MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.42,-76.4 Latitude: 37.42 Longitude: -76.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 14 15.2 14.1 93 1.1 14.6 190 8 287.3 289.0 287.2 315.2 10.02 1 1000 127 15.6 13.7 88 2.0 14.4 198 16 288.8 290.5 287.6 316.4 9.87 2 950 566 17.5 11.9 69 5.7 14.0 222 24 295.0 296.6 289.2 321.6 9.23 3 900 1026 15.3 9.1 67 6.2 11.6 219 20 297.3 298.7 289.0 320.9 8.10 4 850 1509 13.7 1.4 43 12.3 7.2 212 19 300.5 301.4 287.2 315.4 4.98 5 800 2019 12.8 -9.6 20 22.4 3.2 208 21 304.8 305.2 286.1 312.1 2.31 6 750 2558 10.5 -5.2 33 15.7 3.1 208 22 308.0 308.6 288.3 318.8 3.45 7 700 3129 6.8 -4.7 44 11.5 1.3 212 21 310.0 310.7 289.4 322.1 3.85 8 650 3733 3.2 -13.5 28 16.7 -3.3 223 17 312.6 313.0 288.5 319.4 2.08 9 600 4376 -1.3 -10.9 48 9.6 -5.2 240 18 314.7 315.2 289.9 323.7 2.78 10 550 5064 -5.7 -15.3 46 9.7 -9.1 253 22 317.4 317.8 290.1 324.4 2.11 11 500 5804 -10.6 -23.9 33 13.3 -14.3 259 24 320.1 320.3 289.9 323.9 1.11 12 450 6608 -13.8 -42.7 7 28.9 -18.5 252 21 325.9 325.9 290.7 326.6 0.20 13 400 7495 -19.3 -45.4 8 26.1 -22.9 265 18 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.5 0.17 14 350 8470 -28.1 -47.9 13 19.8 -30.0 272 23 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.5 0.14 15 300 9555 -37.1 -52.4 19 15.3 -38.1 272 23 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.10 16 250 10788 -46.7 -47.7 89 1.1 -46.7 285 27 336.7 336.7 293.7 337.5 0.20 17 200 12230 -57.8 -58.4 93 0.6 -57.8 294 45 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.5 0.07 18 150 14023 -61.7 -76.1 13 14.4 -61.9 285 57 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16477 -69.0 -83.2 11 14.2 -69.1 271 30 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.83 m Freezing level: 614.11 mb = 4194.51 m = 13761.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.86 mb = 3294.92 m = 10809.98 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.12 % Est. max temperature: 27.62 C = 81.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.48 mb = 157.39 m = 516.37 ft T: 15.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 9.47 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.01 mb = 2987.84 m = 9802.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.56 C = 99.62 F Cap Strength: 7.15 C Lifted Index: 6.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.61 C Showalter Index: 8.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.35 C Cross Totals Index: 12.04 C K Index: 14.23 Risk: None Sweat Index: 195.81 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.85 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8936.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.62 mb = 1001.75 m = 3286.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.8 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 256.8 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.7 neg: -19.2 tot: 60.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 5.61 Bulk Shear: 5.98 m/s