MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 40.31,-74.73 Latitude: 40.31 Longitude: -74.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 61 24.3 21.4 84 2.9 22.3 229 8 297.4 300.3 295.4 344.4 16.26 1 1000 75 24.7 20.9 79 3.8 22.1 227 11 297.9 300.7 295.2 343.6 15.76 2 950 523 21.2 19.0 87 2.2 19.7 225 21 298.7 301.4 294.7 341.7 14.75 3 900 990 18.0 17.0 94 1.1 17.3 228 27 300.1 302.6 294.3 340.0 13.63 4 850 1479 15.4 14.0 91 1.4 14.5 239 33 302.3 304.5 293.7 337.4 11.88 5 800 1992 12.6 11.4 92 1.2 11.9 241 39 304.6 306.6 293.4 336.4 10.63 6 750 2533 10.1 8.4 89 1.8 9.0 241 42 307.6 309.3 293.2 335.6 9.24 7 700 3105 7.3 4.8 84 2.5 5.8 245 43 310.6 312.0 292.9 334.3 7.71 8 650 3711 3.5 2.0 90 1.5 2.7 247 43 312.9 314.2 292.9 334.2 6.83 9 600 4357 -0.3 -1.1 94 0.9 -0.7 247 42 315.8 316.9 292.9 334.4 5.87 10 550 5050 -3.6 -4.4 94 0.8 -4.0 243 41 319.8 320.8 293.3 336.0 5.01 11 500 5799 -7.3 -8.8 89 1.5 -8.0 239 39 324.1 324.9 293.6 337.1 3.93 12 450 6613 -12.0 -13.6 88 1.6 -12.6 235 43 328.2 328.8 293.9 338.3 2.98 13 400 7505 -17.8 -18.1 98 0.3 -18.0 235 49 331.8 332.3 294.3 339.8 2.29 14 350 8491 -24.4 -25.8 89 1.3 -24.8 240 54 335.8 336.1 294.5 340.6 1.34 15 300 9595 -32.7 -34.9 81 2.2 -33.1 241 58 339.2 339.4 294.7 341.7 0.66 16 250 10852 -42.6 -45.9 70 3.3 -42.9 246 64 342.7 342.8 295.2 343.7 0.25 17 200 12318 -54.5 -55.8 85 1.3 -54.6 240 68 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.8 0.10 18 150 14107 -65.5 -72.3 38 6.8 -65.6 251 64 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.3 0.01 19 100 16546 -67.9 -82.8 10 15.0 -67.9 262 26 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.12 m Freezing level: 603.86 mb = 4307.57 m = 14132.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.92 mb = 4211.90 m = 13818.42 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.17 % Est. max temperature: 29.20 C = 84.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.36 mb = 428.40 m = 1405.51 ft T: 21.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 10.20 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.52 mb = 956.72 m = 3138.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.97 C = 80.55 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: 0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.73 C Cross Totals Index: 21.29 C K Index: 34.16 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 272.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 318.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.98 mb = 810.06 m = 2657.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 873.98 mb = 1241.12 m = 4071.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 313.98 mb = 9268.48 m = 30408.02 ft B at Equ Level: 317.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.98 mb = 12837.37 m = 42116.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.1 at 37.0 knts Storm direction: 271.1 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 193.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 193.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 5.12 Bulk Shear: 62.18 m/s