MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511181200F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511181200F009.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 168 1 950 583 SFC 947 612 1.0 -0.4 90 1.4 0.4 133 3 278.5 279.1 276.3 289.3 3.92 3 900 1017 0.6 -2.3 81 3.0 -0.6 198 11 282.2 282.8 277.8 292.2 3.58 4 850 1477 1.7 1.2 96 0.5 1.5 243 19 287.9 288.8 282.1 301.9 4.91 5 800 1967 1.8 1.7 99 0.1 1.8 260 28 293.1 294.1 284.9 308.8 5.41 6 750 2487 0.3 0.3 99 0.1 0.3 277 36 297.0 297.9 286.1 312.3 5.20 7 700 3040 -1.0 -1.2 99 0.2 -1.1 284 45 301.4 302.3 287.6 316.5 5.02 8 650 3629 -3.9 -4.3 96 0.5 -4.1 286 47 304.6 305.4 288.0 317.7 4.27 9 600 4258 -6.7 -8.7 86 2.0 -7.5 285 51 308.3 309.0 288.3 318.7 3.31 10 550 4932 -11.0 -14.0 78 3.0 -12.1 283 52 311.0 311.5 288.3 318.6 2.35 11 500 5657 -16.0 -18.0 84 2.0 -16.6 283 50 313.5 313.9 288.6 319.6 1.85 12 450 6442 -21.5 -22.3 93 0.8 -21.7 281 54 316.2 316.5 289.0 321.0 1.42 13 400 7300 -27.7 -28.0 97 0.4 -27.7 276 64 319.0 319.2 289.5 322.4 0.95 14 350 8245 -35.4 -35.4 99 0.1 -35.4 273 72 321.0 321.1 289.6 323.0 0.53 15 300 9297 -44.8 -44.8 100 -0.0 -44.8 273 79 322.2 322.2 289.7 323.1 0.24 16 250 10487 -55.0 -55.1 99 0.1 -55.1 266 88 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.6 0.09 17 200 11888 -59.1 -66.9 36 7.8 -59.2 281 85 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.02 18 150 13705 -58.3 -79.8 5 21.5 -58.5 286 55 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16232 -61.7 -84.8 3 23.1 -61.9 285 52 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5489.19 m Freezing level: 737.15 mb = 2628.84 m = 8624.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 928.16 mb = 769.85 m = 2525.73 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.86 % Est. max temperature: 15.62 C = 60.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.43 mb = 784.82 m = 2574.82 ft T: 0.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 616.41 mb = 4045.98 m = 13274.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.15 C = 84.47 F Cap Strength: 16.04 C Lifted Index: 16.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.81 C Showalter Index: 11.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.72 C Cross Totals Index: 17.22 C K Index: 18.74 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.67 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16218.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.51 mb = 1285.44 m = 4217.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.3 at 40.3 knts Storm direction: 309.3 at 30.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 397.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 397.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 132.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 9.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 20.93 m/s