MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 38.84,-77.76 Latitude: 38.84 Longitude: -77.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 77 SFC 991 151 24.0 11.8 46 12.3 16.3 181 16 297.9 299.5 289.8 323.5 8.77 2 950 520 19.0 10.2 56 8.8 13.6 187 31 296.5 297.9 288.8 320.3 8.22 3 900 981 14.6 9.1 70 5.5 11.3 192 35 296.5 298.0 288.8 320.0 8.07 4 850 1462 11.3 7.0 75 4.3 8.8 202 39 297.9 299.3 288.6 319.6 7.40 5 800 1969 11.8 -1.3 40 13.0 5.2 220 48 303.7 304.5 287.8 317.0 4.36 6 750 2506 9.0 -3.8 40 12.8 2.8 226 46 306.3 307.1 288.2 318.2 3.84 7 700 3074 5.6 -9.2 33 14.9 -0.7 223 46 308.7 309.2 287.9 317.4 2.71 8 650 3676 2.3 -14.9 27 17.2 -4.1 215 45 311.5 311.9 287.9 317.5 1.84 9 600 4317 -1.5 -15.4 34 13.8 -6.5 207 46 314.4 314.7 289.0 320.7 1.93 10 550 5005 -5.6 -17.3 39 11.7 -9.6 207 49 317.4 317.8 289.8 323.4 1.78 11 500 5746 -9.4 -25.8 25 16.4 -13.8 209 49 321.6 321.8 290.2 324.9 0.93 12 450 6554 -13.6 -25.0 38 11.4 -16.7 217 47 326.1 326.4 291.7 330.1 1.12 13 400 7439 -19.8 -34.0 27 14.2 -22.5 212 48 329.2 329.3 292.0 331.2 0.54 14 350 8414 -27.5 -40.0 29 12.5 -29.2 210 53 331.7 331.7 292.5 332.9 0.34 15 300 9502 -36.5 -40.5 67 3.9 -36.9 210 54 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.4 0.37 16 250 10742 -45.6 -46.2 94 0.6 -45.6 210 53 338.3 338.3 294.1 339.2 0.24 17 200 12190 -56.5 -57.3 90 0.9 -56.5 221 54 343.3 343.3 295.2 343.7 0.08 18 150 13988 -62.8 -75.7 16 12.8 -63.0 228 40 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16451 -65.8 -83.7 7 17.9 -65.9 260 25 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.20 m Freezing level: 620.17 mb = 4058.61 m = 13315.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.72 mb = 2960.53 m = 9712.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.72 % Est. max temperature: 25.01 C = 77.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.48 mb = 1686.54 m = 5533.22 ft T: 11.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 6.50 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.34 mb = 3046.46 m = 9994.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.71 C = 94.49 F Cap Strength: 5.26 C Lifted Index: 6.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.86 C Showalter Index: 7.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.64 C Cross Totals Index: 16.35 C K Index: 12.75 Risk: None Sweat Index: 210.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8788.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.27 mb = 1658.31 m = 5440.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.6 at 43.6 knts Storm direction: 240.6 at 32.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 303.3 neg: -12.2 tot: 291.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 69.75 m/s