MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 37.32,-80.26 Latitude: 37.32 Longitude: -80.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 1 950 545 SFC 941 631 22.1 16.9 72 5.2 18.5 56 2 300.5 302.9 294.0 338.5 12.97 3 900 1012 18.3 14.1 76 4.2 15.5 40 3 300.3 302.4 292.6 333.4 11.27 4 850 1499 14.1 12.3 89 1.8 12.9 18 3 300.9 302.8 292.3 332.1 10.61 5 800 2010 11.4 8.6 83 2.8 9.7 340 5 303.3 305.0 291.6 329.6 8.82 6 750 2547 8.4 5.0 79 3.4 6.5 304 7 305.7 307.1 291.1 327.9 7.33 7 700 3114 4.9 2.4 84 2.5 3.5 292 9 307.9 309.1 291.1 327.8 6.51 8 650 3716 1.5 -0.4 87 1.9 0.5 283 9 310.7 311.8 291.3 328.4 5.71 9 600 4357 -2.0 -3.8 87 1.8 -2.9 261 11 313.8 314.7 291.5 329.0 4.81 10 550 5044 -5.8 -9.5 75 3.7 -7.3 242 14 317.2 317.9 291.2 328.3 3.40 11 500 5785 -10.3 -15.0 68 4.7 -12.0 218 18 320.5 320.9 291.3 328.4 2.39 12 450 6589 -15.1 -19.5 69 4.4 -16.5 214 27 324.2 324.6 291.8 330.4 1.81 13 400 7469 -20.9 -28.5 50 7.6 -22.5 209 38 327.9 328.1 292.0 331.2 0.91 14 350 8442 -27.7 -33.6 57 5.9 -28.6 205 44 331.4 331.6 292.7 333.8 0.64 15 300 9532 -35.8 -38.6 75 2.8 -36.1 203 52 334.9 335.0 293.5 336.7 0.45 16 250 10777 -43.7 -61.0 13 17.3 -44.3 205 74 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.04 17 200 12246 -51.6 -69.8 10 18.2 -52.0 208 61 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.02 18 150 14078 -59.1 -79.6 5 20.5 -59.3 222 46 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16561 -66.6 -83.2 8 16.5 -66.7 242 22 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.39 m Freezing level: 628.60 mb = 3990.22 m = 13091.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.81 mb = 3804.85 m = 12482.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.18 % Est. max temperature: 25.34 C = 77.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.95 mb = 1291.90 m = 4238.47 ft T: 15.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 10.67 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.95 mb = 1730.72 m = 5678.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.61 C = 74.50 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.81 C Showalter Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.39 C Cross Totals Index: 22.58 C K Index: 34.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 137.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.04 mb = 1558.65 m = 5113.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.04 mb = 2447.19 m = 8028.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 399.04 mb = 7487.01 m = 24563.37 ft B at Equ Level: 136.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 279.04 mb = 10026.63 m = 32895.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.1 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 278.1 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -123.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -15.2 tot: -15.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: -1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.42 Bulk Shear: 25.34 m/s