MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 44.43,-75.75 Latitude: 44.43 Longitude: -75.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 996 118 20.3 14.7 70 5.6 16.7 258 7 293.8 295.7 290.0 324.3 10.65 2 950 518 15.4 13.0 86 2.4 13.9 264 11 292.8 294.6 289.1 321.2 9.94 3 900 975 12.9 10.2 84 2.7 11.3 276 13 294.8 296.4 288.7 320.0 8.73 4 850 1454 10.2 7.9 86 2.3 8.8 279 16 296.8 298.2 288.6 319.7 7.86 5 800 1956 7.3 4.9 85 2.4 5.9 286 19 298.9 300.1 288.4 318.9 6.78 6 750 2485 4.7 0.4 73 4.3 2.5 292 21 301.7 302.7 287.9 317.5 5.26 7 700 3045 2.0 -4.5 62 6.5 -1.0 291 22 304.7 305.4 287.6 316.7 3.91 8 650 3640 -0.5 -11.9 42 11.3 -4.9 284 21 308.4 308.8 287.4 315.9 2.37 9 600 4276 -3.7 -18.5 31 14.8 -8.5 279 20 311.9 312.2 287.7 316.8 1.48 10 550 4959 -7.0 -30.6 13 23.6 -12.5 272 17 315.8 315.9 288.0 317.7 0.54 11 500 5696 -10.9 -35.1 12 24.2 -15.8 297 13 319.7 319.8 289.1 321.1 0.39 12 450 6497 -16.2 -37.5 14 21.2 -19.9 317 14 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.1 0.34 13 400 7372 -22.7 -38.5 22 15.8 -25.0 339 13 325.5 325.6 290.8 326.8 0.34 14 350 8336 -30.5 -46.0 21 15.4 -32.0 337 14 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.3 0.18 15 300 9411 -38.6 -54.9 16 16.3 -39.5 332 17 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.2 0.07 16 250 10638 -47.6 -57.8 30 10.3 -47.9 316 20 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.6 0.06 17 200 12091 -52.5 -69.0 12 16.5 -52.8 251 30 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 13925 -58.8 -79.5 5 20.8 -59.0 250 48 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16437 -62.6 -83.5 4 20.9 -62.8 267 39 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5616.68 m Freezing level: 660.68 mb = 3513.25 m = 11526.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.89 mb = 2885.84 m = 9467.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.98 % Est. max temperature: 23.45 C = 74.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.92 mb = 817.72 m = 2682.78 ft T: 13.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.86 C/km ThetaE index: 8.37 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.09 mb = 1248.44 m = 4095.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.43 C = 72.37 F Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lifted Index: 4.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.90 C Showalter Index: 5.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.09 C Cross Totals Index: 18.78 C K Index: 22.47 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 140.19 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8399.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.98 mb = 965.77 m = 3168.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.5 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 313.5 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.5 neg: -1.7 tot: 41.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 11.53 m/s