MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F285.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F285.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 285 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 56.8,-121.81 Latitude: 56.80 Longitude: -121.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 192 1 950 609 SFC 924 828 0.7 0.7 100 0.1 0.7 349 5 280.1 280.9 277.7 292.1 4.34 3 900 1044 -0.4 -0.5 99 0.1 -0.4 0 15 281.1 281.8 277.9 292.5 4.09 4 850 1499 -2.8 -3.0 98 0.2 -2.9 26 24 283.2 283.9 278.3 293.4 3.60 5 800 1977 -5.5 -6.0 97 0.4 -5.7 34 24 285.2 285.8 278.6 294.0 3.05 6 750 2481 -8.4 -9.0 96 0.6 -8.6 36 22 287.4 287.9 279.1 295.0 2.58 7 700 3014 -10.9 -11.4 96 0.5 -11.1 50 19 290.4 290.8 280.1 297.2 2.28 8 650 3580 -14.0 -14.4 97 0.4 -14.1 56 17 293.2 293.5 280.9 299.0 1.93 9 600 4184 -17.3 -17.4 99 0.1 -17.3 54 15 296.1 296.4 281.8 301.2 1.63 10 550 4831 -21.0 -21.0 100 0.0 -21.0 45 11 299.1 299.4 282.7 303.2 1.30 11 500 5530 -24.8 -24.8 100 0.0 -24.8 347 5 302.8 303.0 283.8 306.1 1.02 12 450 6289 -29.4 -29.4 100 -0.0 -29.4 253 9 306.3 306.4 284.8 308.8 0.75 13 400 7120 -35.1 -35.1 100 -0.0 -35.1 241 15 309.3 309.4 285.7 311.0 0.48 14 350 8037 -42.5 -42.5 100 0.0 -42.5 247 16 311.4 311.5 286.2 312.4 0.26 15 300 9057 -51.4 -51.5 99 0.1 -51.4 251 11 312.9 312.9 286.5 313.3 0.11 16 250 10236 -50.3 -66.4 13 16.1 -50.6 247 31 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.4 0.02 17 200 11705 -47.0 -77.0 2 30.0 -47.7 251 31 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 18 150 13606 -47.8 -78.0 2 30.2 -48.6 273 28 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.01 19 100 16274 -49.1 -79.0 2 29.9 -50.1 281 21 432.9 432.9 309.1 432.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5337.38 m Freezing level: 908.41 mb = 969.62 m = 3181.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 909.36 mb = 960.50 m = 3151.22 ft Precipitable water: 0.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.93 % Est. max temperature: 6.83 C = 44.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.49 mb = 836.73 m = 2745.16 ft T: 0.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 924.4- 0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.19 mb = 1339.55 m = 4394.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 3.07 C = 37.53 F Cap Strength: 7.02 C Lifted Index: 9.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.79 C Showalter Index: 8.88 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.02 C Cross Totals Index: 21.77 C K Index: 18.47 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 52.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16980.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.58 mb = 1308.41 m = 4292.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 32.6 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 62.6 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.7 neg: -0.7 tot: 101.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.79 Bulk Shear: 6.02 m/s