MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 40.05,-74.84 Latitude: 40.05 Longitude: -74.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 36 25.3 22.5 84 2.8 23.3 213 10 298.2 301.4 296.4 348.7 17.36 1 1000 63 25.7 21.6 78 4.1 22.8 214 14 298.8 301.8 296.0 346.9 16.49 2 950 514 22.7 19.2 81 3.4 20.2 217 29 300.2 302.9 295.3 343.8 14.91 3 900 984 19.5 16.6 84 2.9 17.5 224 37 301.6 304.1 294.6 341.0 13.36 4 850 1474 16.5 13.4 82 3.0 14.5 234 40 303.4 305.5 293.7 337.4 11.46 5 800 1989 13.4 10.8 84 2.6 11.7 237 41 305.4 307.3 293.3 336.0 10.21 6 750 2530 10.3 8.3 88 1.9 9.1 239 41 307.7 309.5 293.3 335.7 9.23 7 700 3102 7.2 5.3 88 1.9 6.1 237 44 310.5 312.0 293.1 335.2 8.03 8 650 3710 4.2 2.0 86 2.1 3.0 240 43 313.7 315.0 293.1 335.1 6.84 9 600 4357 0.2 -2.0 85 2.2 -0.9 238 43 316.3 317.4 292.7 333.9 5.52 10 550 5051 -3.6 -4.7 92 1.2 -4.1 242 48 319.9 320.8 293.2 335.7 4.89 11 500 5799 -7.7 -8.3 95 0.7 -8.0 239 48 323.7 324.5 293.6 337.2 4.08 12 450 6613 -11.9 -12.6 95 0.6 -12.2 240 52 328.2 328.9 294.1 339.2 3.23 13 400 7505 -17.7 -17.9 99 0.1 -17.8 240 55 332.0 332.4 294.3 340.1 2.34 14 350 8491 -24.1 -25.2 91 1.0 -24.4 237 56 336.2 336.5 294.6 341.3 1.42 15 300 9597 -32.2 -33.4 89 1.2 -32.4 235 60 340.0 340.2 295.0 342.9 0.76 16 250 10857 -42.0 -43.5 85 1.5 -42.2 235 58 343.6 343.7 295.5 344.9 0.32 17 200 12327 -54.4 -56.6 76 2.2 -54.5 236 67 346.6 346.6 296.0 347.0 0.09 18 150 14115 -66.0 -72.3 41 6.3 -66.0 247 54 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.01 19 100 16548 -67.8 -83.0 10 15.2 -67.9 265 23 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.55 m Freezing level: 597.38 mb = 4393.63 m = 14414.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.78 mb = 4200.06 m = 13779.55 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.25 % Est. max temperature: 30.39 C = 86.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.87 mb = 395.74 m = 1298.34 ft T: 23.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 14.82 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.39 mb = 1221.57 m = 4007.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.58 C = 85.25 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -2.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.69 C Showalter Index: 0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.13 C Cross Totals Index: 21.10 C K Index: 35.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 325.66 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 527.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.63 mb = 929.38 m = 3049.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.63 mb = 1669.81 m = 5478.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 270.63 mb = 10309.27 m = 33822.65 ft B at Equ Level: 526.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.63 mb = 14088.39 m = 46221.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.3 at 41.0 knts Storm direction: 266.3 at 30.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 241.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 241.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.76 Bulk Rich Number: 7.94 Bulk Shear: 66.42 m/s