MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F264.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F264.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11 day GFS valid 6Z SAT 6 SEP 25 Station: 41.77,-74.72 Latitude: 41.77 Longitude: -74.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 956 497 17.0 15.0 88 1.9 15.7 194 5 293.9 295.9 290.6 326.2 11.30 2 950 548 17.3 14.8 85 2.5 15.7 203 9 294.7 296.7 290.8 326.8 11.18 3 900 1009 15.2 12.5 84 2.7 13.5 214 23 297.2 299.0 290.8 326.7 10.18 4 850 1492 13.1 11.2 89 1.8 11.9 221 33 299.8 301.7 291.4 328.9 9.90 5 800 2001 11.0 9.0 87 2.0 9.7 218 38 302.9 304.5 291.6 329.7 9.03 6 750 2538 8.0 6.6 91 1.3 7.2 218 39 305.2 306.7 291.7 329.9 8.19 7 700 3105 4.3 4.0 98 0.3 4.1 214 36 307.3 308.6 291.6 329.5 7.31 8 650 3705 1.2 0.2 93 1.0 0.7 212 34 310.3 311.4 291.4 328.8 5.98 9 600 4346 -2.2 -3.9 89 1.6 -3.0 215 38 313.5 314.4 291.3 328.7 4.79 10 550 5033 -5.5 -12.9 56 7.4 -8.4 216 45 317.6 318.1 290.6 326.1 2.57 11 500 5775 -9.3 -14.2 68 4.9 -11.1 220 49 321.7 322.2 291.7 330.2 2.55 12 450 6583 -14.1 -15.9 86 1.8 -14.7 223 46 325.5 326.0 292.7 333.9 2.46 13 400 7467 -20.0 -20.1 99 0.1 -20.1 224 42 328.9 329.3 293.2 335.7 1.93 14 350 8444 -26.9 -27.6 94 0.7 -27.0 222 44 332.5 332.8 293.5 336.6 1.13 15 300 9536 -35.5 -35.5 100 0.1 -35.5 223 55 335.4 335.5 293.7 337.7 0.62 16 250 10777 -46.0 -46.8 91 0.8 -46.0 231 71 337.7 337.8 294.0 338.6 0.23 17 200 12223 -56.4 -60.6 59 4.2 -56.5 230 76 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.05 18 150 14016 -60.6 -74.9 14 14.3 -60.8 232 69 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16534 -60.7 -83.7 3 23.0 -60.9 224 40 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.25 m Freezing level: 632.74 mb = 3926.39 m = 12881.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.00 mb = 3816.79 m = 12522.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.59 % Est. max temperature: 25.46 C = 77.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.69 mb = 741.80 m = 2433.69 ft T: 16.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.11 C/km ThetaE index: 3.82 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.30 mb = 1956.50 m = 6418.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.55 C = 78.00 F Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lifted Index: 3.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.01 C Showalter Index: 2.43 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.41 C Cross Totals Index: 20.56 C K Index: 33.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.14 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6896.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.98 mb = 1276.65 m = 4188.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.2 at 37.3 knts Storm direction: 247.2 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.0 neg: -27.5 tot: 106.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 66.75 m/s