MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511181200F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511181200F042.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 182 1 950 604 SFC 949 611 5.1 4.0 92 1.2 4.5 137 1 282.5 283.4 280.1 297.3 5.35 3 900 1045 4.2 3.0 92 1.2 3.6 240 8 285.8 286.8 281.6 300.7 5.27 4 850 1509 2.3 2.2 99 0.1 2.2 248 14 288.5 289.5 282.8 303.5 5.27 5 800 2001 3.7 -3.8 58 7.5 0.4 276 17 295.1 295.7 283.7 305.8 3.61 6 750 2524 2.4 -10.0 39 12.4 -2.4 275 16 299.2 299.6 284.0 306.5 2.38 7 700 3079 0.6 -16.8 26 17.5 -5.2 270 16 303.2 303.5 284.5 307.9 1.46 8 650 3671 -2.0 -21.7 21 19.7 -7.8 274 20 306.7 306.9 285.4 310.1 1.04 9 600 4302 -5.7 -24.9 20 19.2 -10.8 276 24 309.5 309.7 286.2 312.3 0.84 10 550 4977 -10.6 -28.3 22 17.7 -14.7 275 30 311.5 311.6 286.6 313.8 0.67 11 500 5703 -15.4 -29.2 30 13.7 -18.3 279 38 314.2 314.3 287.6 316.6 0.68 12 450 6490 -20.7 -26.0 63 5.3 -21.9 286 46 317.2 317.4 288.9 320.7 1.02 13 400 7350 -27.1 -31.0 70 3.8 -27.8 289 53 319.7 319.8 289.5 322.3 0.72 14 350 8298 -34.6 -34.9 97 0.3 -34.6 290 66 322.1 322.3 290.0 324.2 0.56 15 300 9352 -44.3 -45.2 90 0.9 -44.3 293 67 323.0 323.0 289.9 323.8 0.22 16 250 10550 -51.9 -58.5 45 6.6 -52.1 292 92 328.9 329.0 291.5 329.2 0.06 17 200 11973 -58.2 -66.8 32 8.6 -58.3 292 101 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.02 18 150 13769 -62.8 -78.5 10 15.7 -62.9 296 70 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16247 -65.1 -84.3 5 19.2 -65.3 290 49 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5520.93 m Freezing level: 687.75 mb = 3223.88 m = 10576.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 793.40 mb = 2067.98 m = 6784.62 ft Precipitable water: 0.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.90 % Est. max temperature: 17.64 C = 63.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.21 mb = 758.25 m = 2487.68 ft T: 4.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 664.84 mb = 3490.31 m = 11451.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.96 C = 82.33 F Cap Strength: 12.13 C Lifted Index: 13.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.71 C Showalter Index: 11.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.72 C Cross Totals Index: 17.62 C K Index: 2.43 Risk: None Sweat Index: 91.93 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13046.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.80 mb = 1183.34 m = 3882.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.5 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 305.5 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.7 neg: -1.8 tot: 90.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.47 Bulk Shear: 10.17 m/s