MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 36.78,-75.9 Latitude: 36.78 Longitude: -75.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 2 22.9 20.8 88 2.1 21.5 37 20 294.9 297.7 294.1 339.2 15.45 1 1000 114 21.6 19.8 89 1.8 20.4 38 25 294.8 297.4 293.5 336.8 14.68 2 950 558 19.3 18.5 95 0.9 18.8 54 28 296.8 299.4 293.8 337.8 14.20 3 900 1023 17.3 16.0 93 1.2 16.4 63 26 299.3 301.6 293.5 336.8 12.85 4 850 1511 14.8 12.0 83 2.9 13.0 65 25 301.7 303.6 292.4 332.5 10.41 5 800 2022 12.9 5.8 62 7.1 8.8 66 25 304.9 306.2 290.7 326.7 7.23 6 750 2563 10.3 1.4 54 9.0 5.5 70 24 307.8 308.9 290.3 325.2 5.64 7 700 3134 6.8 -0.4 60 7.2 3.1 80 24 310.0 311.0 290.7 326.6 5.33 8 650 3738 2.6 -2.8 67 5.4 -0.1 95 24 311.9 312.8 290.8 326.9 4.78 9 600 4382 -0.3 -2.7 83 2.5 -1.5 133 22 315.8 316.8 292.4 332.4 5.22 10 550 5076 -2.9 -3.4 96 0.5 -3.1 159 18 320.6 321.7 293.9 338.2 5.42 11 500 5828 -6.3 -6.8 96 0.5 -6.5 190 12 325.4 326.3 294.5 340.6 4.60 12 450 6647 -10.3 -10.8 96 0.5 -10.5 204 10 330.3 331.0 295.0 342.9 3.72 13 400 7546 -15.5 -15.6 98 0.2 -15.5 203 9 334.9 335.5 295.4 344.8 2.83 14 350 8542 -22.0 -22.0 100 0.0 -22.0 209 15 339.2 339.5 295.7 346.0 1.88 15 300 9657 -30.3 -30.3 100 -0.0 -30.3 203 17 342.7 342.9 295.9 346.6 1.03 16 250 10928 -39.8 -40.0 99 0.1 -39.8 225 28 346.9 347.0 296.4 348.7 0.47 17 200 12416 -51.4 -52.5 87 1.2 -51.4 230 54 351.4 351.5 297.1 352.1 0.15 18 150 14230 -63.2 -76.4 15 13.2 -63.3 263 54 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16657 -73.2 -82.4 23 9.2 -73.3 263 26 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.84 m Freezing level: 604.50 mb = 4324.24 m = 14186.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.54 mb = 3718.68 m = 12200.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.94 % Est. max temperature: 29.02 C = 84.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.05 mb = 262.17 m = 860.13 ft T: 20.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.86 C/km ThetaE index: 12.68 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.62 mb = 875.32 m = 2871.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.46 C = 79.63 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: 1.56 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Showalter Index: 3.78 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.12 C Cross Totals Index: 18.26 C K Index: 25.93 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.26 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 56.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.20 mb = 610.96 m = 2004.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.20 mb = 3142.90 m = 10311.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 569.20 mb = 4802.66 m = 15756.57 ft B at Equ Level: 55.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 479.20 mb = 6158.25 m = 20204.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 87.3 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 117.3 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 104.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.29 Bulk Shear: 43.36 m/s