MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F336.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F336.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 14 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 1 NOV 25 Station: 37.42,-78.31 Latitude: 37.42 Longitude: -78.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 8 SFC 986 133 24.2 16.0 60 8.2 18.7 169 12 298.5 300.7 292.4 332.4 11.64 2 950 453 20.2 14.0 67 6.2 16.2 171 27 297.7 299.6 291.3 328.5 10.60 3 900 916 15.8 12.7 81 3.2 13.8 172 32 297.8 299.7 291.0 327.7 10.28 4 850 1399 12.0 11.0 94 1.0 11.4 175 36 298.7 300.5 290.9 327.1 9.73 5 800 1905 9.4 7.3 87 2.0 8.2 182 42 301.1 302.6 290.3 325.0 8.06 6 750 2438 6.3 3.4 82 2.9 4.8 188 44 303.5 304.7 289.7 323.1 6.54 7 700 3002 3.4 -1.3 71 4.7 1.0 192 47 306.2 307.2 289.2 321.5 4.95 8 650 3600 0.1 -7.2 58 7.3 -3.1 191 51 309.0 309.7 288.7 319.8 3.43 9 600 4236 -3.6 -12.9 48 9.3 -7.1 188 57 312.0 312.4 288.6 319.6 2.36 10 550 4919 -7.4 -17.3 45 9.9 -10.7 187 64 315.3 315.6 289.1 321.2 1.79 11 500 5655 -11.7 -19.7 51 8.0 -14.1 191 71 318.8 319.1 290.0 324.2 1.60 12 450 6455 -16.3 -23.2 55 6.9 -18.1 190 87 322.8 323.1 291.0 327.4 1.32 13 400 7331 -20.5 -48.3 6 27.8 -23.9 193 99 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.8 0.12 14 350 8311 -25.6 -59.5 3 33.9 -28.3 198 111 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.04 15 300 9410 -32.6 -61.5 4 28.9 -34.4 203 114 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.03 16 250 10675 -39.9 -65.2 5 25.3 -40.9 215 125 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.02 17 200 12175 -47.2 -76.9 2 29.7 -47.8 219 137 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.01 18 150 14020 -61.3 -82.4 4 21.1 -61.5 212 130 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.00 19 100 16465 -66.9 -83.7 8 16.8 -67.0 227 57 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.90 m Freezing level: 649.12 mb = 3610.90 m = 11846.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.62 mb = 3145.87 m = 10320.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.72 % Est. max temperature: 24.99 C = 76.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.79 mb = 1165.90 m = 3825.07 ft T: 13.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 12.83 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.66 mb = 1343.01 m = 4406.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.21 C = 75.59 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: 0.07 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.49 C Showalter Index: 0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.32 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.65 C Cross Totals Index: 22.67 C K Index: 29.90 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 275.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 63.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.28 mb = 1258.40 m = 4128.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.28 mb = 1605.27 m = 5266.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 499.28 mb = 5665.66 m = 18587.91 ft B at Equ Level: 62.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 409.28 mb = 7160.89 m = 23493.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 186.6 at 49.8 knts Storm direction: 216.6 at 37.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 271.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 271.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.58 Bulk Shear: 109.55 m/s