MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F165.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F165.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 165 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: 37.08,-77.68 Latitude: 37.08 Longitude: -77.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 75 19.0 8.3 50 10.7 12.9 66 9 290.8 292.0 285.4 310.1 6.77 1 1000 216 17.3 6.1 48 11.2 11.2 67 16 290.5 291.5 284.3 307.4 5.90 2 950 650 12.9 4.5 56 8.4 8.5 67 20 290.3 291.3 283.9 306.2 5.55 3 900 1101 8.5 3.3 70 5.2 5.9 66 19 290.3 291.3 283.7 305.8 5.40 4 850 1570 4.2 2.4 88 1.8 3.3 62 16 290.5 291.5 283.7 305.8 5.34 5 800 2061 3.3 -8.3 42 11.6 -1.3 63 17 294.7 295.1 282.3 302.3 2.55 6 750 2587 5.8 -28.3 6 34.1 -3.4 60 17 302.9 303.0 283.2 304.6 0.50 7 700 3149 4.0 -40.1 2 44.1 -5.3 50 18 306.9 307.0 284.4 307.5 0.17 8 650 3748 1.4 -39.8 3 41.1 -7.2 41 20 310.5 310.5 285.7 311.2 0.19 9 600 4386 -2.8 -43.0 3 40.2 -10.2 31 21 312.9 312.9 286.5 313.4 0.14 10 550 5069 -7.2 -45.9 3 38.7 -13.5 57 29 315.6 315.6 287.4 316.0 0.11 11 500 5804 -12.8 -45.8 4 33.0 -17.6 56 36 317.5 317.5 288.1 317.9 0.13 12 450 6598 -18.3 -51.1 4 32.9 -22.0 34 35 320.3 320.3 288.9 320.6 0.08 13 400 7468 -23.5 -57.5 3 34.0 -26.3 352 19 324.5 324.5 290.2 324.7 0.04 14 350 8433 -29.0 -54.6 7 25.5 -31.0 323 31 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.9 0.07 15 300 9518 -36.7 -45.1 42 8.3 -37.5 301 39 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.5 0.23 16 250 10755 -46.2 -51.1 57 5.0 -46.4 294 43 337.4 337.4 293.8 338.0 0.14 17 200 12207 -52.8 -64.9 22 12.1 -53.1 296 40 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.3 0.03 18 150 14037 -60.4 -79.3 7 18.8 -60.6 301 33 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.00 19 100 16518 -66.2 -83.4 7 17.2 -66.4 322 15 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5587.82 m Freezing level: 633.60 mb = 3957.18 m = 12982.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 813.98 mb = 1920.57 m = 6301.01 ft Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.68 % Est. max temperature: 18.68 C = 65.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.02 mb = 1407.20 m = 4616.74 ft T: 5.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 4.30 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 621.29 mb = 4108.16 m = 13478.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.18 C = 104.33 F Cap Strength: 11.54 C Lifted Index: 11.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.75 C Showalter Index: 12.23 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.95 C Cross Totals Index: 15.13 C K Index: -24.78 Risk: None Sweat Index: 95.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.69 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13329.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.24 mb = 1653.81 m = 5425.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 54.1 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 84.1 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.9 neg: -9.3 tot: 6.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 5.99 m/s