MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 25 SEP 25 Station: 41.20,-75.63 Latitude: 41.20 Longitude: -75.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 963 433 18.6 18.5 99 0.1 18.6 163 4 295.0 297.5 293.2 335.3 14.09 2 950 546 18.2 18.1 99 0.1 18.1 165 9 295.7 298.2 293.2 335.6 13.88 3 900 1009 16.4 16.0 97 0.4 16.1 204 20 298.4 300.7 293.2 335.5 12.78 4 850 1495 14.7 13.3 91 1.4 13.8 217 25 301.5 303.6 293.0 335.0 11.34 5 800 2007 12.1 10.9 92 1.2 11.3 220 27 304.1 306.0 293.0 334.8 10.29 6 750 2546 9.1 8.2 94 0.9 8.5 219 28 306.4 308.1 292.7 333.9 9.11 7 700 3116 5.6 5.0 96 0.6 5.3 219 29 308.7 310.2 292.4 332.7 7.84 8 650 3719 2.0 1.8 99 0.2 1.8 220 28 311.2 312.5 292.3 332.0 6.71 9 600 4362 -1.3 -1.6 98 0.2 -1.4 218 28 314.6 315.7 292.4 332.6 5.70 10 550 5052 -4.7 -5.2 97 0.4 -5.0 217 31 318.5 319.4 292.7 333.8 4.74 11 500 5797 -8.7 -9.2 96 0.5 -8.9 216 34 322.5 323.2 293.1 335.1 3.82 12 450 6607 -13.1 -13.5 97 0.3 -13.3 221 41 326.7 327.3 293.6 336.9 3.01 13 400 7495 -18.8 -18.8 100 0.0 -18.8 226 49 330.6 331.0 293.9 338.2 2.17 14 350 8476 -25.6 -25.6 100 0.0 -25.6 237 56 334.2 334.5 294.1 339.2 1.36 15 300 9575 -34.1 -34.1 100 0.0 -34.1 246 64 337.3 337.4 294.3 339.9 0.71 16 250 10823 -44.5 -44.5 100 -0.0 -44.5 254 77 339.9 340.0 294.6 341.1 0.29 17 200 12281 -55.0 -56.5 83 1.5 -55.0 263 85 345.7 345.8 295.8 346.1 0.09 18 150 14085 -63.7 -75.1 20 11.4 -63.7 250 61 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16534 -66.7 -83.5 8 16.7 -66.8 276 40 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.44 m Freezing level: 620.00 mb = 4104.71 m = 13466.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.02 mb = 4072.36 m = 13360.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.00 % Est. max temperature: 26.97 C = 80.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.61 mb = 441.35 m = 1447.99 ft T: 18.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 3.59 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.62 mb = 1097.79 m = 3601.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.56 C = 72.61 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: 0.05 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: 0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.36 C Cross Totals Index: 21.93 C K Index: 35.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 97.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.95 mb = 952.15 m = 3123.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.95 mb = 2646.53 m = 8682.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 500.95 mb = 5782.01 m = 18969.63 ft B at Equ Level: 97.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 360.95 mb = 8249.82 m = 27066.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.8 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 246.8 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 130.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 2.08 Bulk Shear: 47.08 m/s