MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 31.82,-73.19 Latitude: 31.82 Longitude: -73.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 0 26.6 22.9 80 3.7 23.9 358 3 299.2 302.4 296.8 350.9 17.71 1 1000 54 26.1 22.1 79 4.0 23.2 357 3 299.3 302.4 296.4 348.9 17.02 2 950 505 22.8 19.8 84 2.9 20.7 312 3 300.3 303.1 295.7 345.8 15.53 3 900 975 19.8 17.4 86 2.3 18.2 284 5 301.9 304.5 295.1 343.3 14.06 4 850 1467 17.5 15.2 86 2.3 16.0 279 7 304.5 306.9 295.0 342.9 12.88 5 800 1985 15.0 12.8 87 2.2 13.6 274 8 307.1 309.3 294.9 342.3 11.68 6 750 2530 12.1 10.0 87 2.1 10.8 266 9 309.7 311.7 294.6 341.3 10.36 7 700 3106 9.1 6.8 86 2.3 7.7 260 10 312.6 314.3 294.3 340.1 8.90 8 650 3718 6.1 3.2 81 3.0 4.4 253 10 315.9 317.3 294.1 339.3 7.43 9 600 4372 3.1 -1.7 71 4.8 0.5 245 9 319.7 320.7 293.7 337.8 5.62 10 550 5072 -0.4 -12.1 41 11.7 -5.3 245 11 323.7 324.2 292.5 332.9 2.75 11 500 5828 -4.8 -33.4 9 28.6 -11.8 241 19 327.2 327.3 291.4 328.9 0.46 12 450 6649 -9.6 -44.1 4 34.5 -15.8 239 24 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.17 13 400 7547 -15.7 -46.8 5 31.1 -20.4 237 28 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.14 14 350 8541 -22.0 -48.1 7 26.1 -25.3 248 28 339.1 339.1 294.3 339.7 0.14 15 300 9659 -28.1 -57.5 4 29.4 -30.6 233 38 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.05 16 250 10943 -37.5 -63.4 5 25.8 -38.8 221 36 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.03 17 200 12440 -50.2 -69.5 8 19.4 -50.6 231 29 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.02 18 150 14264 -63.3 -77.7 12 14.4 -63.4 212 25 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16655 -75.7 -82.5 34 6.8 -75.7 229 9 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.96 m Freezing level: 555.32 mb = 4997.83 m = 16396.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.79 mb = 4428.31 m = 14528.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.15 % Est. max temperature: 31.54 C = 88.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.45 mb = 473.61 m = 1553.82 ft T: 23.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.10 C/km ThetaE index: 22.03 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.73 mb = 1191.04 m = 3907.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.41 C = 86.73 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: 0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.30 C Cross Totals Index: 19.98 C K Index: 35.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 123.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.18 mb = 849.06 m = 2785.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.18 mb = 2438.40 m = 7999.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 338.18 mb = 8789.90 m = 28837.90 ft B at Equ Level: 121.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 268.18 mb = 10449.04 m = 34281.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.9 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 286.9 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: -0.3 tot: 1.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 11.33 Bulk Shear: 10.92 m/s