MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 25 SEP 25 Station: 41.76,-75.21 Latitude: 41.76 Longitude: -75.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 961 466 17.5 17.3 99 0.2 17.4 147 7 294.0 296.3 292.0 331.2 13.05 2 950 564 17.2 16.9 98 0.3 17.0 150 13 294.6 296.9 292.1 331.5 12.88 3 900 1026 15.4 15.3 100 0.0 15.4 174 26 297.3 299.6 292.5 332.9 12.27 4 850 1511 13.6 13.6 100 0.1 13.6 203 27 300.4 302.5 292.9 334.4 11.57 5 800 2020 10.9 10.8 99 0.1 10.9 218 25 302.8 304.7 292.6 333.1 10.23 6 750 2557 8.5 7.6 94 1.0 7.9 218 25 305.8 307.5 292.3 332.2 8.74 7 700 3127 5.9 4.2 89 1.7 4.9 225 25 309.0 310.4 292.2 331.6 7.38 8 650 3731 2.7 0.1 83 2.6 1.3 232 26 312.0 313.1 291.8 330.4 5.92 9 600 4375 -0.8 -5.5 70 4.7 -3.0 234 27 315.2 316.0 291.3 328.7 4.23 10 550 5065 -4.6 -12.9 53 8.2 -7.8 240 29 318.6 319.1 290.9 327.1 2.58 11 500 5809 -9.0 -21.3 36 12.3 -12.8 246 34 322.0 322.3 290.8 326.8 1.39 12 450 6615 -15.2 -26.0 39 10.8 -17.9 247 35 324.2 324.4 291.1 327.8 1.02 13 400 7493 -22.0 -25.4 74 3.4 -22.8 252 46 326.4 326.7 291.9 330.7 1.21 14 350 8465 -27.5 -31.6 68 4.1 -28.3 259 56 331.6 331.8 292.9 334.5 0.78 15 300 9561 -33.1 -33.2 99 0.1 -33.1 261 84 338.8 338.9 294.7 341.7 0.78 16 250 10815 -43.6 -43.6 100 -0.0 -43.6 259 93 341.3 341.3 294.9 342.5 0.32 17 200 12273 -56.0 -56.1 99 0.1 -56.0 274 97 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.5 0.10 18 150 14066 -62.2 -75.1 16 12.9 -62.4 265 63 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16531 -65.9 -83.5 7 17.6 -66.0 271 36 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.55 m Freezing level: 611.76 mb = 4223.42 m = 13856.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.14 mb = 3916.80 m = 12850.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.83 % Est. max temperature: 25.68 C = 78.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.48 mb = 488.38 m = 1602.29 ft T: 17.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 7.55 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.25 mb = 966.72 m = 3171.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.49 C = 68.88 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: 0.98 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Showalter Index: 0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.65 C Cross Totals Index: 22.59 C K Index: 34.48 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.27 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 108.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.54 mb = 945.20 m = 3101.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 433.54 mb = 6892.64 m = 22613.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 383.54 mb = 7798.49 m = 25585.30 ft B at Equ Level: 24.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 353.54 mb = 8391.36 m = 27530.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.2 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 256.2 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 249.1 neg: -1.1 tot: 248.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 82.28 m/s