MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 6Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 39.95,-76.74 Latitude: 39.95 Longitude: -76.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 987 161 15.2 14.5 96 0.7 14.7 250 3 289.4 291.3 288.4 319.1 10.56 2 950 483 13.2 12.7 97 0.5 12.9 244 7 290.6 292.3 288.1 318.1 9.74 3 900 937 11.1 10.1 94 1.0 10.5 237 11 292.9 294.5 288.0 317.7 8.66 4 850 1413 9.1 8.2 94 1.0 8.6 218 13 295.7 297.2 288.4 319.0 8.02 5 800 1914 6.8 6.0 95 0.8 6.4 202 21 298.4 299.8 288.8 320.1 7.36 6 750 2443 3.8 3.2 96 0.6 3.5 191 27 300.7 301.9 288.7 319.8 6.43 7 700 3001 0.4 0.4 100 0.0 0.4 190 32 303.0 304.0 288.7 319.9 5.63 8 650 3593 -2.2 -2.5 98 0.3 -2.4 192 36 306.4 307.4 289.2 321.5 4.89 9 600 4226 -5.4 -6.1 94 0.8 -5.7 188 39 309.9 310.7 289.5 322.6 4.03 10 550 4904 -9.2 -10.0 93 0.9 -9.5 184 44 313.2 313.8 289.9 323.6 3.24 11 500 5635 -13.9 -14.4 96 0.5 -14.0 184 54 316.1 316.6 290.1 324.4 2.51 12 450 6428 -19.0 -19.0 100 0.0 -19.0 177 53 319.4 319.7 290.5 325.7 1.89 13 400 7294 -25.0 -25.0 100 0.0 -25.1 172 54 322.4 322.7 290.8 326.8 1.25 14 350 8251 -31.8 -32.0 98 0.2 -31.8 175 73 325.9 326.0 291.3 328.6 0.75 15 300 9329 -37.2 -42.6 57 5.4 -37.7 184 94 332.9 333.0 292.8 334.1 0.30 16 250 10569 -43.4 -63.2 9 19.8 -44.1 187 80 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.03 17 200 12060 -47.0 -74.1 3 27.1 -47.7 203 60 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 18 150 13920 -56.0 -79.7 4 23.7 -56.3 224 52 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.6 0.00 19 100 16436 -63.7 -83.9 5 20.2 -63.9 238 30 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5586.92 m Freezing level: 691.90 mb = 3096.60 m = 10159.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.36 mb = 3088.33 m = 10132.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.50 % Est. max temperature: 22.14 C = 71.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.56 mb = 249.38 m = 818.18 ft T: 14.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 1.37 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.11 mb = 824.55 m = 2705.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.09 C = 64.57 F Cap Strength: 3.13 C Lifted Index: 3.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.76 C Showalter Index: 3.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.01 C Cross Totals Index: 22.03 C K Index: 31.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9364.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.86 mb = 698.87 m = 2292.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 190.4 at 31.4 knts Storm direction: 220.4 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.5 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.8 neg: -13.1 tot: 42.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 107.08 m/s