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: 40.93,-74.92 Latitude: 40.93 Longitude: -74.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 985 208 23.1 21.8 92 1.3 22.2 156 8 297.6 300.6 295.9 346.8 16.97 2 950 519 20.1 18.8 92 1.3 19.2 160 17 297.6 300.2 294.3 339.7 14.53 3 900 985 17.0 16.6 98 0.4 16.8 167 22 299.0 301.5 293.8 337.9 13.33 4 850 1472 14.5 13.4 93 1.2 13.8 180 26 301.4 303.5 293.0 335.0 11.41 5 800 1983 11.7 10.8 94 0.9 11.2 189 27 303.6 305.5 292.8 334.1 10.21 6 750 2521 8.7 7.9 95 0.8 8.2 194 30 306.0 307.7 292.5 332.9 8.94 7 700 3090 5.5 4.4 92 1.2 4.9 197 32 308.6 310.0 292.2 331.6 7.50 8 650 3693 2.0 0.1 87 1.9 1.0 196 36 311.2 312.3 291.6 329.7 5.94 9 600 4335 -2.0 -3.7 89 1.6 -2.8 196 39 313.8 314.7 291.5 329.2 4.87 10 550 5022 -6.0 -7.6 88 1.6 -6.7 194 40 317.0 317.8 291.6 329.7 3.93 11 500 5763 -9.9 -13.3 76 3.4 -11.2 195 45 321.0 321.5 291.7 330.1 2.73 12 450 6568 -14.8 -20.5 62 5.7 -16.5 204 51 324.6 325.0 291.8 330.4 1.66 13 400 7449 -21.0 -27.0 59 5.9 -22.4 212 57 327.6 327.8 292.1 331.4 1.05 14 350 8420 -28.4 -32.5 68 4.1 -29.1 211 60 330.5 330.6 292.6 333.1 0.71 15 300 9507 -36.2 -38.1 83 1.9 -36.4 209 68 334.3 334.4 293.3 336.2 0.48 16 250 10749 -44.7 -47.0 77 2.4 -44.9 207 73 339.6 339.7 294.4 340.5 0.22 17 200 12205 -54.4 -61.1 44 6.7 -54.6 211 101 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.05 18 150 14010 -60.2 -76.1 11 15.9 -60.4 215 67 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16532 -60.5 -83.7 3 23.2 -60.8 216 44 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.30 m Freezing level: 625.45 mb = 4008.02 m = 13149.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.34 mb = 3850.66 m = 12633.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.45 % Est. max temperature: 27.57 C = 81.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.79 mb = 367.47 m = 1205.58 ft T: 21.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 17.58 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.97 mb = 814.65 m = 2672.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.04 C = 75.28 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.15 C Showalter Index: -0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.42 C Cross Totals Index: 23.25 C K Index: 36.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 903.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.86 mb = 778.21 m = 2553.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 906.86 mb = 919.41 m = 3016.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.86 mb = 10564.49 m = 34659.99 ft B at Equ Level: 903.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.86 mb = 13729.15 m = 45042.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.6 at 32.7 knts Storm direction: 221.6 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 152.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 152.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.75 Bulk Rich Number: 14.71 Bulk Shear: 61.43 m/s