MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 35.99,-75.97 Latitude: 35.99 Longitude: -75.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 2 22.5 20.0 86 2.4 20.8 51 18 294.6 297.2 293.5 336.7 14.72 1 1000 111 21.3 18.9 86 2.5 19.6 53 22 294.5 296.9 292.8 334.1 13.84 2 950 554 17.9 16.7 93 1.2 17.1 65 26 295.3 297.6 292.2 331.7 12.65 3 900 1016 16.1 14.0 87 2.1 14.8 72 24 298.1 300.2 291.9 330.9 11.25 4 850 1501 13.6 12.0 90 1.5 12.6 75 18 300.4 302.3 292.0 331.1 10.46 5 800 2011 11.1 9.3 89 1.8 10.0 77 12 303.0 304.7 291.8 330.4 9.23 6 750 2548 8.3 5.9 85 2.4 6.9 72 8 305.6 307.1 291.5 329.2 7.80 7 700 3116 4.9 3.1 88 1.8 3.9 78 8 307.9 309.2 291.4 328.8 6.85 8 650 3717 1.4 0.1 92 1.2 0.7 125 7 310.5 311.6 291.5 329.0 5.96 9 600 4359 -0.5 -13.8 36 13.3 -5.6 208 2 315.6 316.0 289.6 322.8 2.19 10 550 5051 -3.1 -34.4 7 31.3 -10.4 257 6 320.4 320.4 289.3 321.7 0.38 11 500 5798 -8.0 -34.8 10 26.8 -13.9 254 12 323.2 323.3 290.2 324.7 0.40 12 450 6607 -13.5 -22.4 47 8.8 -16.1 232 14 326.3 326.5 292.0 331.2 1.41 13 400 7497 -17.4 -21.6 70 4.2 -18.7 225 16 332.4 332.7 293.9 338.4 1.70 14 350 8484 -24.6 -27.2 79 2.6 -25.2 203 18 335.6 335.8 294.3 339.9 1.17 15 300 9586 -33.5 -40.7 49 7.2 -34.4 180 18 338.1 338.2 294.2 339.5 0.36 16 250 10840 -42.9 -54.0 29 11.1 -43.5 216 19 342.3 342.3 295.0 342.7 0.10 17 200 12311 -52.0 -68.7 12 16.7 -52.3 247 33 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.02 18 150 14143 -59.4 -79.0 6 19.6 -59.6 255 21 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.01 19 100 16609 -68.8 -82.0 13 13.1 -68.9 245 15 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.48 m Freezing level: 613.12 mb = 4190.96 m = 13749.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.29 mb = 3788.00 m = 12427.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.57 % Est. max temperature: 27.74 C = 81.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.60 mb = 306.39 m = 1005.20 ft T: 19.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.81 C/km ThetaE index: 5.82 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.17 mb = 1005.28 m = 3298.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.00 C = 78.81 F Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lifted Index: 1.97 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Showalter Index: 2.67 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.63 C Cross Totals Index: 20.08 C K Index: 31.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.03 mb = 671.30 m = 2202.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.03 mb = 2860.85 m = 9385.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 622.03 mb = 4070.12 m = 13353.24 ft B at Equ Level: 27.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 562.03 mb = 4879.35 m = 16008.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 74.5 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 104.5 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -31.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.5 neg: -13.5 tot: 38.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.49 Bulk Shear: 18.98 m/s