MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 40.80,-73.37 Latitude: 40.80 Longitude: -73.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 14 22.1 17.3 74 4.8 18.9 293 5 294.6 296.8 291.7 330.2 12.44 1 1000 88 21.4 16.0 71 5.4 17.8 299 7 294.6 296.6 291.0 327.5 11.49 2 950 530 18.4 13.7 74 4.7 15.4 305 10 295.9 297.8 290.6 326.0 10.44 3 900 993 16.5 9.8 64 6.8 12.4 291 13 298.5 300.1 289.8 323.3 8.46 4 850 1478 14.1 6.8 62 7.2 9.9 273 16 300.9 302.2 289.5 322.6 7.32 5 800 1987 11.3 6.0 70 5.3 8.2 264 19 303.2 304.5 290.3 325.2 7.35 6 750 2524 8.1 4.7 79 3.3 6.2 258 22 305.3 306.7 290.9 327.0 7.17 7 700 3091 4.8 1.1 77 3.7 2.9 251 28 307.8 309.0 290.6 326.1 5.94 8 650 3692 1.6 -4.4 64 6.0 -1.3 248 33 310.7 311.5 290.0 324.1 4.25 9 600 4333 -2.0 -8.8 60 6.8 -4.9 252 34 313.9 314.5 290.1 324.4 3.28 10 550 5020 -6.0 -13.5 55 7.5 -8.8 249 43 317.0 317.5 290.3 325.1 2.45 11 500 5760 -10.4 -18.6 51 8.2 -13.0 240 53 320.4 320.8 290.7 326.4 1.77 12 450 6564 -14.6 -25.0 41 10.4 -17.3 233 64 324.9 325.1 291.4 328.8 1.12 13 400 7449 -18.6 -30.5 34 11.9 -21.2 237 71 330.8 331.0 292.7 333.6 0.75 14 350 8431 -25.7 -26.6 92 0.9 -25.9 231 77 334.2 334.4 294.0 338.7 1.24 15 300 9531 -33.0 -37.9 62 4.9 -33.7 244 86 338.8 338.9 294.5 340.7 0.49 16 250 10784 -43.7 -48.9 56 5.2 -44.0 234 87 341.1 341.2 294.8 341.9 0.18 17 200 12246 -54.5 -63.9 31 9.4 -54.7 236 83 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.6 0.04 18 150 14047 -62.6 -75.0 17 12.4 -62.7 253 70 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16513 -66.7 -83.1 8 16.4 -66.8 262 31 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.85 m Freezing level: 627.76 mb = 3977.01 m = 13047.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.26 mb = 3503.69 m = 11494.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.77 % Est. max temperature: 28.04 C = 82.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.03 mb = 620.74 m = 2036.51 ft T: 18.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 7.57 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.46 mb = 2013.63 m = 6606.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.86 C = 87.55 F Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lifted Index: 2.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.95 C Showalter Index: 4.62 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.42 C Cross Totals Index: 17.19 C K Index: 27.54 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.04 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.80 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6841.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.19 mb = 1124.04 m = 3687.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.2 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 283.2 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 3.8 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.3 neg: -12.2 tot: 19.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 73.39 m/s