MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.36,-75.47 Latitude: 38.36 Longitude: -75.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 13 11.9 1.5 49 10.4 6.9 329 5 283.9 284.6 279.4 295.7 4.21 1 1000 132 14.4 0.4 38 14.0 7.6 340 10 287.5 288.2 280.8 298.8 3.92 2 950 563 11.6 -1.4 40 13.1 5.6 346 14 289.0 289.6 281.1 299.5 3.62 3 900 1011 7.9 -3.4 44 11.4 2.9 340 16 289.7 290.3 281.0 299.3 3.29 4 850 1481 7.2 -14.6 19 21.9 -0.4 337 20 293.7 294.0 280.6 298.2 1.44 5 800 1980 7.7 -21.6 10 29.3 -1.4 338 23 299.3 299.5 282.2 302.1 0.85 6 750 2509 5.8 -6.4 41 12.2 0.4 339 27 302.9 303.5 286.2 312.6 3.16 7 700 3071 3.0 0.3 82 2.7 1.6 339 33 305.8 306.8 289.6 322.8 5.58 8 650 3670 1.0 -2.8 76 3.8 -0.9 344 40 310.1 311.0 290.3 325.1 4.79 9 600 4311 -1.8 -6.6 69 4.8 -4.0 338 43 314.1 314.8 290.7 326.5 3.89 10 550 4999 -5.7 -9.6 74 3.9 -7.4 339 43 317.3 318.0 291.2 328.2 3.35 11 500 5740 -9.6 -14.7 66 5.2 -11.5 341 53 321.4 321.8 291.6 329.5 2.44 12 450 6546 -15.0 -20.0 65 5.0 -16.5 336 51 324.4 324.8 291.8 330.4 1.73 13 400 7426 -21.5 -25.6 69 4.2 -22.5 328 53 327.1 327.3 292.0 331.3 1.19 14 350 8396 -28.9 -35.3 54 6.5 -29.8 327 57 329.8 329.9 292.2 331.8 0.54 15 300 9478 -37.6 -42.9 57 5.3 -38.1 326 63 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.5 0.29 16 250 10713 -46.7 -51.6 58 4.9 -46.9 328 70 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.2 0.13 17 200 12162 -55.6 -60.9 51 5.3 -55.7 321 79 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.05 18 150 13952 -64.8 -74.7 25 9.8 -64.9 319 70 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16401 -67.0 -83.6 8 16.5 -67.2 323 33 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5608.85 m Freezing level: 631.79 mb = 3903.18 m = 12805.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 855.84 mb = 1424.86 m = 4674.67 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.89 % Est. max temperature: 20.59 C = 69.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.65 mb = 1321.75 m = 4336.40 ft T: 7.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.71 C/km ThetaE index: 1.26 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 500.20 mb = 5737.42 m = 18823.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 49.50 C = 121.10 F Cap Strength: 18.19 C Lifted Index: 20.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.02 C Showalter Index: 20.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 11.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.82 C Cross Totals Index: -5.06 C K Index: -0.53 Risk: None Sweat Index: 92.82 Risk: None Energy Index: 6.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16111.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 20.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.75 mb = 2075.08 m = 6807.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 339.9 at 32.0 knts Storm direction: 9.9 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 86.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 61.71 m/s