MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 38.03,-74.51 Latitude: 38.03 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 1014 1 20.8 19.1 90 1.7 19.6 37 18 292.8 295.2 292.3 332.1 13.83 1 1000 123 19.8 17.9 89 1.9 18.5 39 23 292.9 295.2 291.6 329.8 12.98 2 950 564 18.5 15.3 82 3.2 16.4 50 22 295.9 298.0 291.5 329.3 11.58 3 900 1028 16.7 15.5 93 1.2 15.9 54 18 298.7 300.9 293.0 334.7 12.37 4 850 1515 15.6 12.2 80 3.4 13.4 53 14 302.5 304.4 292.7 333.8 10.56 5 800 2028 12.9 8.4 74 4.5 10.2 49 13 304.9 306.5 292.0 331.1 8.70 6 750 2569 9.9 5.1 72 4.9 7.1 58 12 307.3 308.7 291.6 329.7 7.34 7 700 3139 6.3 2.8 78 3.6 4.4 69 14 309.5 310.8 291.7 330.1 6.68 8 650 3743 1.9 0.3 89 1.6 1.0 86 17 311.1 312.2 291.6 329.8 6.01 9 600 4384 -2.9 -3.4 96 0.5 -3.2 102 20 312.7 313.7 291.2 328.3 4.95 10 550 5072 -4.4 -4.8 97 0.4 -4.6 85 13 318.9 319.8 293.0 334.7 4.89 11 500 5821 -6.9 -7.4 96 0.5 -7.1 195 7 324.7 325.5 294.1 339.2 4.40 12 450 6637 -11.1 -11.8 94 0.7 -11.4 229 11 329.3 330.0 294.6 341.0 3.44 13 400 7534 -15.8 -16.5 94 0.7 -16.1 264 16 334.4 335.0 295.2 343.6 2.63 14 350 8529 -22.2 -22.4 98 0.2 -22.2 262 19 338.9 339.3 295.6 345.5 1.82 15 300 9644 -30.5 -30.5 100 -0.0 -30.5 242 24 342.4 342.6 295.8 346.1 1.00 16 250 10911 -41.1 -42.7 85 1.6 -41.3 251 34 344.9 345.0 295.8 346.3 0.35 17 200 12386 -52.8 -52.8 100 0.0 -52.8 239 57 349.2 349.2 296.6 349.8 0.14 18 150 14194 -63.7 -75.6 18 11.9 -63.8 265 64 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16630 -71.8 -83.2 17 11.4 -71.9 260 26 388.9 389.0 303.6 389.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.94 m Freezing level: 630.29 mb = 3995.51 m = 13108.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.88 mb = 3893.68 m = 12774.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.30 % Est. max temperature: 29.45 C = 85.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.90 mb = 218.84 m = 717.97 ft T: 19.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.92 C/km ThetaE index: 5.01 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.19 mb = 1848.48 m = 6064.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.16 C = 89.88 F Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lifted Index: 4.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.86 C Showalter Index: 2.60 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.47 C Cross Totals Index: 19.06 C K Index: 31.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.05 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.96 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 248.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.56 mb = 750.91 m = 2463.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 614.56 mb = 4191.72 m = 13752.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 584.56 mb = 4589.87 m = 15058.45 ft B at Equ Level: 23.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 544.56 mb = 5150.02 m = 16896.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 70.8 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 100.8 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 8.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.4 neg: -18.3 tot: 18.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.46 Bulk Shear: 16.91 m/s