MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 40.31,-75.91 Latitude: 40.31 Longitude: -75.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 991 166 22.4 20.5 89 1.9 21.1 215 8 296.3 299.1 294.6 341.1 15.53 2 950 530 19.1 18.6 97 0.6 18.8 220 18 296.6 299.2 293.8 337.9 14.31 3 900 994 16.9 15.7 93 1.2 16.1 233 24 298.9 301.2 293.2 335.5 12.56 4 850 1482 15.0 12.4 84 2.6 13.3 235 28 301.9 303.9 292.7 333.5 10.71 5 800 1994 12.5 9.8 83 2.8 10.8 237 34 304.5 306.3 292.6 333.1 9.54 6 750 2534 9.2 8.0 92 1.3 8.5 239 41 306.6 308.3 292.7 333.7 8.98 7 700 3103 5.9 5.2 96 0.6 5.5 233 47 309.0 310.5 292.6 333.4 7.97 8 650 3708 2.5 2.2 98 0.3 2.3 231 48 311.8 313.1 292.6 333.3 6.92 9 600 4352 -0.7 -0.9 99 0.2 -0.8 238 40 315.3 316.5 292.9 334.2 5.98 10 550 5044 -4.0 -4.3 98 0.3 -4.1 236 38 319.4 320.4 293.3 335.7 5.07 11 500 5793 -7.1 -8.5 90 1.4 -7.7 237 41 324.4 325.2 293.7 337.8 4.03 12 450 6608 -11.8 -13.1 90 1.3 -12.3 232 41 328.4 329.0 294.0 338.9 3.10 13 400 7500 -17.7 -17.8 99 0.1 -17.7 232 49 332.0 332.5 294.4 340.2 2.37 14 350 8486 -24.8 -25.1 97 0.4 -24.9 233 58 335.4 335.7 294.4 340.5 1.42 15 300 9589 -32.9 -33.0 99 0.1 -32.9 238 67 339.0 339.2 294.8 342.0 0.79 16 250 10846 -42.4 -45.4 72 3.1 -42.6 238 70 343.1 343.1 295.3 344.1 0.26 17 200 12315 -54.3 -55.5 87 1.2 -54.3 240 74 346.8 346.9 296.0 347.3 0.10 18 150 14108 -65.7 -73.2 35 7.4 -65.8 247 62 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16546 -67.1 -83.3 8 16.1 -67.2 267 24 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.78 m Freezing level: 611.02 mb = 4209.74 m = 13811.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.89 mb = 4180.70 m = 13716.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.27 % Est. max temperature: 28.41 C = 83.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.56 mb = 398.46 m = 1307.26 ft T: 20.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.82 C/km ThetaE index: 8.02 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.06 mb = 861.30 m = 2825.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.32 C = 75.78 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: 0.63 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: 2.50 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.11 C Cross Totals Index: 19.50 C K Index: 33.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.74 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 117.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.97 mb = 750.15 m = 2461.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.97 mb = 2303.02 m = 7555.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 520.97 mb = 5470.21 m = 17946.67 ft B at Equ Level: 116.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 350.97 mb = 8465.39 m = 27773.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.8 at 36.2 knts Storm direction: 264.8 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 1.9 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.4 neg: -3.3 tot: 135.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 1.75 Bulk Shear: 67.03 m/s