MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F195.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F195.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 195 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 5 SEP 25 Station: 40.05,-74.69 Latitude: 40.05 Longitude: -74.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 38 23.3 20.3 83 3.0 21.2 204 8 296.4 299.1 294.3 340.1 15.18 1 1000 46 23.5 19.7 79 3.8 20.8 205 9 296.6 299.3 294.0 338.6 14.56 2 950 493 20.0 16.6 81 3.4 17.8 207 22 297.5 299.8 292.8 334.1 12.63 3 900 957 17.0 13.4 79 3.7 14.7 214 30 299.1 301.0 291.9 330.5 10.76 4 850 1443 14.3 9.4 72 4.9 11.3 223 35 301.1 302.7 290.8 326.9 8.73 5 800 1953 10.9 6.2 73 4.7 8.2 225 37 302.8 304.1 290.3 325.0 7.43 6 750 2488 7.3 3.2 75 4.1 5.1 220 38 304.5 305.7 290.0 324.0 6.45 7 700 3053 3.8 -0.8 72 4.6 1.5 218 39 306.7 307.6 289.5 322.5 5.16 8 650 3651 0.2 -3.7 75 4.0 -1.7 221 45 309.2 310.1 289.7 323.1 4.46 9 600 4289 -3.4 -7.3 74 3.9 -5.1 218 49 312.2 312.9 289.9 323.9 3.68 10 550 4973 -7.4 -11.7 71 4.3 -9.1 218 55 315.3 315.9 290.1 324.5 2.84 11 500 5708 -12.6 -15.4 80 2.8 -13.6 219 66 317.7 318.1 290.3 325.3 2.30 12 450 6503 -18.1 -22.6 68 4.5 -19.3 215 72 320.5 320.7 290.3 325.2 1.38 13 400 7375 -23.1 -32.4 43 9.2 -24.8 213 77 324.9 325.0 290.9 327.2 0.63 14 350 8339 -29.7 -40.8 33 11.2 -31.0 206 87 328.7 328.8 291.7 329.9 0.31 15 300 9419 -37.7 -48.8 31 11.0 -38.5 206 98 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.8 0.15 16 250 10653 -45.9 -54.7 36 8.8 -46.3 202 104 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.2 0.09 17 200 12111 -52.9 -66.4 18 13.4 -53.2 206 107 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.03 18 150 13955 -54.6 -79.9 3 25.3 -55.0 214 78 375.9 375.9 301.6 376.0 0.00 19 100 16513 -58.6 -84.0 2 25.4 -58.9 223 44 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.67 m Freezing level: 646.69 mb = 3693.66 m = 12118.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.54 mb = 3328.21 m = 10919.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.87 % Est. max temperature: 28.00 C = 82.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.81 mb = 412.28 m = 1352.60 ft T: 20.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 17.60 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.19 mb = 1273.08 m = 4176.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.33 C = 81.20 F Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lifted Index: -3.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.09 C Showalter Index: 0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.91 C Cross Totals Index: 22.00 C K Index: 31.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 643.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.22 mb = 936.10 m = 3071.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.22 mb = 1773.86 m = 5819.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 287.22 mb = 9714.01 m = 31869.72 ft B at Equ Level: 638.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.22 mb = 12534.33 m = 41122.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.7 at 42.5 knts Storm direction: 248.7 at 31.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 157.2 neg: -2.5 tot: 154.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 6.49 Bulk Shear: 99.15 m/s