MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 37.91,-75.04 Latitude: 37.91 Longitude: -75.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 1 21.9 20.9 94 0.9 21.2 90 11 294.0 296.8 293.9 338.4 15.58 1 1000 108 21.1 20.3 95 0.8 20.6 93 15 294.3 297.0 293.7 337.6 15.16 2 950 553 20.0 18.6 91 1.5 19.1 126 13 297.5 300.1 294.1 339.0 14.32 3 900 1019 18.1 16.2 88 1.9 16.8 163 12 300.2 302.5 293.9 338.1 12.96 4 850 1508 15.2 13.9 92 1.3 14.4 178 13 302.1 304.3 293.6 337.1 11.86 5 800 2021 12.5 11.3 92 1.2 11.7 186 15 304.4 306.4 293.3 336.0 10.56 6 750 2561 9.8 8.4 91 1.4 9.0 195 18 307.2 309.0 293.2 335.3 9.29 7 700 3132 6.8 5.0 89 1.7 5.8 200 19 310.0 311.5 292.8 334.1 7.86 8 650 3738 2.9 2.3 96 0.6 2.6 209 22 312.3 313.6 292.8 334.0 6.99 9 600 4383 -0.0 -0.3 98 0.3 -0.2 221 31 316.1 317.3 293.3 335.9 6.25 10 550 5077 -3.4 -3.7 97 0.4 -3.6 229 30 320.1 321.1 293.6 337.2 5.29 11 500 5827 -7.2 -7.9 95 0.7 -7.5 216 21 324.2 325.1 293.9 338.2 4.21 12 450 6641 -12.0 -12.9 93 0.9 -12.3 225 28 328.2 328.8 294.0 338.9 3.15 13 400 7534 -17.7 -17.8 99 0.1 -17.7 227 39 332.0 332.5 294.4 340.3 2.36 14 350 8520 -24.6 -24.6 100 0.0 -24.5 228 53 335.7 336.0 294.6 341.1 1.50 15 300 9625 -32.5 -33.2 93 0.8 -32.6 220 60 339.6 339.8 294.9 342.6 0.78 16 250 10885 -41.9 -42.1 98 0.2 -41.9 215 69 343.8 343.8 295.6 345.3 0.38 17 200 12353 -54.9 -55.0 99 0.0 -54.9 211 72 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.2 0.11 18 150 14140 -64.8 -73.8 28 9.1 -64.8 234 51 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16578 -68.1 -83.0 10 14.8 -68.2 238 24 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.55 m Freezing level: 600.16 mb = 4381.33 m = 14374.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.83 mb = 4345.44 m = 14256.50 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.43 % Est. max temperature: 29.51 C = 85.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 999.17 mb = 115.19 m = 377.91 ft T: 21.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 4.99 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.95 mb = 1077.16 m = 3533.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.31 C = 82.97 F Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lifted Index: 0.19 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Showalter Index: 0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.44 C Cross Totals Index: 21.18 C K Index: 34.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 84.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.45 mb = 612.66 m = 2010.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.45 mb = 2142.23 m = 7028.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 508.45 mb = 5694.78 m = 18683.44 ft B at Equ Level: 84.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 348.45 mb = 8551.42 m = 28055.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.6 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 233.6 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 111.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.92 Bulk Shear: 92.21 m/s