MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511181200F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511181200F018.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour GFS valid 6Z WED 19 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 148 1 950 564 SFC 944 611 1.4 1.2 99 0.2 1.3 124 2 279.1 279.8 277.3 291.2 4.41 3 900 1000 2.4 2.3 100 0.0 2.4 208 14 284.0 284.8 280.5 298.0 5.03 4 850 1463 2.8 2.8 100 0.0 2.8 242 22 289.1 290.1 283.3 304.8 5.51 5 800 1953 0.5 0.5 100 0.0 0.5 258 23 291.7 292.5 283.8 306.0 4.95 6 750 2470 -0.8 -0.8 100 0.0 -0.8 266 28 295.7 296.6 285.2 309.8 4.79 7 700 3020 -2.4 -2.8 97 0.4 -2.6 271 34 299.9 300.7 286.5 313.2 4.44 8 650 3605 -5.4 -9.0 76 3.6 -6.8 280 36 302.8 303.4 286.1 312.0 2.97 9 600 4229 -9.2 -13.6 70 4.4 -10.7 278 41 305.5 305.9 286.2 312.5 2.22 10 550 4896 -13.7 -15.6 85 1.9 -14.3 273 42 307.8 308.2 286.9 314.4 2.06 11 500 5614 -18.4 -18.8 97 0.3 -18.5 258 47 310.6 310.9 287.5 316.2 1.74 12 450 6392 -24.2 -24.4 99 0.1 -24.2 250 52 312.8 313.0 287.7 316.8 1.18 13 400 7240 -30.0 -30.3 97 0.3 -30.0 239 60 316.0 316.2 288.3 318.7 0.77 14 350 8177 -37.3 -38.9 85 1.5 -37.5 236 67 318.4 318.5 288.6 319.8 0.38 15 300 9221 -46.0 -48.5 76 2.5 -46.2 245 76 320.5 320.5 289.0 321.1 0.16 16 250 10417 -51.4 -60.1 35 8.7 -51.6 257 72 329.6 329.7 291.7 329.8 0.05 17 200 11856 -54.5 -70.9 12 16.4 -54.8 269 63 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.01 18 150 13698 -54.6 -82.1 2 27.5 -55.0 287 57 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.00 19 100 16245 -63.0 -84.6 4 21.7 -63.1 285 46 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5466.04 m Freezing level: 781.30 mb = 2146.18 m = 7041.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 781.47 mb = 2140.58 m = 7022.80 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.34 % Est. max temperature: 14.21 C = 57.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.28 mb = 638.35 m = 2094.30 ft T: 1.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 944.43 mb = 611.41 m = 2005.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 3.05 C = 37.49 F Cap Strength: 10.36 C Lifted Index: 11.43 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.80 C Showalter Index: 7.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.47 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.24 C Cross Totals Index: 21.23 C K Index: 23.61 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.74 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14493.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.15 mb = 1070.95 m = 3513.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.3 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 293.3 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 268.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 268.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 15.82 m/s