MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 44.57,-74.72 Latitude: 44.57 Longitude: -74.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 SFC 973 342 13.5 12.9 96 0.6 13.1 270 2 288.9 290.6 287.4 315.9 9.63 2 950 544 13.7 11.5 87 2.2 12.4 308 6 291.1 292.7 287.6 316.6 9.01 3 900 998 11.5 9.5 88 1.9 10.3 303 13 293.3 294.8 287.8 317.1 8.31 4 850 1475 9.3 8.8 96 0.5 9.0 290 18 295.9 297.4 288.8 320.2 8.37 5 800 1976 6.8 5.6 92 1.2 6.1 288 24 298.4 299.6 288.5 319.3 7.13 6 750 2504 3.0 2.6 97 0.4 2.7 292 28 299.8 300.9 288.1 318.0 6.14 7 700 3061 0.3 -3.4 76 3.7 -1.4 289 30 302.8 303.6 287.3 315.8 4.25 8 650 3657 2.3 -24.9 11 27.2 -5.7 298 25 311.6 311.7 286.8 314.2 0.78 9 600 4299 -1.3 -15.5 33 14.2 -6.5 294 25 314.6 315.0 289.0 320.9 1.90 10 550 4986 -6.0 -18.6 36 12.6 -10.1 287 29 317.0 317.3 289.5 322.4 1.61 11 500 5726 -10.5 -29.1 20 18.5 -14.9 283 35 320.2 320.4 289.6 322.7 0.69 12 450 6528 -15.9 -41.3 9 25.3 -19.9 283 39 323.2 323.2 290.0 324.1 0.23 13 400 7405 -21.6 -46.5 9 24.9 -24.6 281 42 326.9 327.0 291.0 327.5 0.15 14 350 8374 -28.8 -49.0 13 20.1 -30.7 278 44 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.4 0.13 15 300 9457 -37.4 -53.7 17 16.3 -38.4 281 44 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.09 16 250 10690 -46.6 -58.7 24 12.1 -47.0 277 43 336.8 336.9 293.6 337.1 0.06 17 200 12143 -54.2 -65.9 22 11.7 -54.4 271 49 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.03 18 150 13959 -60.9 -79.2 7 18.3 -61.1 280 40 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16454 -63.7 -84.0 5 20.3 -63.9 271 36 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5616.41 m Freezing level: 618.05 mb = 4067.27 m = 13343.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.78 mb = 2869.34 m = 9413.74 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.10 % Est. max temperature: 21.74 C = 71.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.16 mb = 418.36 m = 1372.56 ft T: 13.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.07 C/km ThetaE index: 5.96 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.56 mb = 1459.52 m = 4788.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.35 C = 68.63 F Cap Strength: 7.06 C Lifted Index: 7.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.18 C Showalter Index: 5.78 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.11 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.82 C Cross Totals Index: 19.29 C K Index: 24.89 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.37 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.55 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9086.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.54 mb = 1021.07 m = 3349.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.6 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 319.6 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.2 neg: -1.9 tot: 54.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 49.66 m/s