MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 44.52,-73.99 Latitude: 44.52 Longitude: -73.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 955 514 14.1 13.9 99 0.1 14.0 102 3 291.0 292.9 288.9 320.7 10.51 2 950 561 13.9 13.7 99 0.2 13.8 111 3 291.3 293.1 289.0 320.9 10.45 3 900 1018 14.1 12.8 92 1.2 13.3 162 11 296.0 297.9 290.6 326.0 10.39 4 850 1500 12.5 10.4 87 2.1 11.2 190 19 299.2 301.0 290.8 326.7 9.38 5 800 2007 9.8 6.6 81 3.2 7.9 205 16 301.6 303.0 290.0 324.3 7.65 6 750 2541 6.1 3.5 83 2.6 4.7 200 15 303.2 304.5 289.7 323.0 6.58 7 700 3103 2.4 1.9 97 0.5 2.2 198 17 305.2 306.3 290.0 324.3 6.30 8 650 3701 0.5 0.5 100 0.0 0.5 216 27 309.5 310.7 291.2 328.4 6.10 9 600 4339 -3.4 -4.1 95 0.6 -3.7 224 30 312.1 313.0 290.9 327.0 4.72 10 550 5024 -6.3 -8.4 85 2.1 -7.2 224 25 316.6 317.3 291.3 328.5 3.68 11 500 5763 -10.8 -16.8 61 6.0 -12.9 230 31 319.8 320.2 290.7 326.7 2.05 12 450 6564 -16.6 -24.5 50 7.9 -18.6 237 35 322.3 322.6 290.7 326.4 1.16 13 400 7438 -22.8 -32.6 41 9.7 -24.6 234 36 325.3 325.4 291.0 327.6 0.62 14 350 8402 -30.5 -31.2 93 0.7 -30.6 248 42 327.6 327.8 291.9 330.6 0.81 15 300 9481 -37.8 -37.9 99 0.1 -37.8 265 57 332.2 332.2 292.8 334.0 0.49 16 250 10715 -46.7 -46.7 100 -0.0 -46.7 260 95 336.7 336.8 293.7 337.6 0.23 17 200 12156 -56.1 -60.8 55 4.7 -56.2 269 97 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.05 18 150 13974 -58.9 -77.3 7 18.5 -59.1 262 51 368.7 368.7 300.3 368.7 0.01 19 100 16473 -64.1 -83.8 5 19.8 -64.3 268 34 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.39 m Freezing level: 643.65 mb = 3781.75 m = 12407.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.21 mb = 3772.02 m = 12375.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.55 % Est. max temperature: 24.23 C = 75.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.57 mb = 529.15 m = 1736.02 ft T: 14.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 3.71 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.34 mb = 1725.98 m = 5662.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.22 C = 73.79 F Cap Strength: 2.68 C Lifted Index: 3.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: 1.97 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.35 C Cross Totals Index: 21.28 C K Index: 33.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 298.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6286.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.37 mb = 1117.93 m = 3667.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.2 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 246.2 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.6 neg: -7.6 tot: 135.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.57 Bulk Shear: 55.07 m/s