MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509280000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509280000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 37.08,-77.52 Latitude: 37.08 Longitude: -77.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 57 20.2 20.0 98 0.3 20.1 350 4 292.8 295.4 293.0 334.6 14.74 1 1000 120 19.9 19.6 99 0.2 19.7 353 7 293.0 295.6 292.9 334.3 14.54 2 950 562 18.2 18.1 100 0.1 18.2 354 9 295.6 298.1 293.2 335.6 13.90 3 900 1025 16.4 15.8 96 0.6 16.0 322 6 298.4 300.7 293.1 335.1 12.64 4 850 1511 14.8 12.4 86 2.3 13.3 281 7 301.6 303.6 292.6 333.3 10.73 5 800 2024 12.7 8.7 77 4.0 10.3 268 10 304.7 306.4 292.1 331.4 8.88 6 750 2564 9.8 5.2 73 4.6 7.2 251 14 307.2 308.6 291.7 329.9 7.44 7 700 3134 6.8 0.3 63 6.5 3.4 235 18 310.0 311.1 291.0 327.4 5.60 8 650 3740 3.4 -5.1 54 8.5 -0.7 223 22 312.8 313.5 290.4 325.5 4.02 9 600 4384 -0.4 -8.5 54 8.1 -4.0 216 25 315.6 316.3 290.7 326.5 3.35 10 550 5075 -4.2 -14.7 44 10.5 -8.1 210 26 319.1 319.5 290.7 326.5 2.22 11 500 5820 -8.8 -22.7 32 13.8 -12.9 214 28 322.3 322.5 290.7 326.6 1.24 12 450 6629 -13.4 -26.5 32 13.1 -16.8 214 37 326.4 326.6 291.7 329.9 0.97 13 400 7514 -19.2 -31.3 33 12.1 -21.7 213 47 330.1 330.2 292.4 332.6 0.70 14 350 8498 -24.2 -34.3 39 10.1 -26.1 212 60 336.1 336.2 293.9 338.4 0.60 15 300 9604 -32.2 -35.2 75 3.0 -32.6 211 69 340.0 340.2 294.9 342.5 0.64 16 250 10863 -42.5 -42.6 99 0.1 -42.5 208 74 342.8 342.9 295.3 344.2 0.36 17 200 12331 -54.2 -55.6 84 1.4 -54.2 210 78 347.0 347.0 296.1 347.4 0.10 18 150 14136 -61.6 -78.6 9 17.0 -61.7 240 47 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16600 -68.6 -82.5 12 13.9 -68.7 239 22 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.96 m Freezing level: 605.66 mb = 4311.34 m = 14144.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.45 mb = 3634.05 m = 11922.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.56 % Est. max temperature: 28.60 C = 83.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1003.93 mb = 86.11 m = 282.50 ft T: 20.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 10.08 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 945.70 mb = 600.62 m = 1970.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.33 C = 74.00 F Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lifted Index: -0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.67 C Showalter Index: 0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.60 C Cross Totals Index: 21.28 C K Index: 29.56 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 953.70 mb = 528.26 m = 1733.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 508.70 mb = 5684.99 m = 18651.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 498.70 mb = 5839.69 m = 19158.85 ft B at Equ Level: 19.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 428.70 mb = 6992.99 m = 22942.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.7 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 259.7 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 4.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: -16.1 tot: -8.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 66.33 m/s