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,-79.41 Latitude: 37.49 Longitude: -79.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 960 387 18.0 15.8 87 2.2 16.6 100 6 294.5 296.7 291.3 328.5 11.86 2 950 478 16.7 14.6 87 2.1 15.4 97 8 294.2 296.1 290.5 325.8 11.05 3 900 936 12.9 12.4 97 0.5 12.6 99 13 294.8 296.7 289.9 323.9 10.11 4 850 1415 10.8 6.9 77 3.9 8.6 123 20 297.5 298.8 288.4 319.0 7.36 5 800 1919 7.6 5.4 86 2.2 6.3 139 22 299.2 300.5 288.8 320.0 7.05 6 750 2448 4.0 3.1 93 1.0 3.5 148 27 301.0 302.1 288.7 320.0 6.38 7 700 3005 0.1 -2.5 82 2.6 -1.2 164 35 302.6 303.4 287.5 316.3 4.53 8 650 3595 -3.5 -8.2 70 4.7 -5.4 174 44 305.0 305.6 287.1 314.9 3.18 9 600 4224 -6.8 -14.5 54 7.7 -9.5 178 49 308.2 308.6 287.0 314.8 2.07 10 550 4898 -10.9 -21.3 42 10.3 -13.8 182 52 311.1 311.4 287.2 315.3 1.27 11 500 5624 -15.3 -28.1 33 12.8 -18.1 182 51 314.4 314.5 287.8 317.0 0.76 12 450 6411 -20.7 -31.5 38 10.7 -22.7 182 51 317.2 317.3 288.5 319.3 0.61 13 400 7270 -27.2 -36.2 42 9.0 -28.5 183 56 319.6 319.7 289.1 321.2 0.43 14 350 8217 -35.0 -42.5 46 7.5 -35.7 185 63 321.6 321.6 289.5 322.5 0.26 15 300 9272 -43.4 -49.1 53 5.7 -43.7 186 68 324.1 324.2 290.2 324.7 0.15 16 250 10481 -48.7 -61.6 21 12.8 -49.1 191 79 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.8 0.04 17 200 11938 -51.6 -72.8 6 21.2 -52.0 192 73 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.01 18 150 13789 -54.9 -79.7 3 24.8 -55.3 186 55 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 19 100 16340 -59.5 -84.0 3 24.6 -59.8 204 25 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5584.15 m Freezing level: 698.88 mb = 3018.69 m = 9903.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.29 mb = 2864.78 m = 9398.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.56 % Est. max temperature: 22.26 C = 72.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.08 mb = 657.57 m = 2157.35 ft T: 15.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 9.50 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.05 mb = 1191.18 m = 3908.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.67 C = 67.40 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.93 C Showalter Index: 1.64 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.11 C Cross Totals Index: 22.20 C K Index: 30.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 274.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.41 mb = 1044.91 m = 3428.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.41 mb = 1780.68 m = 5842.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 333.41 mb = 8549.02 m = 28047.62 ft B at Equ Level: 273.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 243.41 mb = 10655.46 m = 34958.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 169.7 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 199.7 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 1.1 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 300.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 300.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 100.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 1.72 Bulk Shear: 159.71 m/s