MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 6Z THU 11 SEP 25 Station: 37.49,-78.05 Latitude: 37.49 Longitude: -78.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1009 102 17.3 15.1 87 2.2 15.9 174 4 289.7 291.6 288.7 319.9 10.74 1 1000 180 19.4 14.8 74 4.7 16.4 183 12 292.6 294.5 289.6 322.8 10.62 2 950 625 22.3 11.7 51 10.5 15.6 197 18 299.8 301.5 290.7 326.6 9.14 3 900 1094 20.1 8.8 48 11.2 13.3 209 6 302.2 303.7 290.5 325.8 7.94 4 850 1584 16.5 8.9 61 7.6 11.9 300 3 303.4 305.0 291.3 328.7 8.45 5 800 2097 13.7 2.6 47 11.1 7.6 47 8 305.8 306.8 289.8 323.4 5.77 6 750 2637 9.8 -0.9 47 10.7 4.3 55 10 307.3 308.1 289.3 322.0 4.78 7 700 3207 7.5 -17.8 15 25.4 -1.6 134 5 310.8 311.1 287.2 315.3 1.34 8 650 3814 5.2 -30.1 6 35.4 -4.6 196 8 314.9 315.0 287.6 316.6 0.48 9 600 4462 1.1 -19.1 21 20.1 -5.9 198 8 317.4 317.6 289.4 322.1 1.41 10 550 5156 -2.5 -30.6 9 28.1 -9.8 160 6 321.2 321.3 289.7 323.1 0.55 11 500 5906 -6.8 -31.6 12 24.8 -12.8 139 4 324.8 324.9 290.8 326.8 0.55 12 450 6718 -12.6 -35.9 12 23.3 -17.3 20 3 327.4 327.5 291.4 328.9 0.40 13 400 7606 -19.0 -34.4 24 15.4 -21.9 356 6 330.3 330.4 292.3 332.3 0.52 14 350 8585 -26.6 -36.6 38 10.0 -28.1 49 4 332.9 333.0 293.0 334.7 0.48 15 300 9682 -33.4 -55.5 9 22.1 -34.9 321 13 338.3 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.07 16 250 10933 -44.0 -55.6 26 11.7 -44.5 128 24 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.0 0.08 17 200 12389 -56.5 -58.7 76 2.2 -56.6 75 21 343.3 343.3 295.2 343.6 0.07 18 150 14158 -66.9 -72.2 47 5.3 -67.0 65 22 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.9 0.01 19 100 16597 -67.6 -81.2 13 13.7 -67.7 320 10 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.62 m Freezing level: 584.73 mb = 4674.06 m = 15334.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.69 mb = 3047.39 m = 9997.89 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.78 % Est. max temperature: 30.84 C = 87.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.50 mb = 386.50 m = 1268.03 ft T: 20.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 13.38 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.91 mb = 3161.48 m = 10372.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.20 C = 100.77 F Cap Strength: 6.31 C Lifted Index: 6.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.06 C Showalter Index: 5.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.26 C Cross Totals Index: 15.67 C K Index: 6.79 Risk: None Sweat Index: 117.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7324.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.98 mb = 1644.09 m = 5393.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 169.7 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 199.7 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 8.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 76.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 6.16 Bulk Shear: 6.40 m/s