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: 39.72,-76.89 Latitude: 39.72 Longitude: -76.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 135 SFC 995 175 16.6 15.0 90 1.6 15.6 118 9 290.2 292.1 288.9 320.6 10.81 2 950 570 13.4 13.3 99 0.2 13.3 128 20 290.8 292.6 288.6 319.4 10.13 3 900 1024 11.2 10.3 94 0.9 10.6 149 27 293.0 294.6 288.1 318.1 8.76 4 850 1500 9.2 2.9 65 6.3 5.9 165 31 295.8 296.8 286.1 312.1 5.56 5 800 2000 6.4 -7.2 37 13.6 0.7 173 34 297.9 298.4 284.0 306.4 2.77 6 750 2525 2.1 -11.8 35 13.9 -3.0 180 36 298.9 299.3 283.5 305.3 2.06 7 700 3077 -2.6 -13.0 45 10.4 -6.2 190 40 299.7 300.0 283.8 305.9 2.01 8 650 3659 -7.5 -13.0 64 5.5 -9.3 196 46 300.5 300.9 284.2 307.2 2.16 9 600 4277 -11.9 -14.2 83 2.2 -12.6 198 57 302.3 302.7 284.9 309.0 2.13 10 550 4937 -16.0 -16.3 97 0.3 -16.1 203 67 305.1 305.4 285.8 311.3 1.94 11 500 5650 -20.2 -20.2 100 0.0 -20.3 205 73 308.4 308.7 286.5 313.4 1.53 12 450 6422 -25.8 -26.2 97 0.3 -25.9 207 82 310.8 311.0 286.8 314.2 1.00 13 400 7266 -30.4 -39.8 39 9.4 -31.4 215 90 315.5 315.5 287.6 316.6 0.30 14 350 8203 -37.2 -39.4 80 2.2 -37.4 217 98 318.6 318.7 288.7 319.9 0.36 15 300 9248 -45.9 -46.3 95 0.4 -45.9 219 107 320.7 320.7 289.2 321.4 0.20 16 250 10438 -53.7 -58.5 56 4.8 -53.8 221 116 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.4 0.06 17 200 11857 -56.1 -68.8 19 12.7 -56.3 227 88 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.02 18 150 13698 -53.9 -81.3 2 27.4 -54.3 214 63 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 19 100 16282 -58.3 -84.4 2 26.2 -58.6 191 34 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5514.85 m Freezing level: 727.18 mb = 2776.61 m = 9109.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 791.00 mb = 2091.88 m = 6863.04 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.00 % Est. max temperature: 22.42 C = 72.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.55 mb = 379.61 m = 1245.42 ft T: 14.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 15.31 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.08 mb = 747.87 m = 2453.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.12 C = 64.62 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -3.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.69 C Showalter Index: 0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.42 C Cross Totals Index: 23.16 C K Index: 21.95 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.02 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 625.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.72 mb = 706.07 m = 2316.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.72 mb = 2105.09 m = 6906.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 369.72 mb = 7818.67 m = 25651.50 ft B at Equ Level: 624.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 209.72 mb = 11555.66 m = 37911.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.5 at 46.5 knts Storm direction: 221.5 at 34.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 386.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 386.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.28 Bulk Rich Number: 2.65 Bulk Shear: 235.75 m/s