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: 37.55,-78.24 Latitude: 37.55 Longitude: -78.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 999 125 20.6 20.4 99 0.2 20.5 52 9 293.9 296.6 293.7 337.5 15.30 2 950 560 18.6 18.6 100 -0.0 18.7 62 27 296.1 298.7 293.7 337.4 14.37 3 900 1024 17.0 17.1 100 -0.0 17.1 92 33 299.1 301.6 294.1 339.0 13.72 4 850 1511 14.9 14.8 100 0.0 14.8 106 26 301.7 304.0 294.0 338.8 12.58 5 800 2024 12.7 12.7 100 0.0 12.7 117 22 304.7 306.9 294.1 339.3 11.60 6 750 2566 10.3 10.0 98 0.3 10.1 138 18 307.8 309.7 294.1 339.1 10.33 7 700 3138 7.5 5.7 88 1.8 6.5 153 18 310.8 312.4 293.4 336.2 8.26 8 650 3746 4.4 1.8 83 2.6 2.9 157 23 313.9 315.2 293.0 334.9 6.70 9 600 4395 1.0 -2.8 76 3.8 -0.9 157 28 317.3 318.3 292.8 333.9 5.21 10 550 5090 -2.9 -9.1 62 6.2 -5.7 156 29 320.6 321.3 292.3 332.1 3.49 11 500 5839 -7.4 -19.4 38 12.0 -11.3 154 23 324.1 324.4 291.6 329.7 1.64 12 450 6651 -12.6 -23.8 39 11.2 -15.8 171 22 327.4 327.6 292.2 331.8 1.24 13 400 7541 -17.8 -25.0 54 7.2 -19.7 144 23 331.8 332.1 293.4 336.4 1.26 14 350 8527 -24.1 -25.8 86 1.7 -24.5 132 29 336.2 336.5 294.6 341.1 1.33 15 300 9634 -32.0 -32.1 99 0.1 -32.0 130 41 340.3 340.5 295.2 343.6 0.87 16 250 10895 -42.1 -42.4 97 0.3 -42.2 141 44 343.4 343.5 295.5 344.9 0.37 17 200 12371 -51.2 -66.2 15 15.0 -51.6 169 35 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.03 18 150 14191 -62.9 -76.8 14 13.9 -63.0 184 31 361.7 361.7 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16640 -70.5 -82.9 14 12.5 -70.5 238 10 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.56 m Freezing level: 587.25 mb = 4572.17 m = 15000.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.87 mb = 4236.27 m = 13898.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.44 % Est. max temperature: 28.54 C = 83.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.32 mb = 148.20 m = 486.22 ft T: 20.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 9.62 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 953.83 mb = 524.90 m = 1722.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.66 C = 72.79 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: 0.29 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.54 C Showalter Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.23 C Cross Totals Index: 22.20 C K Index: 35.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.82 mb = 579.37 m = 1900.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 942.82 mb = 624.79 m = 2049.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 922.82 mb = 808.90 m = 2653.85 ft B at Equ Level: 20.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 752.82 mb = 2534.14 m = 8314.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 133.5 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 163.5 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 271.4 neg: -1.8 tot: 269.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 90.53 m/s