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,-79.19 Latitude: 37.55 Longitude: -79.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 976 321 19.0 18.8 98 0.2 18.9 50 10 294.2 296.7 292.9 334.5 14.12 2 950 556 18.0 17.8 99 0.1 17.9 54 24 295.4 297.9 292.9 334.6 13.63 3 900 1019 16.6 16.6 100 -0.0 16.7 79 34 298.6 301.1 293.7 337.5 13.36 4 850 1506 15.2 15.0 99 0.1 15.1 102 31 302.0 304.4 294.3 339.7 12.75 5 800 2020 13.0 12.5 97 0.4 12.7 114 24 305.0 307.1 294.1 339.3 11.48 6 750 2560 9.8 8.5 91 1.3 9.0 126 22 307.2 308.9 293.2 335.4 9.31 7 700 3132 7.5 1.0 64 6.4 4.0 145 25 310.8 311.9 291.5 329.1 5.91 8 650 3739 4.2 -5.0 51 9.3 -0.2 151 29 313.8 314.5 290.7 326.6 4.05 9 600 4386 0.9 -9.5 46 10.5 -3.6 149 33 317.2 317.8 290.9 327.3 3.09 10 550 5081 -2.4 -17.0 32 14.5 -7.7 145 34 321.2 321.5 291.0 327.4 1.84 11 500 5831 -6.9 -30.1 14 23.3 -12.8 146 27 324.7 324.8 290.9 326.9 0.62 12 450 6643 -13.1 -29.9 23 16.7 -17.1 160 29 326.7 326.9 291.5 329.3 0.71 13 400 7532 -17.8 -39.3 13 21.5 -21.5 134 28 331.9 331.9 292.6 333.1 0.32 14 350 8517 -24.4 -36.8 31 12.4 -26.4 125 35 335.9 336.0 293.7 337.7 0.47 15 300 9623 -32.2 -42.3 36 10.0 -33.4 128 38 339.9 340.0 294.6 341.2 0.31 16 250 10882 -41.8 -52.2 32 10.3 -42.5 143 35 343.9 343.9 295.4 344.4 0.12 17 200 12361 -51.1 -69.3 10 18.2 -51.5 159 27 351.9 351.9 297.1 351.9 0.02 18 150 14185 -62.0 -77.7 11 15.7 -62.1 182 27 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.01 19 100 16639 -69.9 -82.9 13 13.1 -69.9 221 7 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.40 m Freezing level: 586.26 mb = 4577.35 m = 15017.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.54 mb = 3707.07 m = 12162.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.94 % Est. max temperature: 28.18 C = 82.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.09 mb = 349.35 m = 1146.16 ft T: 18.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 13.05 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.66 mb = 805.72 m = 2643.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.98 C = 71.56 F Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lifted Index: 1.56 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.01 C Showalter Index: 0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.03 C Cross Totals Index: 21.89 C K Index: 30.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 270.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4634.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.22 mb = 791.22 m = 2595.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 129.8 at 28.5 knts Storm direction: 159.8 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 331.7 neg: -9.4 tot: 322.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 107.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 117.92 m/s