MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 39.4,-75.71 Latitude: 39.40 Longitude: -75.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 17 24.3 17.7 67 6.6 19.8 322 5 296.7 299.0 292.6 333.4 12.71 1 1000 95 22.6 16.7 69 5.9 18.7 323 6 295.8 297.9 291.8 330.5 12.06 2 950 539 18.5 15.4 83 3.0 16.5 322 7 295.9 298.0 291.6 329.6 11.68 3 900 1002 16.4 11.4 72 5.0 13.3 306 9 298.4 300.1 290.6 326.0 9.44 4 850 1486 13.8 9.0 72 4.9 10.9 286 10 300.6 302.2 290.5 325.7 8.48 5 800 1996 11.3 7.7 79 3.6 9.2 265 12 303.2 304.7 291.1 327.9 8.29 6 750 2533 8.7 4.2 73 4.5 6.2 257 18 306.0 307.3 290.9 327.0 6.91 7 700 3101 5.2 0.6 72 4.6 2.8 254 25 308.2 309.3 290.5 325.8 5.71 8 650 3703 1.7 -4.9 61 6.6 -1.4 253 29 310.9 311.7 289.9 323.8 4.10 9 600 4345 -1.1 -10.0 51 8.8 -4.8 247 38 314.8 315.4 290.1 324.5 2.99 10 550 5034 -4.5 -19.0 31 14.5 -9.3 241 47 318.8 319.1 290.0 324.0 1.55 11 500 5779 -8.2 -29.1 17 20.9 -13.5 238 53 323.0 323.1 290.4 325.5 0.69 12 450 6590 -12.2 -33.9 15 21.6 -16.9 239 59 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.6 0.48 13 400 7481 -18.0 -23.8 60 5.8 -19.6 241 61 331.6 331.9 293.5 336.6 1.40 14 350 8464 -25.1 -27.0 84 1.9 -25.5 238 68 334.9 335.1 294.1 339.2 1.19 15 300 9569 -32.8 -38.1 59 5.3 -33.5 244 73 339.2 339.3 294.6 341.0 0.48 16 250 10823 -43.5 -50.6 45 7.2 -43.9 239 75 341.4 341.5 294.8 342.0 0.15 17 200 12284 -55.1 -63.3 36 8.1 -55.3 234 73 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.04 18 150 14077 -64.0 -74.9 21 10.9 -64.1 247 67 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16529 -66.7 -82.7 9 16.0 -66.8 260 29 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.42 m Freezing level: 619.56 mb = 4093.59 m = 13430.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.66 mb = 3497.31 m = 11473.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.73 % Est. max temperature: 27.86 C = 82.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.31 mb = 847.97 m = 2782.04 ft T: 17.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 7.65 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.33 mb = 1622.72 m = 5323.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.96 C = 84.13 F Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lifted Index: 3.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Showalter Index: 5.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.08 C Cross Totals Index: 17.20 C K Index: 26.43 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.22 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5613.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.94 mb = 1011.49 m = 3318.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.6 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 280.6 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 3.8 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.9 neg: -8.5 tot: 34.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 82.73 m/s