MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 40.4,-73.67 Latitude: 40.40 Longitude: -73.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 2 21.8 19.9 89 1.9 20.5 143 8 293.5 296.1 293.0 334.9 14.53 1 1000 150 21.9 18.2 80 3.7 19.4 159 11 295.0 297.4 292.5 333.0 13.25 2 950 595 19.9 15.7 77 4.2 17.1 180 16 297.4 299.5 292.2 331.7 11.86 3 900 1060 17.0 14.3 84 2.7 15.3 192 18 299.0 301.1 292.4 332.4 11.45 4 850 1546 13.9 12.7 93 1.2 13.1 204 19 300.7 302.7 292.4 332.8 10.92 5 800 2055 10.8 10.3 97 0.5 10.5 214 18 302.6 304.5 292.3 332.0 9.90 6 750 2592 7.7 7.5 99 0.2 7.6 223 19 305.0 306.6 292.0 331.2 8.73 7 700 3159 4.8 4.7 100 0.0 4.8 235 20 307.8 309.2 292.0 331.2 7.70 8 650 3761 1.7 1.7 100 0.1 1.7 243 23 310.9 312.2 292.2 331.6 6.66 9 600 4404 -1.5 -1.6 100 0.1 -1.6 253 21 314.3 315.4 292.3 332.2 5.68 10 550 5092 -5.5 -5.9 97 0.4 -5.7 256 28 317.6 318.4 292.3 332.0 4.49 11 500 5836 -9.3 -12.1 80 2.8 -10.4 261 28 321.7 322.3 292.2 331.7 3.02 12 450 6643 -14.2 -20.4 59 6.3 -16.0 270 35 325.4 325.8 292.0 331.2 1.67 13 400 7526 -20.4 -21.0 95 0.6 -20.6 257 50 328.5 328.8 293.0 334.7 1.79 14 350 8501 -27.3 -29.1 85 1.7 -27.7 257 50 331.9 332.1 293.2 335.5 0.99 15 300 9597 -33.5 -49.5 19 16.0 -34.9 286 70 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.7 0.14 16 250 10851 -43.1 -44.5 86 1.4 -43.2 285 96 342.0 342.1 295.1 343.2 0.29 17 200 12315 -54.9 -64.6 29 9.7 -55.1 280 82 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.03 18 150 14110 -63.6 -74.4 22 10.8 -63.7 277 54 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16570 -67.5 -83.1 9 15.6 -67.6 272 30 397.3 397.3 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.69 m Freezing level: 623.50 mb = 4101.46 m = 13456.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.81 mb = 4091.17 m = 13422.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.08 % Est. max temperature: 28.41 C = 83.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.19 mb = 244.32 m = 801.56 ft T: 21.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 3.23 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.34 mb = 1354.48 m = 4443.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.35 C = 83.02 F Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lifted Index: 0.74 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.45 C Showalter Index: 0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.17 C Cross Totals Index: 22.02 C K Index: 35.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 348.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.67 mb = 911.31 m = 2989.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.67 mb = 2258.71 m = 7410.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 540.67 mb = 5225.70 m = 17144.47 ft B at Equ Level: 39.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 450.67 mb = 6631.56 m = 21756.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.1 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 263.1 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 120.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.77 Bulk Shear: 51.74 m/s