MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F300.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F300.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12.5 day GFS valid 18Z THU 9 OCT 25 Station: 41.94,-73.4 Latitude: 41.94 Longitude: -73.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 979 282 22.7 18.5 77 4.2 19.8 234 8 297.6 300.1 293.7 337.5 13.80 2 950 547 20.0 15.4 75 4.6 17.0 235 18 297.5 299.6 292.0 331.3 11.65 3 900 1010 16.2 13.0 82 3.1 14.2 240 22 298.2 300.1 291.4 328.9 10.54 4 850 1495 12.7 10.9 89 1.8 11.6 244 24 299.4 301.2 291.1 327.8 9.66 5 800 2002 9.5 8.4 93 1.0 8.9 240 28 301.3 302.9 290.9 327.0 8.71 6 750 2535 6.1 5.7 97 0.4 5.9 237 31 303.2 304.7 290.6 326.3 7.69 7 700 3098 3.0 2.4 96 0.6 2.7 242 32 305.8 307.0 290.5 325.5 6.51 8 650 3695 -0.4 -1.6 91 1.3 -1.0 243 33 308.5 309.5 290.2 324.7 5.23 9 600 4332 -3.9 -5.2 91 1.3 -4.6 240 32 311.6 312.4 290.3 325.2 4.33 10 550 5014 -7.7 -10.9 78 3.2 -8.9 238 33 315.0 315.6 290.2 324.8 3.03 11 500 5750 -12.0 -15.5 75 3.5 -13.2 238 35 318.4 318.8 290.6 325.9 2.28 12 450 6549 -16.5 -18.2 87 1.6 -17.0 240 35 322.5 322.9 291.5 329.4 2.03 13 400 7425 -22.3 -22.5 99 0.1 -22.4 253 36 326.0 326.3 292.1 331.5 1.58 14 350 8391 -30.2 -30.2 100 -0.0 -30.2 249 39 328.0 328.1 292.0 331.2 0.88 15 300 9467 -39.2 -39.2 100 0.0 -39.2 251 39 330.2 330.2 292.2 331.8 0.43 16 250 10688 -49.7 -49.7 100 0.0 -49.7 247 47 332.2 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.16 17 200 12105 -61.8 -63.0 85 1.2 -61.8 255 51 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.04 18 150 13878 -62.1 -75.9 14 13.9 -62.2 245 47 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16385 -63.5 -83.5 5 20.1 -63.7 238 39 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5647.89 m Freezing level: 655.52 mb = 3629.39 m = 11907.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.44 mb = 3530.45 m = 11582.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.13 % Est. max temperature: 25.25 C = 77.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.54 mb = 807.59 m = 2649.54 ft T: 17.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 12.83 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.30 mb = 1372.80 m = 4503.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.21 C = 75.58 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -1.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.73 C Showalter Index: 0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.74 C Cross Totals Index: 22.92 C K Index: 35.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 253.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.15 mb = 1218.58 m = 3997.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.15 mb = 1562.17 m = 5125.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 413.15 mb = 7184.61 m = 23571.28 ft B at Equ Level: 253.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.15 mb = 12319.73 m = 40418.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.9 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 269.9 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 79.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 10.06 Bulk Shear: 25.24 m/s