MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 37.12,-77.30 Latitude: 37.12 Longitude: -77.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1006 46 26.0 22.5 81 3.4 23.5 177 3 298.6 301.7 296.4 349.1 17.33 1 1000 99 25.3 20.6 75 4.7 21.9 173 4 298.5 301.3 295.1 343.3 15.42 2 950 547 21.1 19.3 90 1.8 19.9 171 6 298.6 301.3 294.8 342.2 15.00 3 900 1014 17.9 17.3 97 0.6 17.5 165 9 299.9 302.5 294.5 340.7 13.94 4 850 1503 15.7 13.7 88 2.0 14.4 182 13 302.6 304.7 293.6 337.1 11.67 5 800 2016 12.9 11.1 89 1.8 11.7 193 18 304.9 306.9 293.3 336.1 10.42 6 750 2557 9.9 8.7 92 1.2 9.2 198 23 307.3 309.1 293.3 335.9 9.44 7 700 3128 6.5 5.0 90 1.5 5.6 200 27 309.7 311.2 292.7 333.7 7.83 8 650 3733 2.6 1.4 92 1.1 2.0 199 29 311.9 313.1 292.3 332.2 6.54 9 600 4377 -0.8 -1.3 96 0.5 -1.1 203 30 315.2 316.3 292.7 333.5 5.80 10 550 5069 -4.1 -4.8 95 0.7 -4.4 209 31 319.2 320.2 293.0 334.9 4.86 11 500 5816 -7.9 -8.6 95 0.7 -8.2 210 31 323.4 324.2 293.5 336.6 4.00 12 450 6629 -12.3 -12.8 96 0.5 -12.5 213 31 327.8 328.4 294.0 338.6 3.18 13 400 7520 -17.5 -18.5 92 1.0 -17.9 215 33 332.2 332.7 294.3 340.0 2.23 14 350 8508 -24.2 -26.3 83 2.1 -24.7 215 37 336.1 336.4 294.5 340.8 1.28 15 300 9612 -32.8 -33.3 95 0.5 -32.9 205 45 339.2 339.4 294.8 342.1 0.77 16 250 10867 -43.2 -43.3 99 0.1 -43.3 193 48 341.8 341.8 295.1 343.1 0.33 17 200 12328 -55.6 -55.9 97 0.3 -55.6 202 61 344.7 344.7 295.6 345.1 0.10 18 150 14124 -63.6 -75.6 18 12.0 -63.7 223 42 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16573 -67.9 -82.7 10 14.8 -67.9 222 27 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.27 m Freezing level: 612.07 mb = 4221.58 m = 13850.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.94 mb = 4139.98 m = 13582.45 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.68 % Est. max temperature: 29.62 C = 85.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.32 mb = 480.30 m = 1575.78 ft T: 21.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 16.85 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.72 mb = 902.64 m = 2961.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.97 C = 80.54 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.90 C Showalter Index: 0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.59 C Cross Totals Index: 21.60 C K Index: 35.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 456.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.53 mb = 800.86 m = 2627.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.53 mb = 1037.88 m = 3405.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.53 mb = 10148.23 m = 33294.30 ft B at Equ Level: 456.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.53 mb = 13818.05 m = 45334.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.0 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 230.0 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 82.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 10.81 Bulk Shear: 42.23 m/s