MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 1 OCT 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 1011 2 22.4 18.3 77 4.1 19.6 29 20 294.6 297.0 292.3 332.2 13.16 1 1000 98 21.5 16.6 74 4.8 18.3 31 25 294.6 296.8 291.4 329.0 12.00 2 950 541 18.7 12.7 68 6.1 14.9 41 31 296.2 297.9 290.0 324.3 9.73 3 900 1004 17.6 9.1 58 8.5 12.5 46 29 299.6 301.1 289.8 323.5 8.09 4 850 1491 15.3 8.8 65 6.4 11.4 48 25 302.1 303.7 290.9 327.1 8.41 5 800 2003 12.7 5.9 63 6.8 8.8 52 23 304.7 306.1 290.7 326.7 7.28 6 750 2543 9.8 1.2 55 8.6 5.2 53 24 307.3 308.3 290.1 324.4 5.58 7 700 3113 7.0 -0.7 58 7.6 3.0 52 25 310.2 311.2 290.7 326.4 5.20 8 650 3719 2.9 0.8 86 2.1 1.7 69 19 312.2 313.4 292.2 331.7 6.24 9 600 4364 -0.3 -1.1 95 0.8 -0.7 95 11 315.8 316.9 292.9 334.5 5.91 10 550 5058 -2.9 -3.2 98 0.3 -3.0 115 5 320.7 321.7 294.0 338.5 5.51 11 500 5810 -6.3 -6.8 96 0.5 -6.5 7 4 325.4 326.3 294.5 340.7 4.61 12 450 6628 -10.5 -11.4 93 0.9 -10.9 30 4 330.0 330.7 294.8 342.2 3.57 13 400 7527 -15.4 -15.8 96 0.4 -15.6 261 9 335.0 335.5 295.4 344.7 2.78 14 350 8523 -22.0 -22.1 99 0.1 -22.0 243 14 339.1 339.5 295.7 345.8 1.86 15 300 9638 -30.4 -30.4 100 0.0 -30.4 228 22 342.6 342.8 295.8 346.4 1.02 16 250 10906 -41.1 -41.1 100 -0.0 -41.1 221 29 344.9 345.0 295.9 346.6 0.42 17 200 12392 -49.7 -51.6 80 2.0 -49.8 238 56 354.1 354.2 297.7 354.8 0.16 18 150 14224 -62.5 -70.9 31 8.4 -62.6 260 59 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.02 19 100 16649 -72.5 -82.3 21 9.8 -72.6 271 22 387.6 387.6 303.4 387.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.58 m Freezing level: 604.64 mb = 4303.93 m = 14120.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.05 mb = 4177.23 m = 13704.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.50 % Est. max temperature: 29.37 C = 84.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.71 mb = 525.24 m = 1723.20 ft T: 18.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.91 C/km ThetaE index: 8.79 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.91 mb = 2499.43 m = 8200.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.89 C = 94.80 F Cap Strength: 5.48 C Lifted Index: 6.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.13 C Showalter Index: 6.37 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.53 C Cross Totals Index: 15.10 C K Index: 22.71 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.36 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8573.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.52 mb = 1190.92 m = 3907.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 53.6 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 83.6 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.6 neg: -3.6 tot: 67.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.06 Bulk Shear: 15.25 m/s