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: 37.69,-77.28 Latitude: 37.69 Longitude: -77.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 998 49 22.4 19.2 82 3.2 20.2 90 5 295.8 298.3 293.4 336.5 14.17 2 950 476 19.2 16.0 82 3.2 17.1 107 13 296.7 298.9 292.2 331.8 12.15 3 900 939 15.7 13.6 87 2.1 14.3 124 13 297.7 299.7 291.6 329.4 10.93 4 850 1423 12.7 10.2 84 2.5 11.2 137 14 299.5 301.1 290.7 326.4 9.20 5 800 1930 10.3 2.4 58 7.9 6.1 153 16 302.2 303.2 288.5 319.3 5.70 6 750 2465 7.1 1.7 69 5.3 4.2 169 22 304.2 305.3 289.3 321.8 5.79 7 700 3029 3.2 -1.1 74 4.2 1.0 178 30 306.0 306.9 289.2 321.5 5.06 8 650 3625 -0.8 -8.7 55 7.8 -4.1 183 34 308.0 308.6 288.0 317.7 3.06 9 600 4260 -4.4 -14.1 47 9.7 -7.9 187 40 311.1 311.5 288.1 318.0 2.14 10 550 4940 -8.1 -21.3 34 13.2 -11.9 188 49 314.5 314.7 288.3 318.8 1.27 11 500 5673 -12.9 -26.9 30 14.0 -16.3 189 54 317.3 317.4 288.8 320.2 0.84 12 450 6467 -18.8 -29.6 38 10.8 -21.0 190 57 319.6 319.8 289.4 322.2 0.73 13 400 7334 -24.4 -35.5 35 11.1 -26.1 189 66 323.2 323.3 290.3 324.9 0.47 14 350 8293 -31.3 -42.8 31 11.5 -32.4 186 69 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.6 0.25 15 300 9367 -39.7 -50.9 30 11.1 -40.4 186 72 329.4 329.4 291.7 329.9 0.12 16 250 10585 -49.4 -55.4 50 6.0 -49.6 191 70 332.7 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.08 17 200 12026 -54.8 -67.8 19 13.0 -55.1 189 75 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 13852 -59.2 -78.7 6 19.5 -59.4 192 54 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16365 -61.7 -83.7 4 22.0 -61.9 194 25 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.89 m Freezing level: 660.30 mb = 3502.05 m = 11489.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.04 mb = 3143.88 m = 10314.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.10 % Est. max temperature: 26.24 C = 79.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.96 mb = 458.50 m = 1504.24 ft T: 19.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 17.17 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.19 mb = 1013.16 m = 3323.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.63 C = 76.34 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.96 C Showalter Index: 0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.64 C Cross Totals Index: 23.10 C K Index: 31.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 647.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.31 mb = 860.67 m = 2823.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.31 mb = 1291.58 m = 4237.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.31 mb = 10238.36 m = 33590.01 ft B at Equ Level: 644.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.31 mb = 12579.26 m = 41270.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 177.8 at 30.7 knts Storm direction: 207.8 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 167.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 5.56 Bulk Shear: 116.47 m/s