MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1007 14 24.5 17.0 63 7.5 19.5 248 6 297.1 299.3 292.3 332.4 12.21 1 1000 77 25.4 13.5 47 12.0 17.7 260 9 298.6 300.3 290.9 327.0 9.73 2 950 525 22.3 11.5 50 10.8 15.5 286 12 299.8 301.4 290.6 326.2 8.99 3 900 992 18.0 10.5 61 7.6 13.4 295 12 300.1 301.7 290.6 326.2 8.87 4 850 1478 13.5 9.4 76 4.1 11.0 298 13 300.3 301.9 290.6 326.1 8.77 5 800 1986 9.7 6.9 83 2.8 8.1 290 15 301.5 302.9 290.2 324.8 7.85 6 750 2521 7.9 2.2 67 5.7 4.8 280 20 305.1 306.3 289.8 323.3 5.99 7 700 3087 4.2 0.6 77 3.6 2.3 268 23 307.1 308.2 290.2 324.7 5.71 8 650 3686 0.4 -3.4 76 3.8 -1.4 259 28 309.4 310.3 289.9 323.7 4.58 9 600 4323 -3.5 -18.9 29 15.4 -8.4 256 35 312.1 312.4 287.7 316.9 1.44 10 550 5006 -7.1 -25.7 21 18.5 -12.1 254 46 315.6 315.8 288.3 318.6 0.86 11 500 5743 -10.1 -35.7 10 25.6 -15.3 250 61 320.7 320.8 289.4 322.0 0.36 12 450 6551 -12.9 -46.1 4 33.3 -18.0 244 72 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.6 0.14 13 400 7442 -17.0 -54.3 2 37.3 -21.4 249 65 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.06 14 350 8428 -24.4 -47.0 10 22.6 -27.1 258 78 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.5 0.16 15 300 9531 -33.3 -51.3 15 18.1 -34.7 255 86 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.0 0.11 16 250 10784 -43.7 -54.4 29 10.8 -44.2 248 91 341.1 341.2 294.7 341.5 0.09 17 200 12248 -53.6 -66.2 20 12.5 -53.9 247 85 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.03 18 150 14055 -62.5 -75.0 17 12.5 -62.7 256 69 362.3 362.3 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16522 -67.2 -83.1 9 15.9 -67.3 261 28 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.78 m Freezing level: 644.90 mb = 3750.84 m = 12305.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.27 mb = 3449.56 m = 11317.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.36 % Est. max temperature: 27.74 C = 81.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.72 mb = 966.04 m = 3169.38 ft T: 18.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 9.04 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.47 mb = 2190.50 m = 7186.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.38 C = 86.68 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: 2.76 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.14 C Showalter Index: 3.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.61 C Cross Totals Index: 19.55 C K Index: 29.44 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7275.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.24 mb = 1776.48 m = 5828.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.0 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 292.0 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.1 neg: -12.1 tot: 5.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 46.24 m/s