MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F171.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F171.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 171 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 1020 75 10.6 7.4 81 3.2 8.9 40 5 282.2 283.3 281.2 299.7 6.36 1 1000 239 12.3 6.3 67 6.0 9.1 61 19 285.4 286.5 282.3 302.2 5.99 2 950 668 9.9 4.7 70 5.2 7.2 73 22 287.2 288.2 282.7 303.1 5.62 3 900 1115 6.2 2.6 78 3.6 4.4 77 20 287.9 288.8 282.4 302.4 5.12 4 850 1582 5.2 -8.2 37 13.4 -0.1 72 20 291.6 292.0 280.8 298.8 2.41 5 800 2077 6.5 -20.8 12 27.3 -1.9 69 18 298.1 298.3 281.8 301.0 0.91 6 750 2606 6.1 -29.4 6 35.5 -3.3 61 16 303.2 303.2 283.2 304.7 0.44 7 700 3169 5.3 -35.3 3 40.6 -4.4 66 17 308.3 308.4 285.1 309.3 0.27 8 650 3771 2.8 -32.4 5 35.2 -6.1 69 18 312.1 312.2 286.6 313.5 0.39 9 600 4412 -2.0 -31.5 8 29.5 -9.2 64 20 313.8 313.9 287.2 315.4 0.46 10 550 5097 -6.4 -38.0 6 31.6 -12.6 58 22 316.5 316.6 287.9 317.5 0.26 11 500 5834 -11.9 -42.9 6 31.0 -16.8 65 23 318.6 318.6 288.5 319.2 0.17 12 450 6629 -18.6 -47.2 6 28.6 -22.1 70 29 319.9 319.9 288.9 320.4 0.12 13 400 7495 -25.4 -53.8 5 28.4 -27.8 82 25 322.0 322.0 289.4 322.2 0.06 14 350 8450 -32.2 -58.9 5 26.7 -33.7 356 15 325.4 325.4 290.4 325.5 0.04 15 300 9523 -38.2 -61.7 7 23.5 -39.2 330 31 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.7 0.03 16 250 10756 -45.9 -56.8 28 10.9 -46.3 315 38 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.1 0.07 17 200 12214 -52.3 -66.0 18 13.7 -52.6 296 35 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.03 18 150 14047 -60.5 -79.3 7 18.8 -60.7 296 22 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16528 -65.8 -83.5 7 17.8 -65.9 307 8 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5594.41 m Freezing level: 620.69 mb = 4146.79 m = 13604.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 851.08 mb = 1571.20 m = 5154.78 ft Precipitable water: 0.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.41 % Est. max temperature: 18.56 C = 65.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.10 mb = 476.12 m = 1562.04 ft T: 10.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 4.37 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 607.71 mb = 4309.80 m = 14139.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.18 C = 107.93 F Cap Strength: 15.17 C Lifted Index: 15.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.36 C Showalter Index: 17.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 20.66 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.05 C Cross Totals Index: 3.62 C K Index: -31.84 Risk: None Sweat Index: 61.82 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14385.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.04 mb = 1150.77 m = 3775.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 66.2 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 96.2 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.7 neg: -14.5 tot: 42.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 22.41 Bulk Shear: 0.61 m/s