MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 41.67,-73.43 Latitude: 41.67 Longitude: -73.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 982 228 20.5 20.1 98 0.4 20.2 201 8 295.2 297.9 294.1 339.0 15.27 2 950 516 19.2 18.9 98 0.3 18.9 210 22 296.6 299.3 294.0 338.7 14.57 3 900 981 17.2 16.2 94 1.0 16.5 226 34 299.2 301.6 293.6 337.0 12.94 4 850 1468 14.9 13.6 92 1.3 14.1 232 37 301.8 303.9 293.3 336.1 11.63 5 800 1980 12.3 10.8 91 1.5 11.4 236 40 304.3 306.2 293.0 334.9 10.25 6 750 2520 9.1 8.4 95 0.7 8.6 237 41 306.4 308.1 292.9 334.3 9.25 7 700 3090 6.4 5.5 94 0.9 5.9 238 46 309.6 311.1 292.9 334.5 8.11 8 650 3695 2.6 2.0 96 0.6 2.3 238 52 311.9 313.2 292.6 333.2 6.84 9 600 4339 -0.7 -0.8 99 0.1 -0.7 242 49 315.3 316.5 292.9 334.4 6.02 10 550 5032 -3.6 -4.1 97 0.4 -3.8 241 45 319.8 320.8 293.4 336.4 5.16 11 500 5781 -7.2 -7.9 95 0.7 -7.5 237 47 324.3 325.1 293.9 338.2 4.22 12 450 6596 -11.9 -12.4 96 0.6 -12.1 237 48 328.3 329.0 294.2 339.4 3.28 13 400 7488 -17.8 -18.2 97 0.4 -17.9 234 50 331.9 332.3 294.3 339.8 2.29 14 350 8474 -24.8 -24.9 99 0.1 -24.8 240 57 335.4 335.6 294.4 340.6 1.45 15 300 9576 -33.5 -33.8 98 0.2 -33.6 247 67 338.1 338.3 294.6 340.9 0.74 16 250 10829 -43.1 -43.1 99 0.1 -43.0 251 74 342.0 342.1 295.1 343.4 0.34 17 200 12295 -54.5 -55.0 95 0.4 -54.6 244 79 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.9 0.11 18 150 14084 -65.1 -74.7 25 9.7 -65.1 256 63 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16532 -67.2 -83.3 9 16.1 -67.3 269 28 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.72 m Freezing level: 610.39 mb = 4205.55 m = 13797.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.18 mb = 4177.75 m = 13706.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.27 % Est. max temperature: 27.96 C = 82.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.79 mb = 275.67 m = 904.43 ft T: 20.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.05 C/km ThetaE index: 4.64 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.86 mb = 924.84 m = 3034.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.20 C = 75.57 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: 0.44 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.63 C Showalter Index: 1.23 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.12 C Cross Totals Index: 20.83 C K Index: 34.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 321.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 115.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.04 mb = 763.31 m = 2504.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.04 mb = 2000.83 m = 6564.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 518.04 mb = 5502.69 m = 18053.23 ft B at Equ Level: 115.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 338.04 mb = 8722.21 m = 28615.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.3 at 42.0 knts Storm direction: 266.3 at 31.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 274.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 274.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 1.27 Bulk Shear: 90.91 m/s