MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511181200F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511181200F006.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 174 1 950 592 SFC 948 612 3.3 -3.3 62 6.6 0.6 239 1 280.7 281.2 276.5 289.6 3.16 3 900 1028 0.8 -5.9 61 6.7 -1.7 262 10 282.4 282.8 276.7 290.2 2.74 4 850 1486 -0.8 -2.6 88 1.8 -1.6 265 17 285.3 286.0 279.5 295.9 3.71 5 800 1971 0.3 0.2 99 0.1 0.3 261 27 291.5 292.4 283.6 305.5 4.85 6 750 2489 -0.6 -0.6 100 0.1 -0.6 263 39 296.0 296.8 285.4 310.3 4.87 7 700 3040 -2.0 -2.2 99 0.2 -2.1 269 44 300.3 301.1 286.8 314.3 4.66 8 650 3627 -4.5 -4.8 98 0.3 -4.6 278 43 303.9 304.7 287.6 316.5 4.13 9 600 4254 -7.6 -8.0 97 0.4 -7.7 282 49 307.4 308.0 288.2 318.3 3.49 10 550 4927 -11.2 -11.7 96 0.5 -11.4 284 58 310.8 311.4 288.7 319.9 2.84 11 500 5652 -16.0 -18.0 85 2.0 -16.6 283 59 313.5 313.9 288.6 319.7 1.86 12 450 6437 -21.8 -22.7 92 0.9 -22.0 288 63 315.9 316.1 288.9 320.5 1.38 13 400 7293 -28.3 -28.5 98 0.2 -28.3 285 68 318.2 318.3 289.2 321.3 0.91 14 350 8235 -36.2 -36.3 99 0.1 -36.2 280 72 319.9 320.0 289.2 321.6 0.49 15 300 9284 -45.0 -45.1 99 0.1 -45.0 278 79 321.9 322.0 289.6 322.8 0.23 16 250 10474 -55.2 -55.4 98 0.2 -55.2 280 97 324.0 324.0 290.0 324.3 0.08 17 200 11874 -57.7 -65.9 34 8.2 -57.8 289 88 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.03 18 150 13697 -57.5 -80.5 4 23.0 -57.8 287 59 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.0 0.00 19 100 16233 -61.6 -84.7 3 23.0 -61.9 283 49 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5478.39 m Freezing level: 874.40 mb = 1262.55 m = 4142.17 ft Freezing level: 814.56 mb = 1830.04 m = 6003.98 ft Freezing level: 781.72 mb = 2160.75 m = 7089.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 935.36 mb = 717.43 m = 2353.73 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.24 % Est. max temperature: 14.10 C = 57.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.00 mb = 1429.42 m = 4689.63 ft T: -0.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 561.33 mb = 4769.49 m = 15647.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.14 C = 89.85 F Cap Strength: 17.87 C Lifted Index: 19.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.52 C Showalter Index: 15.87 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 15.20 C Cross Totals Index: 13.39 C K Index: 12.41 Risk: None Sweat Index: 92.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.96 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16298.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.30 mb = 1712.31 m = 5617.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.4 at 42.3 knts Storm direction: 308.4 at 31.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 1.9 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 306.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 306.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 18.72 m/s