MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F264.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F264.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11 day GFS valid 18Z THU 30 OCT 25 Station: 39.45,-76.97 Latitude: 39.45 Longitude: -76.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 SFC 994 181 17.7 15.2 85 2.5 16.1 136 10 291.3 293.3 289.5 322.4 11.00 2 950 568 13.8 13.5 98 0.3 13.7 140 19 291.2 293.0 288.9 320.4 10.32 3 900 1022 11.5 9.7 89 1.8 10.4 154 25 293.3 294.8 287.9 317.5 8.42 4 850 1499 10.2 -3.3 38 13.5 3.9 169 30 296.8 297.4 284.3 307.3 3.51 5 800 2000 6.9 -10.8 27 17.6 -0.0 176 33 298.5 298.8 283.4 304.9 2.10 6 750 2525 2.2 -12.4 33 14.6 -3.1 184 35 299.0 299.3 283.4 305.1 1.97 7 700 3077 -2.3 -13.5 42 11.2 -6.1 194 40 299.9 300.3 283.8 306.0 1.93 8 650 3661 -6.8 -14.1 56 7.3 -9.2 199 46 301.3 301.6 284.4 307.4 1.97 9 600 4280 -11.6 -15.5 73 3.8 -12.8 200 55 302.7 303.0 284.8 308.7 1.91 10 550 4940 -16.0 -16.4 97 0.4 -16.1 203 68 305.1 305.5 285.8 311.2 1.93 11 500 5653 -20.0 -20.0 100 0.0 -20.0 206 75 308.7 309.0 286.6 313.8 1.57 12 450 6426 -25.5 -26.3 93 0.8 -25.7 208 81 311.1 311.3 286.9 314.5 0.99 13 400 7272 -30.1 -38.6 43 8.5 -31.0 216 90 315.9 316.0 287.8 317.1 0.34 14 350 8209 -37.2 -37.8 94 0.6 -37.2 217 98 318.6 318.7 288.8 320.2 0.42 15 300 9254 -45.8 -46.2 96 0.4 -45.8 221 108 320.8 320.8 289.2 321.5 0.20 16 250 10446 -53.8 -58.6 56 4.8 -53.9 221 116 326.1 326.1 290.6 326.3 0.06 17 200 11862 -56.8 -68.1 23 11.3 -56.9 229 94 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.02 18 150 13697 -54.6 -81.2 2 26.6 -54.9 214 67 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 19 100 16284 -58.1 -84.5 2 26.4 -58.5 193 30 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5521.67 m Freezing level: 725.52 mb = 2795.46 m = 9171.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 800.49 mb = 1994.91 m = 6544.89 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.38 % Est. max temperature: 23.35 C = 74.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.48 mb = 492.02 m = 1614.23 ft T: 14.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 17.51 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.19 mb = 863.12 m = 2831.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.97 C = 66.14 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -3.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.66 C Showalter Index: 4.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.14 C Cross Totals Index: 16.63 C K Index: 15.61 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 134.22 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 633.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.54 mb = 777.83 m = 2551.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.54 mb = 2189.94 m = 7184.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 351.54 mb = 8178.42 m = 26831.77 ft B at Equ Level: 631.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 211.54 mb = 11506.18 m = 37749.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.8 at 46.2 knts Storm direction: 223.8 at 34.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 324.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 324.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.12 Bulk Shear: 202.83 m/s