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: 40.99,-75.09 Latitude: 40.99 Longitude: -75.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 979 254 22.6 21.6 94 0.9 21.9 156 8 297.5 300.5 295.8 346.3 16.85 2 950 518 20.1 18.9 93 1.2 19.2 161 16 297.6 300.2 294.3 339.8 14.59 3 900 983 16.9 16.6 98 0.3 16.7 166 21 299.0 301.4 293.8 337.8 13.34 4 850 1470 14.4 13.4 94 1.0 13.8 179 26 301.3 303.4 293.0 335.0 11.44 5 800 1981 11.6 11.0 96 0.6 11.2 189 28 303.5 305.4 292.9 334.3 10.34 6 750 2519 8.5 8.1 97 0.4 8.3 195 30 305.8 307.5 292.6 333.2 9.09 7 700 3087 5.4 4.6 94 0.8 4.9 196 33 308.5 309.9 292.2 331.7 7.61 8 650 3690 1.9 0.2 89 1.6 1.0 195 36 311.1 312.2 291.6 329.7 6.00 9 600 4332 -2.0 -3.6 89 1.6 -2.8 195 39 313.8 314.7 291.5 329.2 4.88 10 550 5019 -6.1 -7.4 91 1.3 -6.7 193 40 316.9 317.6 291.6 329.8 4.00 11 500 5759 -10.0 -13.3 77 3.3 -11.2 195 45 320.8 321.4 291.7 330.0 2.75 12 450 6565 -14.9 -20.9 60 6.0 -16.7 203 51 324.5 324.8 291.7 330.0 1.61 13 400 7445 -21.1 -27.7 55 6.6 -22.6 211 59 327.5 327.7 292.0 331.0 0.98 14 350 8416 -28.5 -33.5 62 5.0 -29.3 211 61 330.4 330.5 292.4 332.8 0.65 15 300 9502 -36.2 -38.5 80 2.2 -36.5 208 69 334.3 334.4 293.3 336.0 0.46 16 250 10744 -44.7 -47.4 74 2.7 -44.8 205 72 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.5 0.21 17 200 12199 -54.8 -60.8 48 5.9 -55.0 210 96 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.1 0.05 18 150 14005 -60.1 -76.7 10 16.6 -60.2 215 67 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16529 -60.4 -83.8 3 23.4 -60.7 216 43 411.0 411.0 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.72 m Freezing level: 626.18 mb = 3995.63 m = 13108.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.66 mb = 3856.09 m = 12651.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.90 % Est. max temperature: 27.21 C = 80.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.44 mb = 369.04 m = 1210.76 ft T: 21.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 17.14 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.43 mb = 836.57 m = 2744.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.59 C = 74.46 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.18 C Showalter Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.44 C Cross Totals Index: 23.42 C K Index: 37.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 875.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.67 mb = 806.20 m = 2644.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.67 mb = 947.86 m = 3109.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 253.67 mb = 10644.92 m = 34923.86 ft B at Equ Level: 870.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.67 mb = 13852.98 m = 45448.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.3 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 221.3 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 154.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 154.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.74 Bulk Rich Number: 13.95 Bulk Shear: 62.78 m/s