MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F279.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F279.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 279 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 36.61,-78.70 Latitude: 36.61 Longitude: -78.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 996 141 23.9 21.0 84 2.8 21.9 142 7 297.4 300.2 295.2 343.6 15.96 2 950 552 20.4 18.7 90 1.6 19.2 152 14 297.9 300.5 294.3 339.8 14.48 3 900 1018 17.7 16.6 93 1.1 16.9 162 17 299.7 302.1 294.0 338.5 13.28 4 850 1506 15.1 14.0 93 1.1 14.4 170 17 301.9 304.1 293.6 337.0 11.88 5 800 2019 12.7 10.1 84 2.6 11.0 177 17 304.7 306.5 292.7 333.8 9.72 6 750 2559 9.9 5.2 72 4.7 7.2 184 18 307.4 308.7 291.7 330.0 7.42 7 700 3129 6.5 1.3 69 5.2 3.7 189 20 309.7 310.8 291.2 328.2 6.00 8 650 3734 3.0 -1.1 74 4.1 0.8 194 21 312.4 313.4 291.5 329.4 5.43 9 600 4379 -0.6 -5.1 71 4.5 -2.7 204 22 315.4 316.3 291.5 329.4 4.36 10 550 5069 -4.5 -10.5 63 6.0 -7.0 216 24 318.8 319.4 291.4 329.0 3.12 11 500 5813 -9.4 -18.6 47 9.1 -12.4 226 26 321.5 321.9 291.0 327.6 1.77 12 450 6618 -14.9 -25.0 42 10.1 -17.6 225 32 324.5 324.7 291.3 328.4 1.12 13 400 7499 -20.9 -30.4 42 9.5 -22.8 219 35 327.9 328.0 291.9 330.7 0.76 14 350 8471 -28.2 -37.4 41 9.2 -29.5 214 35 330.8 330.9 292.4 332.4 0.44 15 300 9557 -36.7 -45.2 41 8.5 -37.5 211 32 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.5 0.23 16 250 10795 -45.6 -50.6 57 4.9 -45.9 211 37 338.2 338.3 294.0 338.8 0.15 17 200 12248 -54.5 -66.7 21 12.2 -54.7 217 45 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.6 0.02 18 150 14054 -62.3 -77.4 11 15.2 -62.4 223 52 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16514 -69.0 -82.5 13 13.5 -69.1 218 28 394.4 394.4 304.5 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.34 m Freezing level: 608.31 mb = 4271.55 m = 14014.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.25 mb = 3880.99 m = 12732.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.37 % Est. max temperature: 28.65 C = 83.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.18 mb = 495.72 m = 1626.35 ft T: 20.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 15.36 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.66 mb = 964.09 m = 3162.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.99 C = 78.79 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.26 C Showalter Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.50 C Cross Totals Index: 23.39 C K Index: 33.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 356.80 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 795.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.77 mb = 812.14 m = 2664.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 866.77 mb = 1339.21 m = 4393.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.77 mb = 11148.59 m = 36576.29 ft B at Equ Level: 789.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.77 mb = 14185.48 m = 46539.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.0 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 225.0 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 73.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 29.15 Bulk Shear: 27.28 m/s