MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 42.19,-75.21 Latitude: 42.19 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 89 SFC 953 504 18.4 18.2 98 0.2 18.2 158 7 295.6 298.1 293.2 335.5 13.90 2 950 529 18.4 18.0 97 0.4 18.1 161 9 295.9 298.4 293.2 335.6 13.80 3 900 992 16.1 16.0 100 0.0 16.0 181 23 298.1 300.4 293.2 335.3 12.83 4 850 1477 14.0 13.3 95 0.7 13.5 204 28 300.8 302.9 292.8 334.1 11.34 5 800 1988 11.4 9.9 91 1.5 10.4 209 29 303.2 305.0 292.2 331.8 9.60 6 750 2525 8.4 6.6 88 1.9 7.3 208 27 305.7 307.3 291.8 330.4 8.16 7 700 3093 5.1 4.1 93 1.0 4.5 209 30 308.1 309.5 291.9 330.5 7.34 8 650 3695 1.4 1.3 99 0.1 1.4 211 34 310.6 311.8 291.9 330.7 6.50 9 600 4338 -1.1 -1.3 99 0.2 -1.2 211 34 314.8 316.0 292.6 333.2 5.82 10 550 5029 -4.3 -4.7 97 0.4 -4.5 211 36 319.0 319.9 293.0 334.8 4.92 11 500 5775 -8.2 -8.7 96 0.5 -8.5 212 39 323.0 323.8 293.3 336.1 3.96 12 450 6587 -12.8 -13.2 97 0.4 -13.0 216 42 327.1 327.8 293.7 337.6 3.07 13 400 7476 -18.4 -18.5 100 0.1 -18.4 223 46 331.1 331.5 294.0 338.8 2.23 14 350 8460 -25.1 -25.4 97 0.3 -25.2 235 53 334.9 335.2 294.3 339.9 1.38 15 300 9560 -33.7 -33.7 100 0.0 -33.7 238 59 337.9 338.1 294.5 340.7 0.74 16 250 10811 -43.8 -43.7 100 -0.0 -43.7 247 71 341.0 341.1 294.8 342.3 0.32 17 200 12269 -55.7 -55.8 99 0.1 -55.7 254 80 344.5 344.5 295.5 344.9 0.10 18 150 14058 -64.6 -73.7 28 9.1 -64.7 259 66 358.7 358.7 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16522 -67.0 -83.2 8 16.2 -67.1 276 42 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.91 m Freezing level: 621.60 mb = 4060.48 m = 13321.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.48 mb = 4029.85 m = 13221.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.63 % Est. max temperature: 25.79 C = 78.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.61 mb = 532.37 m = 1746.59 ft T: 18.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.96 C/km ThetaE index: 5.22 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.31 mb = 1036.26 m = 3399.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.05 C = 69.88 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: 0.62 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Showalter Index: 1.06 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.22 C Cross Totals Index: 21.51 C K Index: 34.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 295.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 102.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.21 mb = 1008.79 m = 3309.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.21 mb = 1850.00 m = 6069.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 543.21 mb = 5126.28 m = 16818.30 ft B at Equ Level: 101.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 393.21 mb = 7602.03 m = 24940.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.3 at 31.6 knts Storm direction: 238.3 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 177.8 neg: -4.7 tot: 173.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 1.89 Bulk Shear: 54.00 m/s