MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z SUN 12 OCT 25 Station: 38.5,-81.86 Latitude: 38.50 Longitude: -81.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 191 SFC 992 256 13.3 9.6 78 3.7 11.2 193 4 287.1 288.4 284.7 308.3 7.59 2 950 627 18.3 8.8 54 9.4 12.7 239 17 295.7 297.1 287.9 317.5 7.51 3 900 1090 16.8 9.1 60 7.7 12.2 265 18 298.9 300.3 289.6 322.7 8.10 4 850 1575 13.4 6.5 63 6.9 9.4 273 16 300.2 301.5 289.2 321.4 7.14 5 800 2083 10.7 -1.7 42 12.4 4.6 272 16 302.5 303.3 287.2 315.4 4.23 6 750 2618 8.8 -14.5 18 23.3 -0.1 264 18 306.1 306.4 285.8 311.4 1.65 7 700 3185 6.5 -24.7 9 31.2 -3.1 256 21 309.6 309.8 286.1 312.1 0.74 8 650 3789 3.1 -28.3 8 31.3 -5.6 258 22 312.4 312.6 286.9 314.4 0.57 9 600 4432 -0.5 -34.3 6 33.8 -8.5 256 24 315.6 315.7 287.7 316.8 0.35 10 550 5122 -3.9 -41.4 4 37.5 -11.2 252 29 319.5 319.5 288.8 320.2 0.19 11 500 5867 -8.3 -48.0 2 39.7 -14.6 256 33 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.3 0.10 12 450 6676 -13.6 -51.8 2 38.1 -18.7 255 37 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.4 0.07 13 400 7560 -19.9 -48.2 6 28.3 -23.4 256 42 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.6 0.12 14 350 8536 -26.7 -46.6 13 19.9 -28.9 258 45 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.4 0.17 15 300 9629 -35.1 -45.2 35 10.1 -36.1 271 59 335.8 335.9 293.5 336.7 0.22 16 250 10874 -44.8 -44.8 100 -0.0 -44.7 268 67 339.5 339.6 294.5 340.6 0.28 17 200 12332 -53.9 -66.5 20 12.6 -54.2 284 80 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 14123 -66.9 -74.3 34 7.4 -66.9 286 85 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.0 0.01 19 100 16529 -70.8 -83.2 14 12.4 -70.9 280 42 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.19 m Freezing level: 606.52 mb = 4347.77 m = 14264.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 751.04 mb = 2606.33 m = 8550.85 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.30 % Est. max temperature: 26.75 C = 80.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.62 mb = 730.56 m = 2396.83 ft T: 17.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 11.21 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 663.48 mb = 3621.53 m = 11881.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.82 C = 100.08 F Cap Strength: 8.81 C Lifted Index: 9.62 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.13 C Showalter Index: 7.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.49 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.72 C Cross Totals Index: 14.77 C K Index: -2.97 Risk: None Sweat Index: 142.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9031.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.79 mb = 1686.03 m = 5531.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.5 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 287.5 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.9 neg: -1.1 tot: 75.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.56 Bulk Shear: 17.67 m/s