MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: 37.29,-77.65 Latitude: 37.29 Longitude: -77.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 72 15.5 11.6 77 3.9 13.2 38 10 287.4 288.9 285.7 311.1 8.48 1 1000 201 14.1 9.7 75 4.4 11.6 43 20 287.2 288.6 284.7 308.5 7.58 2 950 631 10.4 8.1 86 2.2 9.1 51 27 287.7 289.0 284.5 307.8 7.15 3 900 1079 7.0 6.5 96 0.5 6.7 62 30 288.7 289.9 284.5 307.8 6.74 4 850 1547 4.3 3.7 96 0.6 3.9 66 26 290.6 291.6 284.3 307.4 5.86 5 800 2039 2.0 0.7 91 1.4 1.4 53 20 293.3 294.2 284.5 308.0 5.03 6 750 2558 -0.1 -4.4 73 4.3 -2.0 22 18 296.5 297.1 284.4 307.5 3.68 7 700 3108 -2.6 -15.4 37 12.8 -6.8 17 20 299.6 299.9 283.3 304.8 1.64 8 650 3694 -3.5 -42.6 3 39.1 -10.3 22 24 305.0 305.0 283.6 305.5 0.14 9 600 4323 -5.9 -46.9 2 41.1 -12.2 10 19 309.3 309.4 285.2 309.7 0.09 10 550 4999 -9.7 -50.3 2 40.7 -15.2 313 18 312.6 312.6 286.4 312.9 0.07 11 500 5729 -13.2 -53.1 2 39.9 -18.0 290 28 317.0 317.0 287.8 317.2 0.06 12 450 6527 -15.4 -48.4 4 33.0 -19.8 273 43 323.9 323.9 290.0 324.3 0.11 13 400 7409 -20.0 -33.7 29 13.6 -22.6 278 48 329.0 329.1 292.0 331.0 0.56 14 350 8386 -26.7 -35.8 42 9.2 -28.1 279 51 332.8 332.9 293.0 334.7 0.51 15 300 9477 -36.2 -43.9 45 7.7 -36.9 285 53 334.3 334.4 293.2 335.4 0.26 16 250 10711 -47.2 -49.5 77 2.3 -47.3 276 57 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.5 0.17 17 200 12171 -49.7 -73.0 5 23.3 -50.2 282 47 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.1 0.01 18 150 14018 -58.3 -78.5 6 20.2 -58.5 290 37 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.01 19 100 16525 -64.6 -83.3 6 18.7 -64.8 303 15 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5527.97 m Freezing level: 752.36 mb = 2533.37 m = 8311.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 779.53 mb = 2247.29 m = 7372.91 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.87 % Est. max temperature: 18.14 C = 64.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.62 mb = 564.01 m = 1850.40 ft T: 10.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.03 C/km ThetaE index: 3.72 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.28 mb = 957.49 m = 3141.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.56 C = 61.82 F Cap Strength: 8.20 C Lifted Index: 10.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.36 C Showalter Index: 10.79 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.42 C Cross Totals Index: 16.82 C K Index: 8.24 Risk: None Sweat Index: 124.69 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.07 mb = 860.19 m = 2822.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 869.07 mb = 1365.13 m = 4478.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 839.07 mb = 1651.83 m = 5419.32 ft B at Equ Level: 4.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 799.07 mb = 2048.08 m = 6719.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 17.3 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 47.3 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 3.3 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.2 neg: -12.1 tot: 25.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 15.62 m/s