MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 37.26,-82.78 Latitude: 37.26 Longitude: -82.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 82 SFC 951 511 20.8 18.5 87 2.3 19.2 74 9 298.2 300.7 294.2 339.5 14.22 2 950 525 21.0 17.8 82 3.2 18.8 79 15 298.5 301.0 293.9 338.1 13.62 3 900 990 17.3 15.9 92 1.4 16.3 80 26 299.3 301.6 293.4 336.4 12.69 4 850 1477 14.3 13.9 98 0.4 14.1 93 34 301.1 303.3 293.3 336.0 11.86 5 800 1989 11.8 11.4 97 0.4 11.6 108 33 303.7 305.7 293.2 335.4 10.65 6 750 2528 9.6 8.4 92 1.2 8.9 112 29 307.0 308.7 293.1 335.1 9.29 7 700 3099 6.9 5.4 91 1.4 6.1 113 28 310.1 311.6 293.0 334.9 8.09 8 650 3706 4.0 1.6 84 2.4 2.7 112 26 313.5 314.8 292.9 334.2 6.62 9 600 4354 0.4 -2.7 80 3.1 -1.2 104 25 316.6 317.6 292.6 333.3 5.23 10 550 5047 -3.4 -10.3 59 6.8 -6.3 101 27 320.0 320.6 291.9 330.5 3.19 11 500 5795 -7.9 -21.6 32 13.7 -12.1 105 28 323.4 323.7 291.2 328.2 1.36 12 450 6604 -13.4 -36.5 12 23.0 -17.9 100 32 326.3 326.4 291.0 327.7 0.37 13 400 7489 -19.3 -31.0 35 11.7 -21.7 95 37 329.9 330.1 292.4 332.6 0.72 14 350 8474 -23.6 -27.6 70 4.0 -24.6 114 18 336.9 337.1 294.6 341.0 1.13 15 300 9580 -32.5 -33.3 92 0.8 -32.6 143 9 339.6 339.8 294.9 342.5 0.77 16 250 10839 -40.8 -53.0 26 12.2 -41.6 54 15 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.8 0.11 17 200 12326 -50.9 -59.5 35 8.6 -51.1 66 6 352.2 352.2 297.2 352.5 0.06 18 150 14157 -59.6 -78.5 7 18.9 -59.8 252 20 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16624 -69.2 -82.4 13 13.2 -69.3 247 7 393.9 393.9 304.3 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.05 m Freezing level: 594.89 mb = 4424.60 m = 14516.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.13 mb = 4152.35 m = 13623.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.84 % Est. max temperature: 26.21 C = 79.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.14 mb = 799.71 m = 2623.69 ft T: 18.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 11.74 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.19 mb = 1306.74 m = 4287.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.10 C = 73.58 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: 0.25 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.23 C Showalter Index: 0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.19 C Cross Totals Index: 21.82 C K Index: 34.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.50 mb = 1186.71 m = 3893.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 834.50 mb = 1632.51 m = 5355.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 774.50 mb = 2259.34 m = 7412.45 ft B at Equ Level: 11.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 654.50 mb = 3649.81 m = 11974.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 102.9 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 132.9 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.3 neg: -5.1 tot: 163.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.69 Bulk Shear: 19.57 m/s