MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F360.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F360.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 day GFS valid 12Z SAT 1 NOV 25 Station: 38.91,-77.21 Latitude: 38.91 Longitude: -77.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 85 8.1 5.0 81 3.1 6.6 297 11 281.1 282.0 279.6 296.2 5.45 1 1000 101 8.2 4.8 79 3.4 6.5 298 13 281.3 282.3 279.6 296.2 5.39 2 950 522 4.9 3.7 92 1.2 4.3 304 30 282.2 283.1 279.8 296.7 5.24 3 900 962 3.1 2.8 98 0.3 2.9 332 35 284.7 285.6 281.0 299.3 5.21 4 850 1424 0.6 0.4 99 0.2 0.5 338 32 286.8 287.6 281.3 300.0 4.64 5 800 1909 -1.9 -3.1 92 1.2 -2.4 339 34 289.1 289.8 281.4 300.1 3.80 6 750 2420 -4.3 -8.0 75 3.7 -5.7 337 36 291.9 292.4 281.4 300.1 2.78 7 700 2961 -7.4 -10.0 81 2.7 -8.3 340 32 294.3 294.8 282.2 302.0 2.55 8 650 3534 -11.2 -13.6 82 2.4 -11.9 340 31 296.3 296.7 282.4 302.6 2.05 9 600 4143 -15.3 -17.8 81 2.4 -16.0 338 31 298.4 298.6 282.7 303.3 1.57 10 550 4795 -19.5 -22.5 77 3.0 -20.1 329 30 301.0 301.2 283.2 304.7 1.14 11 500 5499 -23.0 -25.7 78 2.8 -23.5 323 32 305.0 305.2 284.6 308.1 0.94 12 450 6261 -29.1 -30.2 90 1.1 -29.2 334 35 306.7 306.8 284.9 309.0 0.69 13 400 7092 -35.5 -35.8 97 0.3 -35.5 328 40 308.9 309.0 285.5 310.4 0.45 14 350 8008 -41.1 -47.4 51 6.3 -41.4 315 53 313.3 313.4 286.7 313.9 0.15 15 300 9054 -41.3 -63.6 7 22.2 -42.1 302 66 327.1 327.1 290.9 327.2 0.02 16 250 10287 -43.1 -73.5 2 30.5 -43.9 299 77 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.1 0.01 17 200 11785 -44.4 -75.5 2 31.1 -45.3 293 55 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 18 150 13682 -50.7 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.3 280 58 382.6 382.6 302.7 382.7 0.00 19 100 16276 -58.7 -84.3 2 25.6 -59.1 267 33 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5397.72 m Freezing level: 838.03 mb = 1540.02 m = 5052.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 840.85 mb = 1510.59 m = 4955.94 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.50 % Est. max temperature: 13.71 C = 56.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.24 mb = 477.19 m = 1565.55 ft T: 5.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 1002.0- -0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.09 mb = 997.42 m = 3272.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.88 C = 53.39 F Cap Strength: 5.61 C Lifted Index: 7.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.70 C Showalter Index: 6.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.99 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.58 C Cross Totals Index: 23.40 C K Index: 21.35 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 102.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14896.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.83 mb = 714.51 m = 2344.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 332.0 at 31.6 knts Storm direction: 2.0 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 208.3 neg: -4.1 tot: 204.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 35.01 m/s