MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 6Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 37.13,-76.75 Latitude: 37.13 Longitude: -76.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 21 20.7 20.3 97 0.4 20.4 54 8 293.0 295.7 293.2 335.6 14.98 1 1000 105 20.4 19.8 97 0.5 20.0 56 13 293.5 296.2 293.2 335.5 14.73 2 950 548 18.3 17.1 93 1.2 17.5 74 23 295.8 298.1 292.6 333.3 13.05 3 900 1011 15.9 14.0 89 1.8 14.7 77 25 297.8 299.9 291.9 330.6 11.27 4 850 1496 13.7 11.8 88 2.0 12.5 80 21 300.5 302.4 291.9 330.7 10.27 5 800 2006 11.6 9.3 86 2.3 10.2 91 16 303.5 305.3 292.0 331.1 9.24 6 750 2544 8.4 6.6 88 1.9 7.3 105 14 305.7 307.2 291.8 330.3 8.15 7 700 3112 4.8 4.1 95 0.8 4.4 111 12 307.8 309.2 291.7 330.2 7.34 8 650 3713 1.1 0.9 99 0.2 1.0 90 9 310.2 311.4 291.6 329.7 6.30 9 600 4356 -0.9 -1.1 98 0.2 -1.0 76 9 315.1 316.2 292.7 333.7 5.89 10 550 5048 -3.9 -4.3 97 0.4 -4.1 87 9 319.4 320.4 293.3 335.8 5.07 11 500 5796 -7.5 -8.0 96 0.5 -7.7 114 10 323.9 324.7 293.8 337.8 4.20 12 450 6610 -11.8 -12.3 96 0.5 -12.0 132 11 328.4 329.0 294.2 339.6 3.31 13 400 7503 -17.0 -17.1 99 0.1 -17.0 144 15 332.9 333.5 294.7 341.7 2.51 14 350 8493 -23.5 -23.5 100 0.0 -23.5 144 20 337.1 337.4 295.0 343.0 1.64 15 300 9601 -31.7 -31.7 100 -0.0 -31.7 141 26 340.6 340.8 295.3 344.0 0.89 16 250 10862 -42.1 -42.1 100 -0.0 -42.1 143 32 343.4 343.5 295.5 344.9 0.38 17 200 12328 -54.6 -55.2 93 0.6 -54.6 153 47 346.3 346.3 295.9 346.8 0.11 18 150 14157 -59.7 -78.4 7 18.6 -59.9 229 37 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16617 -69.3 -82.5 13 13.2 -69.4 224 13 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.83 m Freezing level: 622.42 mb = 4067.99 m = 13346.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.87 mb = 4029.96 m = 13221.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.55 % Est. max temperature: 27.69 C = 81.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1003.58 mb = 74.57 m = 244.65 ft T: 20.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.59 C/km ThetaE index: 5.02 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.02 mb = 785.43 m = 2576.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.51 C = 76.13 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: 2.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.75 C Showalter Index: 3.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.23 C Cross Totals Index: 19.27 C K Index: 32.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 60.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.91 mb = 594.15 m = 1949.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.91 mb = 2545.16 m = 8350.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 599.91 mb = 4357.34 m = 14295.57 ft B at Equ Level: 60.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 499.91 mb = 5797.55 m = 19020.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 87.1 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 117.1 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.9 neg: -2.1 tot: 64.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 11.35 Bulk Shear: 5.36 m/s