MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511181200F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511181200F039.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 20 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 190 SFC 950 612 5.1 3.8 91 1.3 4.5 206 1 282.4 283.3 280.1 297.1 5.31 2 950 612 5.6 3.8 88 1.8 4.7 202 1 282.9 283.8 280.3 297.6 5.29 3 900 1053 3.3 2.5 94 0.8 2.9 231 6 284.9 285.8 281.0 299.2 5.09 4 850 1515 2.9 1.2 88 1.7 2.1 255 12 289.2 290.1 282.7 303.3 4.90 5 800 2008 3.7 -3.0 62 6.7 0.7 278 15 295.1 295.8 284.0 306.5 3.83 6 750 2531 2.8 -8.7 43 11.5 -1.9 283 13 299.6 300.1 284.4 307.7 2.64 7 700 3087 0.8 -16.6 26 17.4 -5.0 282 11 303.4 303.6 284.6 308.1 1.48 8 650 3678 -2.2 -24.1 17 21.9 -8.2 284 15 306.5 306.6 285.0 309.3 0.83 9 600 4310 -5.7 -26.8 17 21.2 -11.0 286 21 309.5 309.7 286.0 311.9 0.71 10 550 4985 -10.9 -27.2 25 16.3 -14.7 284 25 311.2 311.3 286.6 313.7 0.75 11 500 5710 -15.3 -36.7 14 21.4 -18.9 287 30 314.4 314.5 287.3 315.6 0.33 12 450 6497 -21.2 -29.2 48 8.0 -22.8 287 39 316.6 316.7 288.5 319.2 0.76 13 400 7354 -27.6 -32.7 62 5.1 -28.4 300 54 319.1 319.2 289.2 321.3 0.61 14 350 8301 -34.8 -38.4 69 3.6 -35.2 302 68 321.8 321.9 289.8 323.3 0.40 15 300 9356 -44.2 -45.2 89 1.0 -44.2 304 77 323.1 323.2 290.0 324.0 0.23 16 250 10549 -53.8 -56.2 75 2.4 -53.8 296 81 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.4 0.08 17 200 11971 -57.1 -68.8 21 11.7 -57.2 298 101 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.02 18 150 13770 -62.2 -78.7 9 16.5 -62.4 293 71 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16259 -63.9 -84.4 5 20.5 -64.1 290 49 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5519.48 m Freezing level: 686.65 mb = 3244.93 m = 10645.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 786.82 mb = 2142.32 m = 7028.51 ft Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.11 % Est. max temperature: 17.63 C = 63.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.17 mb = 775.12 m = 2543.01 ft T: 4.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.88 mb = 3618.70 m = 11872.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.55 C = 83.39 F Cap Strength: 12.45 C Lifted Index: 13.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.33 C Showalter Index: 11.40 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.22 C Cross Totals Index: 16.48 C K Index: 1.96 Risk: None Sweat Index: 69.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.67 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14024.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.51 mb = 1229.83 m = 4034.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.2 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 312.2 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.9 neg: -7.5 tot: 61.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.64 Bulk Shear: 8.80 m/s