MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 44.35,-73.7 Latitude: 44.35 Longitude: -73.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 968 353 19.2 14.7 75 4.5 16.3 260 5 295.1 297.1 290.7 326.5 10.93 2 950 511 17.0 13.5 80 3.5 14.8 265 8 294.4 296.3 289.9 323.9 10.28 3 900 969 12.9 12.0 94 1.0 12.3 272 11 294.8 296.6 289.7 323.0 9.81 4 850 1449 10.6 7.9 84 2.7 9.0 289 16 297.3 298.7 288.8 320.3 7.91 5 800 1952 7.9 4.5 79 3.4 6.1 289 17 299.6 300.8 288.5 319.1 6.61 6 750 2482 5.1 1.4 77 3.7 3.2 287 17 302.1 303.2 288.4 319.1 5.63 7 700 3043 2.5 -3.4 65 5.8 -0.3 285 19 305.2 306.0 288.2 318.3 4.26 8 650 3639 -0.3 -9.8 49 9.5 -4.1 277 21 308.6 309.2 287.9 317.5 2.80 9 600 4276 -3.3 -17.1 34 13.7 -8.0 267 23 312.3 312.6 288.0 317.8 1.67 10 550 4958 -7.4 -25.4 22 18.0 -12.2 262 25 315.3 315.4 288.2 318.3 0.88 11 500 5694 -11.5 -37.8 9 26.3 -16.3 256 25 319.1 319.1 288.8 320.1 0.30 12 450 6492 -17.3 -40.3 12 23.0 -20.9 254 21 321.5 321.5 289.5 322.4 0.25 13 400 7365 -23.2 -45.0 12 21.8 -25.8 271 8 324.9 324.9 290.5 325.5 0.17 14 350 8326 -31.1 -46.7 20 15.7 -32.5 306 6 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.5 0.16 15 300 9400 -39.0 -50.9 27 11.9 -39.7 262 15 330.4 330.5 292.0 330.9 0.12 16 250 10631 -45.5 -63.0 12 17.5 -46.1 243 44 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.03 17 200 12097 -51.7 -70.9 8 19.1 -52.1 241 56 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 13930 -58.8 -77.7 7 18.9 -59.0 248 55 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16442 -62.4 -83.9 4 21.5 -62.6 263 39 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5622.27 m Freezing level: 655.37 mb = 3574.88 m = 11728.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.95 mb = 2997.08 m = 9832.83 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.80 % Est. max temperature: 22.80 C = 73.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.61 mb = 916.79 m = 3007.81 ft T: 13.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 9.00 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.75 mb = 1265.65 m = 4152.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.42 C = 68.75 F Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lifted Index: 3.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.69 C Showalter Index: 4.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.48 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.07 C Cross Totals Index: 19.41 C K Index: 24.17 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.79 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7265.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.14 mb = 1099.52 m = 3607.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.0 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 301.0 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.5 neg: -1.3 tot: 19.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 16.48 m/s