MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F372.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F372.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15.5 day GFS valid 18Z FRI 10 OCT 25 Station: 37.49,-78.70 Latitude: 37.49 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 44 SFC 985 178 20.4 16.6 79 3.8 17.9 95 6 294.9 297.0 291.6 329.8 12.19 2 950 484 16.7 15.2 91 1.5 15.8 94 10 294.2 296.2 290.9 327.1 11.53 3 900 943 13.5 12.1 91 1.5 12.6 107 12 295.5 297.2 289.9 323.9 9.88 4 850 1424 11.7 6.4 70 5.3 8.6 134 15 298.4 299.7 288.5 319.2 7.09 5 800 1929 8.3 4.2 75 4.1 6.1 148 17 300.0 301.2 288.5 319.3 6.48 6 750 2459 4.6 3.0 89 1.6 3.7 156 22 301.6 302.7 288.9 320.5 6.33 7 700 3018 0.8 -3.5 73 4.3 -1.2 166 30 303.3 304.1 287.5 316.2 4.21 8 650 3609 -2.8 -12.5 47 9.7 -6.4 174 38 305.8 306.2 286.4 312.9 2.25 9 600 4239 -6.0 -16.0 45 10.0 -9.4 178 44 309.1 309.5 287.1 315.1 1.83 10 550 4914 -10.4 -23.8 33 13.4 -13.9 182 50 311.7 311.9 287.1 315.1 1.02 11 500 5641 -15.0 -27.0 35 12.1 -17.7 182 53 314.8 315.0 288.0 317.7 0.84 12 450 6430 -20.2 -33.2 31 13.0 -22.5 185 55 317.8 317.9 288.6 319.7 0.52 13 400 7291 -26.6 -38.4 32 11.8 -28.1 187 64 320.4 320.5 289.3 321.7 0.35 14 350 8241 -33.7 -43.5 37 9.7 -34.6 186 72 323.2 323.3 290.0 324.1 0.23 15 300 9301 -42.4 -49.6 45 7.2 -42.8 189 77 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.2 0.14 16 250 10516 -48.7 -60.7 23 12.0 -49.0 195 90 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.9 0.04 17 200 11970 -51.7 -71.4 8 19.8 -52.1 191 78 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 13813 -57.4 -79.0 5 21.6 -57.6 189 59 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.01 19 100 16349 -59.9 -84.0 3 24.1 -60.2 201 27 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5597.36 m Freezing level: 689.45 mb = 3142.26 m = 10309.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.30 mb = 2876.49 m = 9437.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.86 % Est. max temperature: 24.40 C = 75.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.63 mb = 649.97 m = 2132.42 ft T: 15.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 10.59 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.61 mb = 946.74 m = 3106.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.02 C = 69.84 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.14 C Showalter Index: 1.89 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.64 C Cross Totals Index: 21.32 C K Index: 28.71 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 159.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 390.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.66 mb = 871.11 m = 2857.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 812.66 mb = 1797.95 m = 5898.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 312.66 mb = 9016.87 m = 29582.53 ft B at Equ Level: 388.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 222.66 mb = 11270.29 m = 36975.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 171.2 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 201.2 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 175.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 175.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 2.98 Bulk Shear: 130.86 m/s