MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F240.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F240.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10 day GFS valid 12Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 38.43,-78.15 Latitude: 38.43 Longitude: -78.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 SFC 987 230 18.4 18.3 99 0.1 18.4 75 3 292.6 295.1 292.0 331.1 13.54 2 950 560 17.4 17.1 98 0.3 17.2 134 9 294.8 297.2 292.3 332.2 13.03 3 900 1021 15.6 15.6 100 0.0 15.5 154 10 297.6 299.8 292.7 333.6 12.44 4 850 1506 13.1 12.4 96 0.7 12.7 160 15 299.9 301.8 292.0 331.3 10.72 5 800 2015 10.9 8.2 83 2.7 9.3 167 19 302.8 304.4 291.2 328.3 8.58 6 750 2552 8.8 4.0 72 4.9 6.1 172 23 306.1 307.4 290.8 326.8 6.79 7 700 3120 5.9 -0.3 65 6.2 2.7 175 24 309.0 310.0 290.5 325.5 5.35 8 650 3724 2.8 -6.1 52 9.0 -1.3 177 24 312.2 312.9 290.0 324.0 3.72 9 600 4368 -0.6 -12.3 41 11.8 -5.3 180 23 315.5 316.0 289.9 323.6 2.48 10 550 5058 -4.5 -19.4 30 14.9 -9.4 183 23 318.8 319.1 289.9 323.9 1.50 11 500 5802 -8.8 -27.4 21 18.6 -13.6 182 24 322.3 322.5 290.3 325.2 0.80 12 450 6610 -14.1 -28.4 29 14.3 -17.5 185 26 325.5 325.7 291.3 328.5 0.82 13 400 7492 -20.0 -34.9 25 14.9 -22.7 181 30 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.8 0.49 14 350 8469 -26.8 -41.1 25 14.2 -28.7 177 33 332.6 332.7 292.7 333.8 0.30 15 300 9564 -34.5 -45.4 32 10.9 -35.5 185 23 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.6 0.22 16 250 10814 -43.6 -59.4 16 15.9 -44.2 230 20 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.05 17 200 12280 -53.4 -67.5 16 14.1 -53.7 252 30 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 14090 -62.8 -77.4 12 14.6 -63.0 260 25 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16527 -71.0 -82.8 16 11.9 -71.0 261 13 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.67 m Freezing level: 608.13 mb = 4263.00 m = 13986.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.66 mb = 3517.66 m = 11540.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.75 % Est. max temperature: 26.33 C = 79.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.19 mb = 238.68 m = 783.06 ft T: 18.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 10.04 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.78 mb = 780.12 m = 2559.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.90 C = 71.41 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: 1.25 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.63 C Showalter Index: 1.84 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.11 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.89 C Cross Totals Index: 21.23 C K Index: 28.14 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4770.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.18 mb = 703.01 m = 2306.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 174.4 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 204.4 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 87.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 34.09 m/s