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: 40.39,-74.69 Latitude: 40.39 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 44 SFC 998 63 22.3 20.3 88 2.0 20.9 192 8 295.6 298.4 294.1 339.2 15.16 2 950 489 19.4 16.9 85 2.5 17.7 198 21 296.9 299.2 292.8 334.0 12.85 3 900 953 16.6 13.5 82 3.0 14.6 208 28 298.6 300.5 291.8 330.3 10.88 4 850 1438 13.8 10.2 79 3.6 11.6 215 31 300.6 302.3 291.1 327.8 9.24 5 800 1947 10.5 7.2 80 3.3 8.5 218 35 302.3 303.8 290.6 326.0 7.97 6 750 2482 6.9 4.2 83 2.7 5.4 216 38 304.0 305.3 290.2 324.8 6.89 7 700 3046 3.4 0.2 80 3.2 1.8 210 40 306.3 307.3 289.8 323.3 5.56 8 650 3643 -0.1 -3.4 78 3.3 -1.7 213 47 308.9 309.7 289.7 323.2 4.59 9 600 4281 -3.5 -7.6 73 4.1 -5.3 216 49 312.1 312.7 289.8 323.5 3.60 10 550 4964 -7.3 -10.5 78 3.2 -8.6 217 54 315.4 316.0 290.4 325.5 3.12 11 500 5700 -12.3 -14.7 82 2.4 -13.2 219 64 318.0 318.5 290.6 326.1 2.44 12 450 6496 -17.9 -21.1 76 3.2 -18.8 216 70 320.7 321.0 290.6 326.1 1.57 13 400 7367 -23.0 -30.8 49 7.8 -24.5 211 75 325.1 325.2 291.0 327.7 0.74 14 350 8332 -29.6 -39.1 39 9.5 -30.8 206 85 328.8 328.9 291.7 330.2 0.37 15 300 9413 -37.8 -46.7 39 8.9 -38.5 205 96 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.8 0.19 16 250 10645 -46.4 -52.7 49 6.3 -46.7 202 100 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.5 0.12 17 200 12100 -53.1 -66.2 19 13.1 -53.4 206 108 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.03 18 150 13944 -54.5 -80.2 3 25.7 -54.9 214 77 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.00 19 100 16507 -58.1 -84.2 2 26.1 -58.5 222 45 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.78 m Freezing level: 651.02 mb = 3631.22 m = 11913.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.29 mb = 3347.48 m = 10982.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.91 % Est. max temperature: 27.32 C = 81.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.64 mb = 320.27 m = 1050.74 ft T: 20.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 16.06 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.33 mb = 1082.74 m = 3552.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.77 C = 78.38 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -3.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.34 C Showalter Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.12 C Cross Totals Index: 22.56 C K Index: 33.14 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 281.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 631.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.22 mb = 827.67 m = 2715.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.22 mb = 1555.22 m = 5102.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 288.22 mb = 9683.32 m = 31769.03 ft B at Equ Level: 628.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.22 mb = 12489.30 m = 40974.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.6 at 41.9 knts Storm direction: 244.6 at 31.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 163.5 neg: -1.4 tot: 162.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.61 Bulk Rich Number: 6.19 Bulk Shear: 102.06 m/s