MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F270.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F270.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 270 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 6 SEP 25 Station: 46.24,-109.11 Latitude: 46.24 Longitude: -109.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 1 950 486 2 900 946 SFC 869 1249 16.4 3.7 42 12.8 9.4 263 7 301.5 302.5 288.3 318.7 5.73 4 850 1435 20.0 1.7 29 18.4 9.9 273 12 307.1 308.1 289.6 322.8 5.08 5 800 1956 18.1 -0.5 28 18.6 8.1 282 15 310.5 311.3 290.2 324.9 4.60 6 750 2504 13.2 -1.4 36 14.6 5.5 281 19 310.9 311.7 290.3 325.2 4.59 7 700 3078 8.0 -2.5 47 10.5 2.7 274 23 311.3 312.2 290.5 325.6 4.54 8 650 3684 3.4 -4.9 54 8.3 -0.6 268 25 312.8 313.6 290.5 325.8 4.09 9 600 4328 -1.3 -6.7 67 5.4 -3.8 263 25 314.6 315.3 290.8 326.9 3.85 10 550 5016 -6.4 -11.1 69 4.7 -8.3 263 23 316.5 317.1 290.6 326.2 2.98 11 500 5753 -11.6 -15.4 74 3.8 -12.9 260 19 318.9 319.3 290.7 326.6 2.31 12 450 6552 -17.1 -18.8 87 1.7 -17.6 237 15 321.7 322.1 291.2 328.3 1.93 13 400 7425 -23.3 -23.7 97 0.4 -23.4 233 15 324.7 325.0 291.6 329.6 1.41 14 350 8387 -31.0 -31.1 99 0.1 -31.0 242 13 327.0 327.2 291.7 329.9 0.82 15 300 9459 -40.4 -40.4 100 -0.0 -40.4 263 9 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.8 0.38 16 250 10675 -49.5 -49.8 97 0.3 -49.6 168 9 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.0 0.16 17 200 12118 -52.9 -67.8 15 14.9 -53.2 224 19 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 13962 -56.2 -78.4 5 22.3 -56.5 251 24 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.01 19 100 16506 -60.6 -84.1 3 23.5 -60.9 284 19 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.33 m Freezing level: 614.10 mb = 4146.65 m = 13604.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.78 mb = 3574.48 m = 11727.14 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.21 % Est. max temperature: 25.72 C = 78.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 716.75 mb = 2881.19 m = 9452.60 ft T: 9.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.32 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 569.24 mb = 4743.96 m = 15563.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.13 C = 86.24 F Cap Strength: 4.40 C Lifted Index: 2.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.46 C Showalter Index: 3.26 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.65 C Cross Totals Index: 13.26 C K Index: 22.81 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 62.98 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.82 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7221.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 627.13 mb = 3972.48 m = 13032.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.8 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 293.8 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.1 neg: -10.8 tot: 3.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.92 Bulk Shear: 8.78 m/s