MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 3 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 1019 75 13.1 7.5 69 5.6 10.0 59 6 284.7 285.9 282.4 302.5 6.38 1 1000 231 14.2 6.4 59 7.8 10.0 65 17 287.4 288.4 283.1 304.4 6.03 2 950 662 10.9 4.7 66 6.2 7.6 70 23 288.2 289.2 283.1 304.2 5.63 3 900 1110 6.7 3.2 78 3.6 4.9 68 23 288.5 289.4 282.8 303.7 5.35 4 850 1576 3.8 -0.9 72 4.6 1.7 65 19 290.1 290.8 282.3 302.3 4.22 5 800 2071 6.4 -21.5 11 27.9 -2.1 67 17 298.0 298.1 281.7 300.7 0.85 6 750 2599 5.7 -27.5 7 33.2 -3.4 63 15 302.7 302.8 283.2 304.5 0.53 7 700 3161 4.3 -37.9 3 42.3 -5.1 58 16 307.3 307.3 284.6 308.0 0.21 8 650 3760 2.1 -39.2 3 41.3 -6.8 60 20 311.4 311.4 286.1 312.1 0.20 9 600 4401 -1.8 -36.2 5 34.3 -9.4 62 26 314.0 314.0 287.1 315.0 0.29 10 550 5086 -6.9 -39.0 6 32.1 -13.0 58 28 315.9 315.9 287.7 316.7 0.24 11 500 5821 -12.8 -43.2 6 30.4 -17.5 59 28 317.4 317.4 288.1 318.0 0.17 12 450 6615 -18.4 -49.7 5 31.2 -22.1 50 34 320.1 320.1 288.9 320.4 0.09 13 400 7482 -24.5 -56.1 4 31.5 -27.2 56 28 323.1 323.1 289.8 323.3 0.05 14 350 8441 -30.6 -60.3 4 29.7 -32.4 341 23 327.5 327.5 291.0 327.7 0.03 15 300 9522 -37.4 -51.9 21 14.5 -38.4 312 41 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.11 16 250 10759 -46.1 -53.4 43 7.4 -46.4 302 46 337.6 337.6 293.8 338.0 0.11 17 200 12214 -52.9 -65.3 21 12.4 -53.2 299 40 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.03 18 150 14046 -60.7 -79.2 7 18.6 -60.9 303 31 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16526 -66.1 -83.4 7 17.3 -66.2 320 9 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5589.35 m Freezing level: 623.14 mb = 4104.76 m = 13466.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 827.86 mb = 1791.69 m = 5878.19 ft Precipitable water: 0.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.70 % Est. max temperature: 17.86 C = 64.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.83 mb = 786.51 m = 2580.38 ft T: 9.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 3.63 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 608.79 mb = 4284.95 m = 14058.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.03 C = 107.66 F Cap Strength: 13.66 C Lifted Index: 13.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.53 C Showalter Index: 14.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.61 C Cross Totals Index: 11.99 C K Index: -26.53 Risk: None Sweat Index: 66.47 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13450.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.07 mb = 1311.13 m = 4301.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 62.2 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 92.2 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.8 neg: -18.2 tot: 19.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.75 Bulk Shear: 3.08 m/s