MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 39.66,-76.25 Latitude: 39.66 Longitude: -76.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 11.4 10.4 93 1.1 10.8 130 5 284.4 285.8 283.9 306.3 7.91 1 1000 115 12.5 10.8 89 1.8 11.5 143 7 285.7 287.1 284.7 308.3 8.14 2 950 549 15.7 11.4 76 4.3 13.1 192 19 293.1 294.7 288.3 318.7 8.94 3 900 1009 15.7 9.2 65 6.5 11.8 207 19 297.7 299.2 289.2 321.5 8.14 4 850 1493 14.1 4.6 53 9.5 8.8 209 16 301.0 302.1 288.6 319.6 6.26 5 800 2003 12.0 -0.4 42 12.4 5.6 206 16 304.0 304.8 288.1 318.1 4.64 6 750 2541 9.8 -5.3 34 15.0 2.7 211 18 307.2 307.8 288.1 317.9 3.44 7 700 3110 6.2 -4.5 46 10.7 1.1 213 18 309.4 310.1 289.3 321.7 3.91 8 650 3713 2.3 -7.6 48 9.8 -2.1 221 19 311.5 312.1 289.4 322.1 3.33 9 600 4354 -1.9 -10.2 53 8.3 -5.3 229 20 313.9 314.5 289.8 323.4 2.93 10 550 5041 -5.8 -22.4 26 16.6 -10.7 237 22 317.3 317.5 289.1 321.2 1.15 11 500 5781 -10.8 -30.7 18 19.9 -15.3 245 24 319.9 320.0 289.4 322.0 0.59 12 450 6584 -14.5 -47.2 4 32.7 -19.1 238 24 325.0 325.1 290.4 325.5 0.12 13 400 7467 -20.1 -43.9 10 23.8 -23.4 243 23 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.6 0.19 14 350 8440 -28.4 -49.9 11 21.6 -30.3 250 24 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.11 15 300 9524 -37.3 -43.3 53 6.0 -37.8 255 29 332.8 332.9 292.7 333.9 0.28 16 250 10757 -46.9 -48.0 88 1.1 -47.0 266 31 336.3 336.4 293.6 337.1 0.20 17 200 12197 -57.9 -58.7 90 0.8 -57.9 296 44 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.4 0.07 18 150 13976 -62.5 -76.5 14 14.0 -62.7 281 45 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.4 0.01 19 100 16447 -67.3 -83.5 8 16.2 -67.5 267 31 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.39 m Freezing level: 622.84 mb = 4061.39 m = 13324.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.42 mb = 3316.90 m = 10882.09 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.01 % Est. max temperature: 27.84 C = 82.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.86 mb = 235.74 m = 773.43 ft T: 13.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 3.54 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.41 mb = 3116.76 m = 10225.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.41 C = 97.54 F Cap Strength: 7.58 C Lifted Index: 7.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.28 C Showalter Index: 5.81 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 15.35 C K Index: 18.77 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.28 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9781.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.70 mb = 1078.06 m = 3536.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.4 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 250.4 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.4 neg: -9.3 tot: 99.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 2.40 Bulk Shear: 19.20 m/s