MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F075.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F075.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 75 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 37.97,-79.64 Latitude: 37.97 Longitude: -79.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 155 SFC 950 597 21.4 15.6 69 5.9 17.5 51 4 298.9 301.1 292.6 333.3 11.78 2 950 598 21.9 14.8 64 7.2 17.2 54 6 299.4 301.5 292.3 332.1 11.18 3 900 1064 18.1 12.7 70 5.4 14.6 59 9 300.2 302.1 291.8 330.4 10.29 4 850 1551 14.3 11.1 81 3.1 12.3 40 7 301.1 302.9 291.7 330.1 9.84 5 800 2061 10.3 9.1 92 1.2 9.6 4 8 302.2 303.9 291.5 329.3 9.12 6 750 2596 7.3 6.0 92 1.2 6.5 353 10 304.5 305.9 291.2 328.1 7.86 7 700 3162 4.6 0.3 74 4.3 2.4 356 9 307.6 308.6 290.2 324.8 5.61 8 650 3763 2.1 -9.8 41 11.9 -2.9 23 7 311.4 311.9 288.8 320.3 2.80 9 600 4405 -1.6 -13.0 41 11.4 -6.0 33 5 314.2 314.7 289.3 321.9 2.33 10 550 5092 -5.8 -12.5 59 6.7 -8.4 8 3 317.2 317.7 290.6 326.0 2.67 11 500 5832 -10.7 -12.6 86 1.9 -11.4 29 5 320.0 320.6 291.6 329.7 2.91 12 450 6635 -15.8 -21.6 61 5.8 -17.4 39 11 323.4 323.7 291.3 328.6 1.51 13 400 7512 -22.1 -29.6 51 7.5 -23.6 29 1 326.3 326.5 291.5 329.3 0.83 14 350 8485 -25.7 -49.5 9 23.8 -28.2 214 31 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.6 0.12 15 300 9588 -32.4 -61.4 4 29.0 -34.2 214 34 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.8 0.03 16 250 10846 -41.9 -64.7 7 22.8 -42.8 212 36 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.03 17 200 12327 -50.3 -69.5 9 19.1 -50.8 210 47 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.02 18 150 14161 -61.0 -79.0 8 18.0 -61.2 220 34 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16615 -69.0 -82.7 12 13.7 -69.1 240 14 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.06 m Freezing level: 621.64 mb = 4127.12 m = 13540.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.34 mb = 3428.97 m = 11249.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.13 % Est. max temperature: 24.63 C = 76.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.14 mb = 1342.13 m = 4403.25 ft T: 15.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 12.97 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.33 mb = 1942.74 m = 6373.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.39 C = 75.90 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: 0.22 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Showalter Index: 0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.91 C Cross Totals Index: 21.79 C K Index: 31.78 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 152.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.39 mb = 1737.40 m = 5700.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.39 mb = 2416.71 m = 7928.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 696.39 mb = 3203.86 m = 10511.23 ft B at Equ Level: 9.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 646.39 mb = 3807.85 m = 12492.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 21.9 at 6.9 knts Storm direction: 51.9 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: -6.7 tot: -5.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: -1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.90 Bulk Shear: 2.46 m/s