MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F375.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F375.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 375 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 10 OCT 25 Station: 37.35,-77.79 Latitude: 37.35 Longitude: -77.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 SFC 993 83 21.6 18.6 83 3.0 19.6 72 5 295.3 297.7 293.0 334.6 13.72 2 950 470 19.1 15.3 79 3.8 16.7 96 12 296.6 298.7 291.7 330.1 11.61 3 900 934 16.1 12.7 81 3.3 14.0 118 15 298.1 299.9 291.2 328.2 10.34 4 850 1417 12.6 10.4 86 2.3 11.2 133 17 299.4 301.1 290.8 326.7 9.33 5 800 1924 9.4 6.0 79 3.4 7.5 150 17 301.2 302.5 289.6 323.0 7.34 6 750 2457 6.2 3.4 82 2.8 4.6 170 22 303.3 304.5 289.6 322.9 6.51 7 700 3019 2.5 -1.9 73 4.4 0.3 179 31 305.2 306.1 288.6 319.8 4.74 8 650 3615 -0.9 -10.2 49 9.3 -4.6 184 36 307.9 308.4 287.6 316.5 2.70 9 600 4249 -4.6 -16.9 38 12.3 -8.7 186 43 310.8 311.1 287.5 316.3 1.70 10 550 4928 -8.4 -22.6 31 14.1 -12.4 188 49 314.1 314.3 288.1 317.9 1.14 11 500 5661 -13.3 -27.2 30 13.9 -16.6 189 55 316.9 317.0 288.6 319.7 0.82 12 450 6453 -19.0 -30.7 35 11.7 -21.3 191 60 319.3 319.4 289.2 321.6 0.66 13 400 7319 -24.9 -36.3 34 11.3 -26.6 188 69 322.6 322.7 290.0 324.2 0.43 14 350 8276 -31.7 -42.6 33 10.9 -32.9 186 72 325.9 326.0 290.8 326.9 0.25 15 300 9347 -40.3 -50.3 33 10.0 -40.9 189 77 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.1 0.13 16 250 10564 -49.3 -56.2 45 6.9 -49.6 192 76 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.08 17 200 12008 -54.1 -68.7 15 14.6 -54.4 189 78 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 13840 -58.2 -79.2 5 21.0 -58.5 192 55 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.01 19 100 16359 -61.3 -83.8 4 22.5 -61.5 198 27 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5634.06 m Freezing level: 663.33 mb = 3455.84 m = 11337.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.82 mb = 3055.84 m = 10025.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.36 % Est. max temperature: 25.90 C = 78.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.46 mb = 457.15 m = 1499.83 ft T: 19.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 18.30 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.73 mb = 1223.23 m = 4013.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.16 C = 77.28 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.98 C Showalter Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.90 C Cross Totals Index: 23.63 C K Index: 31.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 522.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.37 mb = 967.75 m = 3175.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 831.37 mb = 1602.65 m = 5257.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 291.37 mb = 9541.95 m = 31305.24 ft B at Equ Level: 521.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.37 mb = 12288.59 m = 40316.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 177.9 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 207.9 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 205.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 205.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 3.69 Bulk Shear: 141.57 m/s