MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F309.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F309.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 309 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 36.54,-77.05 Latitude: 36.54 Longitude: -77.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 22 18.6 17.0 90 1.6 17.5 170 6 290.6 292.7 290.2 324.6 12.08 1 1000 136 17.6 16.1 91 1.5 16.6 175 10 290.7 292.7 289.8 323.3 11.56 2 950 576 17.6 10.1 61 7.5 13.1 197 18 295.0 296.5 288.3 318.7 8.18 3 900 1036 14.5 6.9 60 7.6 10.2 196 19 296.5 297.7 287.7 316.8 6.96 4 850 1516 11.5 5.0 64 6.5 7.9 201 24 298.2 299.4 287.8 317.2 6.45 5 800 2020 8.1 3.2 71 4.8 5.5 202 33 299.7 300.8 288.0 317.7 6.04 6 750 2550 4.4 1.6 82 2.8 2.9 207 38 301.4 302.4 288.3 318.6 5.75 7 700 3109 0.9 -1.1 87 2.0 -0.0 221 33 303.5 304.5 288.4 318.9 5.06 8 650 3701 -2.3 -4.5 85 2.2 -3.3 247 28 306.4 307.2 288.5 319.4 4.21 9 600 4334 -5.6 -8.3 81 2.7 -6.7 250 34 309.6 310.3 288.9 320.4 3.41 10 550 5011 -9.8 -12.8 79 3.0 -10.9 245 43 312.5 312.9 289.0 320.9 2.60 11 500 5741 -13.9 -14.8 93 0.9 -14.2 218 42 316.0 316.5 290.0 324.0 2.42 12 450 6533 -19.0 -19.0 100 0.0 -19.0 207 44 319.3 319.7 290.5 325.7 1.89 13 400 7399 -25.3 -25.3 100 0.0 -25.3 202 43 322.1 322.3 290.7 326.3 1.22 14 350 8353 -33.1 -33.6 95 0.5 -33.1 198 40 324.2 324.3 290.7 326.5 0.64 15 300 9417 -41.9 -42.9 91 0.9 -42.0 202 46 326.2 326.3 290.9 327.3 0.29 16 250 10623 -52.5 -54.3 81 1.8 -52.5 204 54 328.0 328.1 291.3 328.4 0.10 17 200 12046 -55.5 -67.4 21 11.9 -55.8 231 50 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.02 18 150 13874 -59.0 -78.7 6 19.7 -59.2 243 43 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.01 19 100 16400 -61.0 -84.1 3 23.1 -61.3 245 29 409.9 409.9 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5604.88 m Freezing level: 685.45 mb = 3281.42 m = 10765.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.65 mb = 3101.53 m = 10175.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.86 % Est. max temperature: 25.72 C = 78.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.99 mb = 221.97 m = 728.25 ft T: 17.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 7.86 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.37 mb = 1750.67 m = 5743.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.91 C = 80.44 F Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lifted Index: 2.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.40 C Showalter Index: 4.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.46 C Cross Totals Index: 18.97 C K Index: 28.49 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.69 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7554.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.60 mb = 1104.96 m = 3625.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.0 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 253.0 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 214.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 214.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 67.78 m/s