MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 37.10,-77.22 Latitude: 37.10 Longitude: -77.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 42 22.3 22.0 98 0.4 22.1 68 9 294.8 297.8 295.0 342.7 16.71 1 1000 108 21.8 21.4 97 0.4 21.6 71 16 295.0 297.9 294.7 341.6 16.26 2 950 553 19.5 19.5 100 0.0 19.5 87 27 297.0 299.8 294.6 340.9 15.18 3 900 1019 17.5 17.3 98 0.3 17.4 105 25 299.6 302.1 294.4 340.3 13.93 4 850 1507 15.4 15.2 99 0.2 15.3 116 23 302.3 304.7 294.4 340.4 12.88 5 800 2021 13.2 13.0 99 0.2 13.1 126 20 305.2 307.4 294.5 340.7 11.87 6 750 2563 10.8 10.6 99 0.2 10.7 140 17 308.3 310.4 294.6 341.0 10.78 7 700 3137 8.0 7.7 98 0.3 7.8 155 17 311.3 313.1 294.4 340.5 9.48 8 650 3746 4.7 4.5 99 0.2 4.6 163 19 314.3 315.9 294.3 339.8 8.18 9 600 4396 1.1 0.5 96 0.6 0.8 165 22 317.4 318.7 294.0 338.5 6.64 10 550 5091 -2.9 -5.4 82 2.6 -4.1 165 25 320.7 321.6 293.3 335.8 4.64 11 500 5841 -7.1 -12.9 64 5.7 -9.4 164 23 324.3 324.9 292.7 333.9 2.84 12 450 6654 -12.5 -18.5 61 5.9 -14.5 175 20 327.5 327.9 292.9 334.3 1.98 13 400 7544 -17.5 -20.2 79 2.7 -18.3 160 25 332.2 332.6 294.1 339.0 1.92 14 350 8533 -23.1 -24.1 92 1.0 -23.4 140 28 337.6 337.9 295.1 343.3 1.56 15 300 9644 -31.1 -33.0 83 2.0 -31.4 130 32 341.6 341.7 295.4 344.6 0.79 16 250 10909 -41.1 -41.3 98 0.2 -41.1 140 37 345.0 345.1 295.9 346.6 0.41 17 200 12386 -51.4 -61.4 29 10.0 -51.7 171 36 351.3 351.3 297.0 351.5 0.05 18 150 14202 -63.7 -76.1 17 12.4 -63.8 188 34 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16643 -70.2 -82.8 14 12.6 -70.2 261 14 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.96 m Freezing level: 586.16 mb = 4588.40 m = 15053.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.97 mb = 4503.63 m = 14775.50 ft Precipitable water: 2.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.79 % Est. max temperature: 29.38 C = 84.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1002.70 mb = 84.72 m = 277.95 ft T: 22.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 7.14 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 953.52 mb = 521.09 m = 1709.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.37 C = 75.86 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Showalter Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.56 C Cross Totals Index: 22.34 C K Index: 37.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 131.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 954.32 mb = 513.81 m = 1685.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 949.32 mb = 559.34 m = 1835.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 809.32 mb = 1922.73 m = 6308.09 ft B at Equ Level: 18.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 289.32 mb = 9895.68 m = 32465.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 140.2 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 170.2 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 166.8 neg: -0.4 tot: 166.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 2.25 Bulk Shear: 58.35 m/s