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: 32.96,-74.51 Latitude: 32.96 Longitude: -74.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26.2 23.7 86 2.5 24.4 69 18 298.8 302.1 297.3 353.2 18.65 1 1000 61 25.7 22.8 84 2.9 23.6 68 22 298.8 302.1 296.7 350.4 17.69 2 950 511 22.9 19.6 82 3.3 20.6 77 23 300.4 303.2 295.6 345.2 15.28 3 900 982 20.4 16.9 80 3.5 17.9 90 19 302.5 305.0 294.9 342.5 13.55 4 850 1474 17.7 14.9 84 2.8 15.8 89 18 304.7 307.0 294.9 342.3 12.62 5 800 1992 14.9 12.7 86 2.2 13.5 87 17 307.1 309.2 294.8 342.1 11.62 6 750 2537 12.3 10.1 86 2.2 10.9 90 16 309.9 311.9 294.7 341.7 10.41 7 700 3114 9.5 7.3 86 2.2 8.2 96 13 313.1 314.8 294.7 341.6 9.21 8 650 3726 6.2 4.9 92 1.2 5.4 108 10 316.0 317.6 294.9 342.4 8.41 9 600 4379 2.4 2.0 97 0.5 2.1 139 9 318.9 320.3 294.9 342.4 7.37 10 550 5079 -1.2 -2.7 89 1.5 -2.0 154 10 322.7 323.8 294.6 341.3 5.71 11 500 5834 -5.5 -8.9 77 3.4 -7.0 165 12 326.4 327.1 294.2 339.5 3.91 12 450 6653 -10.3 -20.6 42 10.3 -13.6 190 15 330.3 330.6 293.3 336.1 1.65 13 400 7550 -16.0 -29.8 30 13.8 -19.3 207 25 334.2 334.4 293.6 337.2 0.81 14 350 8543 -21.8 -36.1 26 14.3 -24.4 205 24 339.4 339.5 294.6 341.3 0.50 15 300 9664 -28.2 -37.3 41 9.2 -29.7 198 30 345.7 345.8 296.1 347.7 0.51 16 250 10946 -38.0 -65.3 4 27.4 -39.2 216 34 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 17 200 12442 -50.2 -71.2 7 21.0 -50.6 210 28 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 14259 -63.5 -77.8 13 14.4 -63.6 202 20 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16665 -72.0 -83.2 17 11.2 -72.1 272 6 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.31 m Freezing level: 566.25 mb = 4851.67 m = 15917.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 574.04 mb = 4734.96 m = 15534.46 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.74 % Est. max temperature: 31.80 C = 89.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.80 mb = 312.00 m = 1023.60 ft T: 24.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 11.58 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.99 mb = 1303.89 m = 4277.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.35 C = 88.44 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: -1.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Showalter Index: 0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.15 C Cross Totals Index: 20.36 C K Index: 35.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 206.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.11 mb = 856.08 m = 2808.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 728.11 mb = 2784.51 m = 9135.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 338.11 mb = 8794.53 m = 28853.08 ft B at Equ Level: 203.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 248.11 mb = 10996.54 m = 36077.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 102.3 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 132.3 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 11.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.2 neg: -7.5 tot: 28.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 10.66 Bulk Shear: 19.33 m/s