MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F210.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F210.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 210 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 5 SEP 25 Station: 40.92,-75.04 Latitude: 40.92 Longitude: -75.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 983 218 23.1 21.8 92 1.3 22.2 158 8 297.7 300.7 295.9 346.8 16.95 2 950 518 20.2 18.8 92 1.4 19.2 162 17 297.7 300.3 294.3 339.8 14.53 3 900 984 17.0 16.6 97 0.4 16.7 167 21 299.0 301.5 293.8 337.9 13.32 4 850 1471 14.5 13.3 93 1.2 13.7 180 26 301.4 303.4 293.0 334.9 11.39 5 800 1982 11.6 10.9 95 0.8 11.2 190 28 303.6 305.5 292.9 334.2 10.28 6 750 2520 8.6 8.0 96 0.6 8.2 195 30 305.9 307.6 292.6 333.1 9.02 7 700 3088 5.5 4.5 93 1.0 4.9 196 32 308.5 310.0 292.2 331.6 7.55 8 650 3691 1.9 0.1 88 1.8 1.0 195 36 311.1 312.3 291.6 329.6 5.95 9 600 4333 -2.1 -3.7 89 1.6 -2.9 196 38 313.7 314.7 291.5 329.1 4.87 10 550 5020 -6.0 -7.5 90 1.4 -6.7 193 40 316.9 317.7 291.6 329.7 3.96 11 500 5761 -10.0 -13.3 77 3.3 -11.2 195 45 320.9 321.4 291.7 330.0 2.75 12 450 6566 -14.9 -20.6 62 5.7 -16.6 203 51 324.5 324.8 291.7 330.2 1.65 13 400 7446 -21.1 -27.2 58 6.1 -22.5 211 58 327.6 327.8 292.0 331.2 1.03 14 350 8418 -28.4 -32.9 65 4.5 -29.2 211 61 330.4 330.6 292.5 332.9 0.68 15 300 9504 -36.2 -38.3 81 2.1 -36.4 208 69 334.3 334.4 293.3 336.1 0.47 16 250 10746 -44.7 -47.3 75 2.6 -44.8 206 73 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.5 0.21 17 200 12202 -54.6 -61.0 45 6.3 -54.8 210 99 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.05 18 150 14007 -60.1 -76.4 10 16.4 -60.2 215 67 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.01 19 100 16531 -60.5 -83.7 3 23.2 -60.7 216 43 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.37 m Freezing level: 625.92 mb = 4000.37 m = 13124.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.43 mb = 3847.82 m = 12623.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.06 % Est. max temperature: 27.49 C = 81.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.20 mb = 380.51 m = 1248.38 ft T: 21.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 17.67 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.21 mb = 829.94 m = 2722.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.01 C = 75.22 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -3.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.22 C Showalter Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.51 C Cross Totals Index: 23.32 C K Index: 36.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 911.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.15 mb = 793.06 m = 2601.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.15 mb = 934.54 m = 3066.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 255.15 mb = 10607.35 m = 34800.61 ft B at Equ Level: 909.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.15 mb = 13795.37 m = 45259.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.4 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 221.4 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 147.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.74 Bulk Rich Number: 15.13 Bulk Shear: 60.28 m/s