MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 43.48,-73.72 Latitude: 43.48 Longitude: -73.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 976 329 21.3 13.9 63 7.4 16.5 200 3 296.5 298.3 290.6 326.2 10.28 2 950 564 18.1 12.4 70 5.7 14.6 213 4 295.6 297.3 289.8 323.2 9.59 3 900 1024 13.9 11.1 83 2.8 12.2 231 6 295.8 297.5 289.5 322.6 9.26 4 850 1504 10.8 8.0 83 2.7 9.2 255 9 297.4 298.8 288.9 320.6 7.96 5 800 2007 7.3 5.6 89 1.7 6.3 276 13 298.9 300.2 288.8 320.0 7.17 6 750 2536 4.1 2.6 90 1.5 3.4 278 17 301.1 302.2 288.6 319.5 6.18 7 700 3097 4.6 -16.5 20 21.0 -2.9 259 18 307.5 307.8 286.2 312.4 1.51 8 650 3699 3.5 -31.0 6 34.5 -5.6 254 15 312.9 313.0 286.9 314.5 0.44 9 600 4344 0.4 -26.0 12 26.5 -7.2 248 16 316.6 316.8 288.5 319.3 0.76 10 550 5036 -3.2 -30.2 10 27.0 -10.1 245 20 320.3 320.4 289.5 322.4 0.57 11 500 5783 -8.0 -33.8 11 25.8 -13.7 240 23 323.3 323.4 290.2 324.9 0.44 12 450 6592 -14.0 -27.0 33 12.9 -17.3 238 25 325.6 325.8 291.4 328.9 0.93 13 400 7474 -20.7 -24.5 71 3.8 -21.6 233 37 328.1 328.4 292.4 332.8 1.32 14 350 8453 -26.2 -26.9 93 0.7 -26.3 252 52 333.4 333.7 293.8 337.8 1.20 15 300 9547 -35.5 -35.8 97 0.3 -35.5 252 59 335.3 335.5 293.7 337.6 0.60 16 250 10786 -46.3 -49.7 68 3.4 -46.5 250 63 337.2 337.2 293.8 337.9 0.16 17 200 12233 -56.4 -63.7 39 7.3 -56.5 247 64 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.04 18 150 14017 -63.7 -76.3 16 12.6 -63.8 244 59 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16493 -64.6 -83.1 6 18.5 -64.7 260 35 402.9 402.9 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.18 m Freezing level: 594.08 mb = 4425.53 m = 14519.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.21 mb = 2831.46 m = 9289.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.53 % Est. max temperature: 22.94 C = 73.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.27 mb = 1257.74 m = 4126.38 ft T: 12.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.68 C/km ThetaE index: 13.76 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.51 mb = 1547.83 m = 5078.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.37 C = 72.26 F Cap Strength: 6.55 C Lifted Index: 6.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.85 C Showalter Index: 8.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.74 C Cross Totals Index: 16.03 C K Index: 5.76 Risk: None Sweat Index: 137.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.97 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.06 mb = 1346.63 m = 4418.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 811.06 mb = 1892.90 m = 6210.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 731.06 mb = 2743.71 m = 9001.56 ft B at Equ Level: 9.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 711.06 mb = 2969.18 m = 9741.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.4 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 281.4 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.4 neg: -11.9 tot: 5.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 19.57 m/s