MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0000Z 25 SEP 25 Station: 40.80,-81.22 Latitude: 40.80 Longitude: -81.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 974 336 18.0 17.3 96 0.6 17.5 220 2 293.3 295.6 291.7 330.0 12.88 2 950 551 18.3 16.8 91 1.5 17.4 243 4 295.8 298.1 292.4 332.6 12.81 3 900 1014 15.8 14.1 90 1.7 14.7 264 6 297.8 299.9 291.9 330.7 11.32 4 850 1498 13.1 11.5 90 1.6 12.1 267 7 299.8 301.7 291.5 329.4 10.07 5 800 2007 10.9 7.8 81 3.1 9.0 258 11 302.8 304.3 291.0 327.5 8.30 6 750 2544 8.2 5.5 83 2.7 6.6 249 16 305.5 306.9 291.3 328.4 7.58 7 700 3111 5.0 3.2 89 1.7 4.0 245 20 308.0 309.3 291.5 329.1 6.92 8 650 3713 1.4 -0.2 89 1.6 0.5 244 25 310.5 311.6 291.3 328.5 5.80 9 600 4354 -2.0 -6.4 72 4.3 -4.0 245 28 313.8 314.5 290.7 326.4 3.96 10 550 5041 -5.3 -14.0 51 8.6 -8.6 249 32 317.8 318.2 290.5 325.6 2.36 11 500 5783 -9.9 -35.3 10 25.5 -15.1 253 40 321.0 321.1 289.5 322.4 0.38 12 450 6587 -15.7 -34.5 18 18.8 -19.3 251 46 323.5 323.6 290.3 325.2 0.46 13 400 7462 -22.3 -30.3 48 8.0 -23.8 244 55 326.1 326.2 291.4 328.8 0.77 14 350 8432 -28.1 -40.5 30 12.4 -29.7 242 61 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.0 0.32 15 300 9525 -33.8 -43.2 38 9.4 -34.8 258 99 337.7 337.8 294.0 338.8 0.28 16 250 10779 -42.9 -45.2 78 2.3 -43.1 256 115 342.2 342.3 295.1 343.3 0.27 17 200 12248 -52.8 -66.8 17 14.0 -53.1 260 91 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 14064 -60.4 -76.3 11 15.9 -60.6 255 63 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.1 0.01 19 100 16559 -65.8 -83.5 7 17.7 -66.0 255 25 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.03 m Freezing level: 629.92 mb = 3970.07 m = 13025.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.98 mb = 3787.33 m = 12425.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.08 % Est. max temperature: 25.93 C = 78.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.29 mb = 414.25 m = 1359.08 ft T: 18.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 5.14 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.56 mb = 1237.67 m = 4060.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.37 C = 74.06 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: 0.79 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: 1.67 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.93 C Cross Totals Index: 21.34 C K Index: 32.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.21 mb = 983.71 m = 3227.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 678.21 mb = 3367.87 m = 11049.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 588.21 mb = 4510.41 m = 14797.76 ft B at Equ Level: 19.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 518.21 mb = 5504.57 m = 18059.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.5 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 279.5 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.7 neg: -1.2 tot: 32.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.49 Bulk Shear: 41.70 m/s