MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F339.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F339.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 339 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 1 NOV 25 Station: 39.24,-77.05 Latitude: 39.24 Longitude: -77.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -10 SFC 983 138 20.4 17.5 83 2.9 18.5 142 14 295.0 297.3 292.3 332.0 12.91 2 950 433 18.8 16.1 85 2.7 17.0 149 30 296.2 298.4 292.1 331.4 12.20 3 900 896 16.0 13.6 86 2.4 14.4 161 40 298.0 300.0 291.6 329.7 10.92 4 850 1380 13.1 10.6 85 2.5 11.6 168 44 299.9 301.6 291.0 327.7 9.48 5 800 1888 10.1 7.6 85 2.5 8.6 172 45 301.9 303.4 290.7 326.4 8.23 6 750 2423 7.0 4.6 85 2.4 5.7 176 48 304.2 305.5 290.5 325.6 7.13 7 700 2987 3.5 0.6 81 3.0 2.0 180 51 306.4 307.5 289.9 323.8 5.70 8 650 3585 -0.2 -5.6 67 5.3 -2.6 181 54 308.7 309.4 289.0 320.9 3.89 9 600 4221 -3.9 -12.4 52 8.5 -7.1 183 61 311.6 312.1 288.6 319.5 2.45 10 550 4903 -7.4 -17.7 43 10.3 -10.8 186 72 315.3 315.6 289.0 321.0 1.72 11 500 5639 -11.9 -21.4 45 9.5 -14.6 186 78 318.6 318.8 289.8 323.3 1.38 12 450 6437 -17.3 -24.1 55 6.8 -19.0 189 85 321.5 321.7 290.5 325.6 1.21 13 400 7310 -22.8 -29.9 52 7.2 -24.2 189 94 325.4 325.6 291.2 328.3 0.80 14 350 8279 -27.4 -54.0 6 26.6 -29.7 196 113 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.0 0.07 15 300 9373 -33.6 -61.5 4 27.9 -35.2 197 121 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.1 0.03 16 250 10632 -41.0 -66.3 5 25.3 -41.9 205 125 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.2 0.02 17 200 12130 -46.5 -77.0 2 30.5 -47.2 220 146 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 18 150 13978 -61.2 -82.6 4 21.3 -61.4 210 144 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16440 -66.3 -83.7 7 17.4 -66.4 218 61 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.48 m Freezing level: 653.05 mb = 3548.41 m = 11641.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.27 mb = 3241.47 m = 10634.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.88 % Est. max temperature: 25.93 C = 78.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.98 mb = 505.43 m = 1658.20 ft T: 18.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 12.52 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.60 mb = 1216.08 m = 3989.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.62 C = 76.31 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.04 C Showalter Index: 0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.97 C Cross Totals Index: 22.46 C K Index: 32.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 293.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 216.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.19 mb = 922.19 m = 3025.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.19 mb = 1969.28 m = 6460.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 392.19 mb = 7453.24 m = 24452.60 ft B at Equ Level: 213.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 312.19 mb = 9090.56 m = 29824.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 178.9 at 55.0 knts Storm direction: 208.9 at 41.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 397.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 397.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 132.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 1.35 Bulk Shear: 160.13 m/s