MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 32.63,-73.90 Latitude: 32.63 Longitude: -73.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 26.5 23.6 84 2.9 24.4 56 16 299.1 302.5 297.3 353.2 18.54 1 1000 57 25.9 22.5 82 3.4 23.5 56 18 299.1 302.2 296.6 349.9 17.42 2 950 508 23.0 19.9 83 3.1 20.8 66 18 300.5 303.3 295.8 346.1 15.57 3 900 979 20.3 17.3 83 3.0 18.2 76 13 302.4 305.0 295.1 343.5 13.90 4 850 1472 17.7 15.0 84 2.8 15.8 78 10 304.7 307.1 294.9 342.5 12.68 5 800 1989 15.1 12.7 86 2.4 13.6 81 9 307.3 309.4 294.9 342.4 11.64 6 750 2535 12.4 10.4 87 2.1 11.1 82 8 310.1 312.1 294.9 342.4 10.59 7 700 3112 9.7 7.7 87 2.0 8.5 80 8 313.3 315.1 294.9 342.5 9.45 8 650 3726 6.6 4.7 88 1.9 5.5 81 6 316.4 318.0 294.9 342.5 8.29 9 600 4380 2.8 1.7 92 1.1 2.1 102 3 319.4 320.8 294.9 342.4 7.21 10 550 5080 -0.9 -2.5 89 1.6 -1.7 184 4 323.0 324.2 294.8 342.0 5.81 11 500 5836 -4.9 -8.6 76 3.7 -6.6 195 7 327.0 327.8 294.4 340.5 4.00 12 450 6658 -9.4 -20.6 40 11.2 -13.1 215 13 331.4 331.7 293.6 337.2 1.65 13 400 7557 -15.3 -31.4 24 16.1 -19.0 219 21 335.1 335.2 293.7 337.7 0.69 14 350 8553 -21.5 -36.0 26 14.5 -24.2 213 22 339.8 339.9 294.7 341.7 0.51 15 300 9673 -28.2 -41.3 27 13.1 -30.0 214 31 345.6 345.7 296.0 347.0 0.34 16 250 10954 -38.4 -60.1 8 21.7 -39.5 224 37 349.0 349.1 296.5 349.2 0.05 17 200 12447 -50.5 -70.1 8 19.7 -50.9 211 24 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14270 -63.3 -77.5 13 14.2 -63.4 187 23 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16666 -72.6 -82.8 20 10.2 -72.7 183 4 387.4 387.4 303.4 387.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.98 m Freezing level: 561.92 mb = 4913.20 m = 16119.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 572.47 mb = 4757.80 m = 15609.39 ft Precipitable water: 2.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.91 % Est. max temperature: 31.81 C = 89.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.66 mb = 364.66 m = 1196.38 ft T: 23.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 10.87 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.70 mb = 1264.22 m = 4147.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.15 C = 88.07 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: 0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.52 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.64 C Cross Totals Index: 19.88 C K Index: 35.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 139.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.44 mb = 850.02 m = 2788.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.44 mb = 3130.60 m = 10270.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 348.44 mb = 8585.50 m = 28167.32 ft B at Equ Level: 139.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 258.44 mb = 10720.48 m = 35171.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 84.4 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 114.4 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -3.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.7 neg: -3.4 tot: 13.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 9.24 Bulk Shear: 15.10 m/s