MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511181800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511181800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: 3 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 163 1 950 580 SFC 946 612 2.2 -1.4 77 3.6 0.7 131 3 279.7 280.3 276.6 289.9 3.64 3 900 1016 0.9 -4.0 70 4.9 -1.0 179 10 282.4 283.0 277.3 291.4 3.15 4 850 1476 1.2 -0.4 89 1.6 0.5 228 18 287.4 288.2 281.3 299.9 4.37 5 800 1965 1.9 1.8 99 0.1 1.8 250 29 293.2 294.1 284.9 309.0 5.45 6 750 2485 0.5 0.4 99 0.1 0.4 267 36 297.1 298.0 286.2 312.5 5.24 7 700 3038 -1.2 -1.4 98 0.3 -1.3 279 40 301.2 302.1 287.4 316.0 4.93 8 650 3626 -3.8 -4.4 95 0.7 -4.1 278 45 304.7 305.5 288.0 317.7 4.23 9 600 4255 -7.3 -8.0 94 0.8 -7.6 277 47 307.7 308.4 288.3 318.6 3.48 10 550 4928 -11.4 -12.0 95 0.6 -11.6 280 44 310.6 311.1 288.5 319.4 2.77 11 500 5653 -16.1 -16.7 95 0.6 -16.3 283 44 313.4 313.8 288.8 320.2 2.08 12 450 6438 -21.4 -21.5 100 0.0 -21.4 281 52 316.3 316.6 289.2 321.4 1.53 13 400 7296 -27.4 -27.4 100 -0.0 -27.4 278 64 319.4 319.6 289.6 322.9 1.01 14 350 8243 -34.8 -34.8 100 -0.0 -34.8 268 66 321.8 321.9 289.9 323.8 0.57 15 300 9298 -44.0 -44.0 100 -0.0 -44.0 269 74 323.4 323.4 290.1 324.4 0.26 16 250 10492 -54.8 -54.8 99 0.0 -54.8 262 88 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.0 0.09 17 200 11890 -59.7 -66.9 39 7.2 -59.8 276 92 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.02 18 150 13707 -58.4 -79.8 5 21.4 -58.6 285 54 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16235 -61.6 -84.8 3 23.2 -61.9 286 51 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5489.51 m Freezing level: 735.95 mb = 2640.02 m = 8661.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 928.21 mb = 767.53 m = 2518.11 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.82 % Est. max temperature: 15.69 C = 60.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.97 mb = 1061.26 m = 3481.78 ft T: 0.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 946.3- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 595.51 mb = 4313.39 m = 14151.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.98 C = 85.96 F Cap Strength: 16.24 C Lifted Index: 17.53 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.18 C Showalter Index: 12.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.28 C Cross Totals Index: 15.69 C K Index: 16.63 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15518.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.92 mb = 1504.84 m = 4937.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.8 at 37.3 knts Storm direction: 303.8 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 411.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 411.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 137.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 20.28 m/s