MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F279.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F279.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 279 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 36.55,-77.86 Latitude: 36.55 Longitude: -77.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 80 18.9 17.5 91 1.4 18.0 27 2 291.6 293.8 290.9 327.2 12.61 1 1000 131 19.8 17.3 86 2.5 18.1 37 3 292.9 295.2 291.3 328.5 12.51 2 950 575 19.2 14.9 76 4.3 16.4 69 6 296.7 298.7 291.5 329.2 11.25 3 900 1037 15.6 13.0 84 2.7 14.0 64 5 297.6 299.5 291.2 328.1 10.49 4 850 1521 12.5 10.5 88 2.0 11.3 48 6 299.2 301.0 290.8 326.9 9.45 5 800 2027 9.0 8.4 96 0.6 8.7 41 6 300.8 302.4 290.7 326.5 8.70 6 750 2561 7.3 4.8 84 2.5 5.9 38 4 304.5 305.8 290.6 326.2 7.21 7 700 3127 4.7 1.4 79 3.4 2.9 1 0 307.7 308.9 290.6 326.3 6.05 8 650 3728 1.5 -3.2 71 4.7 -0.8 290 1 310.7 311.5 290.3 325.2 4.66 9 600 4369 -2.3 -7.4 68 5.2 -4.6 295 2 313.5 314.2 290.3 325.2 3.65 10 550 5055 -6.2 -14.3 53 8.1 -9.2 259 3 316.7 317.1 290.0 324.3 2.30 11 500 5794 -10.7 -22.6 37 11.9 -14.1 264 3 320.0 320.2 290.0 324.3 1.25 12 450 6596 -16.0 -28.4 34 12.4 -18.8 327 5 323.1 323.2 290.6 326.0 0.82 13 400 7473 -22.2 -33.7 34 11.6 -24.2 323 5 326.2 326.3 291.2 328.2 0.55 14 350 8439 -29.7 -39.5 38 9.8 -31.0 317 4 328.7 328.7 291.7 330.0 0.35 15 300 9517 -38.8 -45.4 50 6.5 -39.4 302 2 330.6 330.7 292.1 331.5 0.22 16 250 10743 -46.6 -59.8 21 13.2 -47.0 221 7 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.0 0.05 17 200 12211 -50.9 -72.4 6 21.5 -51.3 224 17 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14047 -59.9 -79.4 6 19.5 -60.1 247 17 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 19 100 16527 -67.6 -82.9 10 15.3 -67.7 306 10 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.12 m Freezing level: 630.06 mb = 3983.98 m = 13070.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.67 mb = 3596.27 m = 11798.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.77 % Est. max temperature: 26.40 C = 79.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.31 mb = 259.18 m = 850.30 ft T: 19.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 2.99 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.90 mb = 1315.38 m = 4315.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.92 C = 78.65 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: 1.10 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.86 C Showalter Index: 2.04 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.21 C Cross Totals Index: 21.26 C K Index: 30.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 140.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.10 mb = 960.80 m = 3152.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.10 mb = 1891.49 m = 6205.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 773.10 mb = 2310.10 m = 7578.97 ft B at Equ Level: 21.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 683.10 mb = 3325.48 m = 10910.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 24.6 at 3.4 knts Storm direction: 54.6 at 2.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -52.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: -4.1 tot: -2.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 29.23 Bulk Shear: 0.76 m/s