MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 37.87,-78.14 Latitude: 37.87 Longitude: -78.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 997 130 20.1 19.9 99 0.2 20.0 36 3 293.5 296.1 293.3 335.8 14.85 2 950 548 17.7 17.5 99 0.2 17.5 78 12 295.1 297.5 292.6 333.4 13.35 3 900 1010 15.5 15.5 100 0.1 15.5 101 11 297.5 299.7 292.6 333.3 12.36 4 850 1495 13.5 13.3 99 0.2 13.4 122 9 300.3 302.3 292.7 333.6 11.38 5 800 2004 11.3 11.0 98 0.3 11.2 158 11 303.2 305.1 292.8 334.0 10.38 6 750 2542 8.8 8.4 97 0.4 8.6 177 16 306.1 307.9 292.9 334.2 9.29 7 700 3112 5.9 5.5 98 0.4 5.6 186 20 309.0 310.5 292.7 333.8 8.13 8 650 3716 2.8 2.7 99 0.1 2.7 190 19 312.1 313.5 292.9 334.3 7.16 9 600 4361 -0.6 -0.8 99 0.2 -0.7 198 19 315.5 316.6 292.9 334.6 6.05 10 550 5053 -3.8 -4.1 98 0.3 -3.9 197 21 319.6 320.6 293.4 336.2 5.14 11 500 5801 -7.7 -8.2 96 0.5 -7.9 199 24 323.7 324.5 293.6 337.3 4.13 12 450 6614 -12.3 -13.0 95 0.7 -12.5 208 30 327.8 328.4 293.9 338.5 3.13 13 400 7503 -19.1 -20.5 89 1.4 -19.5 210 36 330.2 330.6 293.5 336.7 1.87 14 350 8483 -25.9 -31.0 62 5.1 -26.9 211 55 333.8 334.0 293.5 336.8 0.82 15 300 9580 -34.4 -46.3 29 11.9 -35.5 208 64 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.7 0.20 16 250 10830 -43.5 -54.1 30 10.5 -44.1 206 74 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.7 0.10 17 200 12295 -54.0 -66.2 21 12.2 -54.3 201 69 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.03 18 150 14101 -62.0 -76.3 13 14.3 -62.1 223 44 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.01 19 100 16562 -67.9 -82.8 10 14.9 -68.0 236 25 396.5 396.5 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.58 m Freezing level: 608.27 mb = 4253.93 m = 13956.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.05 mb = 4226.70 m = 13866.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.25 % Est. max temperature: 27.03 C = 80.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.34 mb = 146.50 m = 480.62 ft T: 19.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.04 C/km ThetaE index: 2.43 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 946.48 mb = 579.91 m = 1902.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.89 C = 71.40 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: 1.72 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.16 C Showalter Index: 1.84 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.18 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.17 C Cross Totals Index: 21.02 C K Index: 34.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.23 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.81 mb = 595.05 m = 1952.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 939.81 mb = 640.38 m = 2100.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 839.81 mb = 1596.06 m = 5236.35 ft B at Equ Level: 19.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 609.81 mb = 4229.96 m = 13877.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 181.4 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 211.4 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 108.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 57.96 m/s