MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F318.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F318.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 318 hour GFS valid 12Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 46.67,-113.19 Latitude: 46.67 Longitude: -113.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 1 950 501 2 900 956 3 850 1432 SFC 826 1665 7.0 1.8 69 5.2 4.4 200 2 295.9 296.9 285.8 311.5 5.29 5 800 1934 9.7 0.6 53 9.1 5.0 208 4 301.5 302.4 287.6 316.5 4.99 6 750 2471 9.1 -1.3 48 10.3 3.8 223 15 306.4 307.3 288.9 320.7 4.64 7 700 3038 4.6 -2.5 60 7.1 1.1 226 27 307.6 308.5 289.3 321.7 4.55 8 650 3636 -0.6 -3.7 80 3.1 -2.1 233 31 308.2 309.1 289.4 322.1 4.48 9 600 4270 -5.4 -8.6 78 3.2 -6.7 242 37 309.9 310.5 288.9 320.4 3.33 10 550 4948 -9.8 -14.2 70 4.4 -11.3 239 43 312.5 312.9 288.8 320.0 2.32 11 500 5677 -14.4 -18.2 73 3.8 -15.6 232 45 315.5 315.8 289.2 321.5 1.83 12 450 6467 -19.9 -24.6 66 4.7 -21.0 230 48 318.2 318.4 289.4 322.2 1.16 13 400 7330 -26.1 -31.6 60 5.5 -27.1 233 52 321.0 321.2 289.8 323.5 0.68 14 350 8282 -32.7 -37.6 61 4.9 -33.3 234 60 324.7 324.8 290.6 326.3 0.43 15 300 9351 -40.4 -44.6 64 4.2 -40.7 236 67 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.3 0.24 16 250 10567 -49.8 -50.2 96 0.3 -49.8 236 70 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.6 0.16 17 200 11994 -58.7 -61.1 73 2.5 -58.7 238 75 339.8 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.05 18 150 13812 -55.7 -78.4 4 22.7 -56.0 237 55 374.1 374.1 301.3 374.2 0.01 19 100 16382 -57.0 -84.5 2 27.6 -57.4 233 40 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5609.69 m Freezing level: 656.04 mb = 3563.97 m = 11692.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.42 mb = 3243.27 m = 10640.53 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.16 % Est. max temperature: 18.42 C = 65.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 763.11 mb = 2326.64 m = 7633.24 ft T: 9.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.21 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 621.97 mb = 3985.47 m = 13075.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.60 C = 67.28 F Cap Strength: 4.15 C Lifted Index: 3.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.89 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8522.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 674.39 mb = 3338.88 m = 10954.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.1 at 36.1 knts Storm direction: 263.1 at 27.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 177.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 177.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 137.91 m/s