MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 37.91,-77.90 Latitude: 37.91 Longitude: -77.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 108 20.3 20.1 98 0.3 20.2 52 8 293.4 296.0 293.3 335.8 14.90 1 1000 122 20.4 19.9 97 0.5 20.1 55 9 293.6 296.2 293.2 335.7 14.78 2 950 564 18.0 18.0 100 0.0 18.0 67 25 295.5 297.9 293.0 335.0 13.78 3 900 1027 15.8 15.5 98 0.3 15.6 86 30 297.7 300.0 292.7 333.6 12.38 4 850 1512 14.1 13.8 98 0.3 13.9 94 27 300.9 303.0 293.2 335.4 11.75 5 800 2024 12.2 12.0 99 0.2 12.1 104 24 304.2 306.2 293.6 337.3 11.10 6 750 2564 9.3 9.0 98 0.3 9.1 110 18 306.7 308.5 293.3 335.8 9.65 7 700 3134 7.1 4.8 85 2.3 5.8 106 14 310.4 311.8 292.9 334.2 7.72 8 650 3742 4.3 3.8 97 0.4 4.0 150 5 313.8 315.3 293.9 338.0 7.77 9 600 4390 0.3 -0.2 96 0.5 0.0 188 9 316.5 317.7 293.4 336.5 6.30 10 550 5084 -3.5 -6.1 82 2.6 -4.7 182 15 319.9 320.8 292.9 334.3 4.41 11 500 5832 -7.8 -12.8 67 5.0 -9.8 177 17 323.5 324.1 292.6 333.1 2.85 12 450 6644 -12.8 -16.4 75 3.5 -14.0 181 14 327.1 327.6 293.1 335.3 2.37 13 400 7533 -17.8 -18.5 94 0.7 -18.0 159 15 331.8 332.3 294.2 339.6 2.23 14 350 8521 -23.8 -23.8 100 0.0 -23.8 137 23 336.7 337.0 294.9 342.4 1.60 15 300 9629 -31.7 -31.8 99 0.1 -31.7 129 27 340.8 340.9 295.3 344.1 0.89 16 250 10891 -41.8 -41.9 99 0.1 -41.8 144 40 343.9 344.0 295.6 345.4 0.39 17 200 12362 -53.1 -54.6 83 1.5 -53.1 160 44 348.8 348.8 296.5 349.2 0.12 18 150 14179 -62.5 -76.9 13 14.5 -62.6 200 40 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16627 -70.3 -82.8 14 12.5 -70.4 243 11 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.62 m Freezing level: 595.92 mb = 4446.79 m = 14589.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.79 mb = 4393.00 m = 14412.55 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.34 % Est. max temperature: 27.76 C = 81.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 997.61 mb = 142.17 m = 466.43 ft T: 20.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 3.14 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 946.88 mb = 592.30 m = 1943.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.57 C = 72.63 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: 1.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.11 C Showalter Index: 0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.43 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.85 C Cross Totals Index: 21.58 C K Index: 33.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 948.21 mb = 580.23 m = 1903.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 933.21 mb = 716.64 m = 2351.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 873.21 mb = 1283.26 m = 4210.12 ft B at Equ Level: 17.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 773.21 mb = 2308.51 m = 7573.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 117.2 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 147.2 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 172.5 neg: -16.4 tot: 156.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.57 Bulk Shear: 31.26 m/s