MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F285.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F285.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 285 hour GFS valid 9Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 38.29,-79.15 Latitude: 38.29 Longitude: -79.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 159 1 950 587 SFC 948 604 8.4 7.7 95 0.7 8.0 183 2 285.8 287.1 283.5 305.3 6.96 3 900 1038 9.8 8.4 91 1.4 9.0 175 12 291.6 293.0 286.6 313.5 7.69 4 850 1512 8.0 6.2 88 1.8 7.1 193 26 294.5 295.8 287.1 314.9 7.02 5 800 2010 4.8 2.0 82 2.8 3.4 203 27 296.3 297.3 286.2 312.5 5.54 6 750 2537 5.9 -16.5 18 22.4 -1.9 205 22 303.0 303.3 284.4 307.5 1.40 7 700 3099 3.5 -25.2 10 28.7 -4.7 204 24 306.4 306.5 284.8 308.7 0.70 8 650 3695 -0.1 -30.7 8 30.5 -7.7 204 27 308.8 308.9 285.5 310.4 0.46 9 600 4330 -4.6 -33.8 8 29.2 -10.9 204 30 310.8 310.8 286.1 312.1 0.37 10 550 5008 -9.5 -37.4 8 27.9 -14.6 203 32 312.8 312.9 286.7 313.8 0.28 11 500 5736 -14.7 -41.3 8 26.7 -18.7 200 35 315.1 315.2 287.4 315.9 0.20 12 450 6524 -20.5 -35.5 25 15.0 -22.9 199 38 317.5 317.5 288.4 318.9 0.41 13 400 7385 -26.8 -28.9 83 2.0 -27.2 199 39 320.1 320.3 289.7 323.2 0.88 14 350 8334 -33.8 -34.4 94 0.6 -33.8 205 36 323.2 323.3 290.3 325.3 0.59 15 300 9399 -41.0 -41.1 99 0.1 -41.1 216 38 327.5 327.6 291.4 328.8 0.35 16 250 10609 -51.7 -51.7 100 0.0 -51.7 202 35 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.13 17 200 12020 -60.0 -62.4 73 2.4 -60.0 198 37 337.8 337.8 293.8 338.0 0.04 18 150 13822 -58.0 -78.7 5 20.7 -58.2 245 32 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.01 19 100 16337 -63.8 -84.0 5 20.1 -64.0 262 26 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5576.69 m Freezing level: 651.79 mb = 3673.97 m = 12053.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 768.15 mb = 2341.75 m = 7682.82 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.66 % Est. max temperature: 18.86 C = 65.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.35 mb = 690.11 m = 2264.10 ft T: 8.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 7.35 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 948.15 mb = 603.62 m = 1980.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.45 C = 47.21 F Cap Strength: 6.71 C Lifted Index: 6.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.64 C Showalter Index: 4.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.90 C K Index: 0.21 Risk: None Sweat Index: 161.79 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9335.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.45 mb = 1238.71 m = 4063.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.8 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 230.8 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 2.3 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 129.3 neg: -9.6 tot: 119.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.65 Bulk Shear: 53.54 m/s