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: 37.94,-79.03 Latitude: 37.94 Longitude: -79.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 959 486 18.3 18.1 99 0.2 18.2 55 8 295.0 297.4 292.9 334.4 13.76 2 950 565 17.9 17.7 99 0.2 17.8 57 12 295.4 297.8 292.9 334.3 13.55 3 900 1028 16.1 16.1 100 0.0 16.1 71 26 298.0 300.4 293.2 335.4 12.85 4 850 1514 14.6 14.6 100 0.0 14.6 96 34 301.5 303.7 293.8 337.9 12.38 5 800 2026 12.6 12.5 99 0.1 12.5 107 26 304.6 306.7 294.0 338.7 11.43 6 750 2567 9.7 9.0 95 0.7 9.3 119 20 307.1 308.9 293.4 336.3 9.64 7 700 3138 7.0 4.1 82 2.9 5.4 136 22 310.2 311.6 292.5 332.9 7.37 8 650 3745 4.3 -2.5 61 6.8 0.9 146 25 313.8 314.8 291.5 329.4 4.92 9 600 4393 0.6 -6.0 61 6.6 -2.5 149 30 316.8 317.6 291.7 330.0 4.08 10 550 5087 -3.0 -11.6 52 8.6 -6.6 147 31 320.5 321.0 291.7 330.0 2.86 11 500 5835 -7.2 -22.9 27 15.7 -12.0 151 26 324.2 324.4 291.3 328.4 1.21 12 450 6648 -12.5 -28.2 26 15.7 -16.4 157 25 327.6 327.7 291.9 330.6 0.83 13 400 7539 -17.8 -25.2 52 7.4 -19.7 134 27 331.9 332.2 293.4 336.4 1.24 14 350 8525 -24.2 -25.7 87 1.5 -24.5 118 31 336.2 336.4 294.6 341.1 1.35 15 300 9630 -32.4 -33.4 91 1.0 -32.6 124 36 339.7 339.9 295.0 342.6 0.76 16 250 10888 -42.4 -45.6 71 3.1 -42.7 148 42 343.0 343.0 295.3 344.0 0.26 17 200 12365 -51.0 -69.4 10 18.3 -51.4 153 27 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.02 18 150 14186 -62.3 -77.4 12 15.1 -62.4 183 30 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16636 -70.1 -82.6 14 12.5 -70.1 232 9 392.4 392.4 304.1 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.51 m Freezing level: 591.53 mb = 4510.38 m = 14797.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.78 mb = 3911.56 m = 12833.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.69 % Est. max temperature: 27.22 C = 81.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.45 mb = 507.51 m = 1665.02 ft T: 18.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 9.31 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.38 mb = 939.29 m = 3081.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.84 C = 69.51 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: 1.47 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.78 C Showalter Index: 0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.87 C Cross Totals Index: 21.83 C K Index: 33.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.87 mb = 962.92 m = 3159.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.87 mb = 1010.21 m = 3314.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 891.87 mb = 1105.14 m = 3625.75 ft B at Equ Level: 22.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 791.87 mb = 2111.85 m = 6928.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 130.0 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 160.0 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 270.8 neg: -16.0 tot: 254.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 78.38 m/s