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: 37.57,-78.84 Latitude: 37.57 Longitude: -78.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 4 SFC 975 227 21.4 17.3 77 4.1 18.6 170 12 296.7 299.0 292.7 333.7 12.81 2 950 446 18.6 15.2 81 3.4 16.4 173 25 296.1 298.1 291.5 329.3 11.51 3 900 907 14.6 13.7 94 0.9 14.0 173 32 296.5 298.5 291.2 328.3 11.00 4 850 1389 11.7 11.4 98 0.3 11.5 177 39 298.4 300.2 291.0 327.5 10.01 5 800 1895 9.0 8.2 95 0.8 8.5 184 44 300.8 302.3 290.6 326.1 8.57 6 750 2427 5.3 4.8 97 0.5 5.0 186 48 302.3 303.6 289.9 323.8 7.19 7 700 2988 2.3 -0.0 85 2.3 1.1 186 51 305.0 306.0 289.2 321.6 5.46 8 650 3584 -0.8 -4.7 75 3.9 -2.6 186 53 308.1 308.9 289.0 321.0 4.16 9 600 4220 -4.1 -10.1 63 6.0 -6.5 186 61 311.4 312.0 289.0 320.9 2.97 10 550 4901 -7.9 -10.8 80 2.8 -9.1 189 69 314.7 315.3 290.2 324.6 3.06 11 500 5636 -12.6 -15.7 78 3.0 -13.6 195 76 317.6 318.1 290.3 325.1 2.26 12 450 6432 -17.6 -26.8 44 9.3 -19.7 191 88 321.2 321.3 290.1 324.5 0.94 13 400 7304 -22.6 -36.8 26 14.2 -24.8 190 96 325.6 325.7 290.9 327.1 0.41 14 350 8275 -26.8 -59.9 3 33.0 -29.3 194 115 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.7 0.03 15 300 9371 -33.4 -62.9 4 29.5 -35.0 202 119 338.4 338.4 293.9 338.5 0.03 16 250 10636 -38.9 -67.1 3 28.2 -40.1 215 134 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.02 17 200 12143 -47.0 -77.4 2 30.4 -47.6 217 144 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 18 150 13988 -62.0 -82.3 5 20.3 -62.1 209 134 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.00 19 100 16450 -66.5 -83.7 7 17.2 -66.7 221 60 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5631.56 m Freezing level: 662.84 mb = 3430.92 m = 11256.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.93 mb = 3163.14 m = 10377.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.51 % Est. max temperature: 24.21 C = 75.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.47 mb = 743.30 m = 2438.62 ft T: 16.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 12.78 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.26 mb = 1008.57 m = 3308.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.58 C = 70.85 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.78 C Showalter Index: -0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.32 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.29 C Cross Totals Index: 24.03 C K Index: 33.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 226.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.85 mb = 955.74 m = 3135.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 869.85 mb = 1194.59 m = 3919.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 429.85 mb = 6771.28 m = 22215.22 ft B at Equ Level: 226.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 319.85 mb = 8915.89 m = 29251.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 187.0 at 53.9 knts Storm direction: 217.0 at 40.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 296.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 296.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 1.65 Bulk Shear: 136.92 m/s