MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F099.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 99 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 38.99,-77.40 Latitude: 38.99 Longitude: -77.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 102 25.1 16.4 59 8.7 19.3 30 2 297.9 300.1 292.3 332.1 11.79 1 1000 135 24.8 15.5 56 9.2 18.7 35 3 297.9 299.9 291.8 330.3 11.15 2 950 582 20.6 14.2 67 6.4 16.5 37 7 298.1 300.1 291.6 329.5 10.79 3 900 1047 16.6 13.1 80 3.4 14.4 40 11 298.6 300.5 291.6 329.5 10.62 4 850 1531 12.9 10.4 85 2.5 11.4 52 14 299.7 301.4 290.9 327.2 9.37 5 800 2040 12.0 0.9 47 11.1 6.2 65 13 303.9 304.9 288.6 319.5 5.12 6 750 2578 8.9 2.9 66 6.0 5.6 63 10 306.2 307.4 290.4 325.4 6.30 7 700 3146 5.0 3.0 87 2.0 3.9 72 10 308.1 309.3 291.4 328.9 6.81 8 650 3747 1.5 1.0 97 0.4 1.3 78 13 310.6 311.8 291.8 330.3 6.35 9 600 4390 -1.0 -3.8 81 2.8 -2.4 86 20 315.0 315.9 291.8 330.3 4.82 10 550 5082 -3.7 -13.3 47 9.6 -7.4 67 33 319.7 320.2 291.2 328.0 2.49 11 500 5826 -8.9 -10.0 92 1.1 -9.4 70 16 322.1 322.8 292.8 334.0 3.58 12 450 6639 -11.9 -12.4 96 0.5 -12.1 184 7 328.3 328.9 294.2 339.4 3.28 13 400 7533 -17.1 -17.3 98 0.2 -17.1 264 6 332.8 333.3 294.7 341.4 2.46 14 350 8523 -23.5 -23.5 100 0.0 -23.5 243 16 337.1 337.5 295.1 343.1 1.65 15 300 9631 -31.8 -31.8 100 -0.0 -31.9 233 27 340.5 340.7 295.3 343.8 0.89 16 250 10891 -42.0 -42.0 100 -0.0 -42.0 230 38 343.6 343.7 295.6 345.1 0.38 17 200 12366 -52.5 -55.0 74 2.5 -52.5 236 55 349.7 349.7 296.7 350.2 0.11 18 150 14173 -62.5 -74.5 18 12.0 -62.6 237 43 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16616 -70.6 -83.2 14 12.5 -70.7 272 24 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.35 m Freezing level: 620.07 mb = 4132.03 m = 13556.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.79 mb = 3962.76 m = 13001.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.32 % Est. max temperature: 26.78 C = 80.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.27 mb = 1195.98 m = 3923.79 ft T: 15.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 12.68 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.16 mb = 2111.58 m = 6927.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.42 C = 88.55 F Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lifted Index: 2.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.79 C Showalter Index: 3.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.23 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.87 C Cross Totals Index: 19.36 C K Index: 30.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.78 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6202.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.16 mb = 1381.07 m = 4531.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 68.2 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 98.2 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.5 neg: -4.5 tot: 32.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 16.96 m/s