MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511181200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511181200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 18 NOV 25 Station: 39.9,-78.9 Latitude: 39.90 Longitude: -78.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 188 1 950 606 SFC 949 611 3.7 -6.5 47 10.2 -0.2 247 5 281.0 281.4 275.6 288.0 2.47 3 900 1041 0.2 -8.6 51 8.8 -2.9 266 13 281.7 282.1 275.7 288.1 2.22 4 850 1498 -0.4 -12.8 39 12.3 -4.4 281 23 285.7 286.0 277.0 290.7 1.68 5 800 1983 0.2 -12.2 39 12.4 -4.0 287 29 291.4 291.7 280.0 297.0 1.87 6 750 2499 -1.1 -2.3 91 1.2 -1.7 286 30 295.4 296.1 284.6 308.1 4.30 7 700 3049 -2.7 -3.0 98 0.3 -2.8 273 32 299.5 300.3 286.3 312.7 4.40 8 650 3634 -5.4 -5.7 97 0.4 -5.5 265 37 302.9 303.6 286.9 314.6 3.83 9 600 4259 -8.3 -8.8 96 0.5 -8.5 272 44 306.5 307.1 287.6 316.7 3.27 10 550 4930 -12.2 -12.6 97 0.4 -12.3 275 49 309.6 310.1 288.1 318.1 2.64 11 500 5653 -16.6 -16.7 99 0.1 -16.6 282 56 312.8 313.2 288.6 319.6 2.08 12 450 6436 -22.0 -22.8 93 0.8 -22.2 285 57 315.5 315.8 288.8 320.1 1.36 13 400 7291 -28.5 -28.9 97 0.4 -28.6 287 62 317.9 318.1 289.0 321.0 0.88 14 350 8233 -36.1 -36.9 93 0.8 -36.2 293 71 320.0 320.1 289.3 321.7 0.46 15 300 9283 -45.0 -45.0 99 0.1 -45.0 290 85 322.0 322.0 289.6 322.8 0.23 16 250 10473 -55.2 -55.2 99 0.1 -55.2 285 92 324.0 324.1 290.1 324.4 0.09 17 200 11878 -58.0 -66.8 31 8.8 -58.1 297 77 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.02 18 150 13698 -58.0 -80.1 4 22.2 -58.2 284 64 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.00 19 100 16240 -61.9 -84.6 3 22.7 -62.1 286 53 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5465.04 m Freezing level: 882.62 mb = 1199.66 m = 3935.86 ft Freezing level: 816.60 mb = 1822.16 m = 5978.16 ft Freezing level: 791.70 mb = 2068.81 m = 6787.36 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.55 % Est. max temperature: 13.98 C = 57.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.62 mb = 1877.63 m = 6160.12 ft T: 0.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 949.3- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 503.52 mb = 5599.91 m = 18372.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.84 C = 94.71 F Cap Strength: 18.97 C Lifted Index: 20.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.79 C Showalter Index: 19.15 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 19.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.13 C Cross Totals Index: 3.81 C K Index: 3.08 Risk: None Sweat Index: 100.93 Risk: None Energy Index: 6.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16949.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 20.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.12 mb = 2308.38 m = 7573.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.7 at 37.9 knts Storm direction: 307.7 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 2.4 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.9 neg: -1.7 tot: 101.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 14.90 m/s