = 2029.30 m = 6657.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.7 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 349.7 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.6 neg: -2.7 tot: 90.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 47.65 m/s