MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F297.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F297.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 297 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 38.91,-73.62 Latitude: 38.91 Longitude: -73.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1023 1 22.4 19.8 85 2.6 20.6 177 12 293.6 296.2 292.9 334.6 14.36 1 1000 198 21.6 17.2 76 4.4 18.7 182 17 294.7 297.0 291.8 330.4 12.45 2 950 642 19.1 15.2 78 3.9 16.5 188 16 296.6 298.6 291.7 329.8 11.52 3 900 1105 16.5 13.7 84 2.8 14.7 198 13 298.5 300.6 291.9 330.7 11.05 4 850 1591 14.2 11.7 85 2.5 12.6 212 11 301.0 302.9 292.0 331.1 10.20 5 800 2102 11.9 9.3 84 2.6 10.3 222 10 303.8 305.5 292.1 331.4 9.23 6 750 2641 9.4 7.2 86 2.2 8.0 228 12 306.8 308.4 292.4 332.6 8.52 7 700 3211 6.5 4.3 86 2.2 5.2 231 15 309.7 311.1 292.4 332.6 7.45 8 650 3817 3.1 1.6 90 1.5 2.2 236 15 312.5 313.7 292.6 333.1 6.61 9 600 4462 -0.4 -2.5 86 2.1 -1.4 236 16 315.7 316.7 292.4 332.6 5.33 10 550 5154 -3.4 -6.8 77 3.5 -5.0 237 15 320.1 320.9 292.7 333.7 4.16 11 500 5903 -7.4 -12.0 69 4.6 -9.2 238 13 324.0 324.6 292.9 334.3 3.05 12 450 6717 -11.5 -23.3 37 11.8 -15.0 238 19 328.8 329.0 292.6 333.4 1.30 13 400 7609 -17.8 -33.7 24 15.9 -21.0 242 23 331.8 331.9 292.7 333.9 0.56 14 350 8590 -26.3 -43.1 19 16.8 -28.4 243 25 333.3 333.4 292.9 334.3 0.24 15 300 9686 -34.8 -54.5 12 19.7 -36.1 246 34 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.08 16 250 10929 -44.7 -58.4 20 13.6 -45.3 249 50 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.06 17 200 12384 -56.6 -62.4 48 5.8 -56.7 241 65 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.04 18 150 14155 -66.8 -69.8 65 3.0 -66.8 249 40 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.02 19 100 16603 -65.0 -83.5 6 18.5 -65.2 242 29 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.00 m Freezing level: 605.18 mb = 4394.70 m = 14418.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.57 mb = 4202.88 m = 13788.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.55 % Est. max temperature: 28.66 C = 83.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.98 mb = 328.67 m = 1078.30 ft T: 20.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 4.73 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.52 mb = 1555.73 m = 5104.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.64 C = 85.35 F Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lifted Index: 3.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.96 C Showalter Index: 3.36 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.56 C Cross Totals Index: 19.05 C K Index: 31.02 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.52 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4868.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.06 mb = 925.41 m = 3036.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.3 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 252.3 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.5 neg: -2.4 tot: 24.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.82 Bulk Shear: 13.97 m/s