MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 37.82,-81.3 Latitude: 37.82 Longitude: -81.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 173 SFC 951 604 24.5 14.0 52 10.5 17.6 60 1 301.9 303.9 292.6 333.3 10.62 2 950 618 25.1 12.5 45 12.6 17.0 29 2 302.7 304.5 292.1 331.3 9.64 3 900 1089 21.2 10.5 50 10.7 14.5 146 1 303.4 305.0 291.7 329.8 8.87 4 850 1581 16.6 9.2 62 7.4 12.1 177 4 303.6 305.2 291.6 329.4 8.65 5 800 2093 11.8 7.9 77 3.9 9.5 179 6 303.8 305.3 291.4 328.9 8.39 6 750 2629 7.0 6.4 96 0.7 6.6 182 7 304.2 305.7 291.3 328.4 8.05 7 700 3194 4.1 2.4 89 1.7 3.2 217 7 307.1 308.3 290.9 327.0 6.53 8 650 3795 1.5 -4.1 66 5.6 -1.2 256 8 310.7 311.5 290.0 324.3 4.33 9 600 4436 -2.1 -13.2 42 11.1 -6.3 260 5 313.7 314.1 289.1 321.2 2.30 10 550 5124 -3.8 -29.0 12 25.2 -10.4 299 4 319.5 319.6 289.3 321.8 0.63 11 500 5870 -8.3 -26.5 21 18.3 -13.2 281 9 323.0 323.1 290.6 326.0 0.87 12 450 6677 -15.0 -31.5 23 16.5 -18.5 275 14 324.4 324.5 290.7 326.6 0.61 13 400 7559 -19.9 -47.0 7 27.1 -23.4 264 9 329.1 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.14 14 350 8533 -28.1 -50.9 9 22.8 -30.2 281 15 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.3 0.10 15 300 9618 -37.4 -50.4 24 13.1 -38.2 291 25 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.13 16 250 10848 -47.6 -55.8 38 8.2 -47.9 286 32 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.6 0.08 17 200 12288 -56.7 -63.9 40 7.2 -56.8 281 41 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.04 18 150 14084 -62.9 -77.0 13 14.2 -63.0 273 40 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16540 -68.9 -82.8 12 13.9 -69.0 264 26 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.23 m Freezing level: 629.19 mb = 4061.73 m = 13325.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.53 mb = 3628.15 m = 11903.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.99 % Est. max temperature: 26.32 C = 79.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.67 mb = 1929.23 m = 6329.42 ft T: 13.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.64 C/km ThetaE index: 12.09 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.40 mb = 2493.21 m = 8179.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.66 C = 79.98 F Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lifted Index: 2.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Showalter Index: 3.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.43 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.92 C Cross Totals Index: 17.52 C K Index: 32.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 127.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.87 mb = 2390.64 m = 7843.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 746.87 mb = 2663.71 m = 8739.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 676.87 mb = 3466.75 m = 11373.71 ft B at Equ Level: 8.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 596.87 mb = 4476.93 m = 14687.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.9 at 6.2 knts Storm direction: 276.9 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.3 neg: -0.7 tot: 21.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.22 Bulk Shear: 7.45 m/s