MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F162.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F162.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 162 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 3 OCT 25 Station: 36.02,-77.56 Latitude: 36.02 Longitude: -77.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1024 32 14.9 7.9 63 7.0 11.0 64 11 286.1 287.2 283.1 304.4 6.53 1 1000 233 14.1 7.2 63 6.9 10.3 66 22 287.3 288.4 283.5 305.2 6.37 2 950 663 10.5 5.2 70 5.3 7.8 67 28 287.9 288.9 283.2 304.5 5.86 3 900 1110 6.8 2.9 76 3.9 4.9 65 27 288.5 289.5 282.8 303.5 5.25 4 850 1578 5.2 -3.3 54 8.5 1.4 63 24 291.6 292.2 282.1 301.9 3.52 5 800 2075 7.9 -30.8 4 38.7 -2.0 64 24 299.6 299.7 281.7 300.8 0.37 6 750 2607 8.9 -37.2 2 46.1 -2.2 54 16 306.2 306.2 284.2 306.9 0.21 7 700 3175 6.3 -32.4 4 38.8 -3.7 36 13 309.5 309.6 285.6 310.8 0.36 8 650 3777 2.7 -29.0 8 31.7 -5.9 33 14 312.1 312.2 286.7 313.9 0.53 9 600 4421 0.8 -33.3 6 34.1 -7.7 53 20 317.0 317.1 288.2 318.4 0.38 10 550 5113 -4.2 -36.7 6 32.5 -11.2 74 21 319.1 319.1 288.8 320.1 0.30 11 500 5856 -9.8 -44.5 4 34.7 -15.5 74 24 321.1 321.1 289.2 321.6 0.15 12 450 6658 -16.7 -51.8 3 35.1 -20.8 66 25 322.2 322.2 289.5 322.5 0.07 13 400 7530 -23.5 -58.4 3 35.0 -26.3 73 20 324.5 324.5 290.2 324.7 0.04 14 350 8494 -29.5 -36.6 50 7.1 -30.5 323 16 328.9 329.0 291.9 330.7 0.48 15 300 9576 -37.0 -42.4 57 5.4 -37.5 311 25 333.2 333.2 292.9 334.4 0.30 16 250 10810 -46.7 -53.0 49 6.3 -47.0 305 26 336.6 336.7 293.6 337.1 0.11 17 200 12255 -55.3 -60.9 50 5.6 -55.5 287 34 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.4 0.05 18 150 14067 -61.6 -75.1 15 13.5 -61.7 294 37 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16533 -67.0 -83.1 9 16.1 -67.1 326 14 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5623.42 m Freezing level: 592.30 mb = 4528.05 m = 14855.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 829.38 mb = 1779.23 m = 5837.31 ft Precipitable water: 0.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.35 % Est. max temperature: 18.91 C = 66.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.14 mb = 909.06 m = 2982.46 ft T: 8.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 4.36 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 580.37 mb = 4685.91 m = 15373.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.82 C = 116.27 F Cap Strength: 15.93 C Lifted Index: 15.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.18 C Showalter Index: 17.85 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 21.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 14.98 C Cross Totals Index: 6.49 C K Index: -27.12 Risk: None Sweat Index: 73.07 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13312.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.96 mb = 1211.18 m = 3973.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 61.1 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 91.1 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 2.6 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 15.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.3 neg: -46.8 tot: -14.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 14.35 Bulk Shear: 0.39 m/s