MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 24 SEP 25 Station: 44.68,-76.41 Latitude: 44.68 Longitude: -76.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 SFC 997 160 22.6 13.6 57 9.0 16.9 70 6 296.0 297.7 290.1 324.5 9.88 2 950 581 18.9 11.9 64 7.0 14.6 77 14 296.4 298.0 289.8 323.2 9.27 3 900 1042 14.6 11.1 80 3.5 12.4 85 13 296.5 298.2 289.8 323.4 9.27 4 850 1523 10.9 9.7 92 1.2 10.2 107 11 297.6 299.2 289.9 323.6 8.94 5 800 2028 8.8 7.2 90 1.5 7.9 133 10 300.5 301.9 290.0 324.1 7.99 6 750 2560 6.5 1.5 70 5.0 3.9 147 7 303.6 304.7 289.0 320.8 5.68 7 700 3123 2.8 -1.1 75 3.9 0.8 152 5 305.6 306.5 289.0 321.0 5.04 8 650 3719 -1.0 -4.3 78 3.3 -2.6 169 7 307.8 308.6 289.0 321.1 4.28 9 600 4354 -4.6 -8.8 73 4.2 -6.3 164 8 310.8 311.4 289.1 321.2 3.28 10 550 5034 -8.5 -14.4 63 5.8 -10.6 175 12 314.0 314.4 289.2 321.4 2.29 11 500 5766 -13.6 -17.0 75 3.5 -14.7 184 15 316.5 316.9 289.7 323.2 2.01 12 450 6562 -17.2 -17.4 98 0.2 -17.3 208 21 321.6 322.1 291.4 329.0 2.17 13 400 7435 -23.3 -24.0 94 0.7 -23.5 233 22 324.7 325.0 291.6 329.5 1.37 14 350 8399 -30.2 -37.0 51 6.9 -31.1 240 24 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.8 0.45 15 300 9476 -38.8 -41.0 80 2.2 -39.1 249 25 330.6 330.7 292.3 332.0 0.35 16 250 10699 -48.9 -49.5 94 0.5 -49.0 248 33 333.3 333.3 292.8 334.0 0.17 17 200 12146 -54.1 -66.1 21 12.0 -54.3 261 59 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.03 18 150 13968 -58.6 -78.7 6 20.2 -58.8 261 46 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.01 19 100 16489 -62.4 -84.0 4 21.6 -62.6 277 21 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5629.30 m Freezing level: 663.47 mb = 3558.74 m = 11675.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.64 mb = 3266.58 m = 10717.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.80 % Est. max temperature: 24.36 C = 75.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.99 mb = 1288.63 m = 4227.73 ft T: 12.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 3.30 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.42 mb = 1696.74 m = 5566.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.21 C = 77.37 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: 0.87 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.90 C Showalter Index: 0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.50 C Cross Totals Index: 23.31 C K Index: 30.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7515.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.12 mb = 1423.13 m = 4668.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 145.7 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 175.7 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 4.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.5 neg: -3.9 tot: 37.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 19.35 m/s