MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 40.53,-78.62 Latitude: 40.53 Longitude: -78.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 951 541 16.4 12.6 78 3.9 14.0 295 2 293.7 295.5 289.2 321.4 9.65 2 950 554 18.0 12.4 70 5.6 14.5 296 2 295.5 297.2 289.7 323.0 9.56 3 900 1018 16.9 9.6 62 7.4 12.4 316 8 298.9 300.5 289.8 323.4 8.34 4 850 1502 12.8 7.9 72 4.9 9.9 304 6 299.5 301.0 289.6 322.8 7.90 5 800 2008 8.2 6.3 88 1.9 7.1 301 4 299.9 301.2 289.3 322.0 7.49 6 750 2539 7.2 -3.5 46 10.7 2.1 268 5 304.4 305.1 287.6 316.5 3.93 7 700 3105 5.6 -13.0 25 18.6 -1.7 267 10 308.7 309.0 287.1 315.1 2.01 8 650 3707 2.9 -19.8 17 22.7 -4.7 264 11 312.3 312.5 287.5 316.4 1.22 9 600 4351 -0.0 -29.2 9 29.2 -7.8 280 13 316.1 316.2 288.1 318.1 0.57 10 550 5043 -3.2 -37.2 5 33.9 -10.6 276 12 320.2 320.3 289.2 321.3 0.29 11 500 5789 -8.0 -39.9 6 31.9 -14.2 263 10 323.2 323.3 290.0 324.1 0.24 12 450 6598 -13.8 -43.5 6 29.7 -18.5 214 10 325.9 326.0 290.7 326.6 0.18 13 400 7480 -21.0 -46.5 8 25.5 -24.1 206 11 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.3 0.15 14 350 8452 -28.3 -45.3 18 17.0 -30.1 237 27 330.7 330.7 292.1 331.4 0.19 15 300 9538 -36.0 -48.1 28 12.1 -36.9 245 53 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.3 0.16 16 250 10781 -45.5 -47.0 85 1.5 -45.6 243 85 338.4 338.5 294.1 339.3 0.22 17 200 12235 -55.1 -65.1 28 10.1 -55.2 238 70 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.03 18 150 14046 -62.1 -75.0 16 12.9 -62.2 242 58 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16524 -65.4 -83.6 6 18.3 -65.5 249 24 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.38 m Freezing level: 600.71 mb = 4341.88 m = 14244.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 722.05 mb = 2850.48 m = 9351.85 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.55 % Est. max temperature: 22.46 C = 72.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.08 mb = 1035.81 m = 3398.30 ft T: 16.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 8.27 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.10 mb = 2006.58 m = 6583.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.47 C = 72.44 F Cap Strength: 6.46 C Lifted Index: 6.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.86 C Showalter Index: 6.83 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.82 C Cross Totals Index: 15.96 C K Index: 10.19 Risk: None Sweat Index: 116.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7232.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.63 mb = 1805.44 m = 5923.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.1 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 303.1 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: -0.9 tot: 7.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.79 Bulk Shear: 4.42 m/s